Nice - just found a six segment same day turnaround run out of DCA on 1/23 for $194. $32.34 per segment. DCA-PHL-CLT-TPA-CLT-PHL-DCA.
All relatively short flights so could probably get a free 500 mile upgrade on at least a couple of them with my Gold status.
I just got the Citi Exec card though which gives 10k EQMs so maybe sticking with miles is my best route to requalify for Gold or shoot for Plat this year. Planning a trip to South America this summer that'll be about 12k EQMs R/T so that plus spending 40k on the Citi Exec should get me most of the way back to Gold for next year. Maybe it was just the holiday travel rush, but I was 0/5 on getting upgraded as a Gold for travel on 12/29 and 1/3 this past week.