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I personally have a problem paying the $200 fee - US should be welcoming me with open arms when I can prove my status with another carrier, not charging me to become a good customer! It seems a better approach would make that fee refundable if any elite status is achieved the following full year.
Yes, because people always do what they say will do, right? Like the people who took EXP match to AA to use SWUs on the upcoming AA flights but then never switched their business to AA.