Originally Posted by ILUVCITIBANK
You have not discussed: a) number of seats you obtained an award for (try a family of 4-5 on Nonepass, again as a non-top-tier elite, then post your experiences), or b) your own elite level w/ Continental.
Actually, your a) is addressed in my initial post. As for your b), I am presently Gold, formerly Plat.
But in addition to the trips cited above we also used my wife's NW miles (no status at the time) for another Hawaii trip in 2002 in BF. So there goes your theory that you can't score BF without being top tier on CO.