My 5000 bonus elite qualifying miles just posted, shooting me past silver qualif for 2004. Wasn't all too hard; just redirected HH bookings to HP for 500 miles/stay, and signed up for Sprint LD (already switched back to my regular carrier) and Earthlink (already cancelled account). In the process, received ~ 10,000 bonus miles from Earthlink and Sprint!
IMHO, this promo wasn't a dud....if it was just for 5000 regular bonus miles I would agree....but the Elite miles made it worth my time.
-Steve