Perhaps, it's not such a good idea to "challange" your way to the top on several airlines. These comp status's are only valid till Feb on CO. After that you go back to no status unless you actually fly enough betwwen now and the end of the year. The desire to have all kinds of elite cards in your wallet, when you really don't fly enough to earn them. This could be called the "AFANG" principle. He got CO gold after 5 flights then used that to get comped fromm AA. Now he won't fly enough to keep his status on either. He would have been better served, waiting till Next year to get comped on AA because of his challanged (fake status) elite level. Then instead of being zero elite in 2002 he would have had status on AA in 2002. Still would have gotten burned in 2003... but an extra year is an extra year.

[This message has been edited by cigarman (edited 07-21-2001).]