Well, if my Gold status hasn't been credited by this time next week, which will be the 4th business day (6 days total) after my second qualifying round trip completes tomorrow and two days after a third round trip, I'll be forced to join you in the quest. I suspect it will be the case but I'll post my progress either way.

There's no way I'm spending probably $400-500 more than I would have otherwise have paid to fly these flights just to get nothing and give Frontier extra revenue. I won't give up.

It's delaying me from booking further flights. I was considering doing strip January 26 but now I want to wait for status to show up before booking or I'll just postpone the trip for later if the fare goes up in the meantime.