Randeman

Here's my situation:

In 2001, NWA offered me a Silver Elite challenge by flying two round trips at certain fare classes, which I met. I was Silver for the rest of 2001 and all of 2002.

Unfortunately, I was unable to fly NWA as much as I normally might in 2002, but did fly a lot of US in that year. US comped me their Silver Preferred on a match basis for the remainder of 2002 and all of 2003.

Now I find myself flying NWA more than US, and that will pretty much be permanent since I moved from North Carolina to NYC and have a lot more travel to places that NWA operates that US doesn't.

Question: does anyone think NWA will comp me back to Silver on the strength of my US status even though they technically gave me a "comp" in 2001? Maybe they'll challenge me again?

I want to stay with NWA because I truly prefer their service and will fly enough to get status anyway, but any "perk" I can get certainly helps.