I did not wade thru all 20 Pages of this thread, so if this info regarding Midwest Airlines has been posted somewhere else - so sorry! I'm posting because I didn't see it in gleff's original post on Page 1.

I just had an interesting conversation w these folks. FWIW, Midwest's Elite Program is referred to as the Executive Program. Normal qualification is as follows:

20K miles or 25 OW segs in a year

There are some unique threshold bonuses:

30K = 5K bonus
each additional 10K = 5K more up to a total of 15K bonus

$99 per year Executive member membership to Lounge

Executive Club members are entitled to one 10K discount per year on one award at the 40K level or above - including a 10K discount when claiming w AA, apparently.

Miles can also be earned when traveling on AA or Frontier - altho these are are non qualifying Elite miles.. (I really kind of like this one, because it would allow me to lump miles into a singe program when traveling in certain areas of the country when the miles would ordinarily wind up 'split' between carriers).

Status match requests from other airlines will be entertained at :

[email protected] or can be faxed to: 414-570-0192 (the airline prefers an e-mail, since it will be routed FASTER!).

Please include a copy of OAL ELITE CARD AND A RECENT STATEMENT!

Midwest informs me that not only will they consider a status match - but recent 'job change' applicants will be considered as well. Such applicants should clearly state how many miles that they are likely to travel in a given year when making this request.

These requests will be considered and a 90 day provisional status may be granted, subject to a review which will be completed at the end of this period.

I am not an expert on this program. So I hope that I got all of that right.