As a Platinum Elite - if I were to elect to upgrade a servicemember in uniform - I would have no qualms with bumping a Gold or Silver Elite member - it wouldn't matter who I elected to upgrade as my companion quite candidly. My Platinum status "outranks" that Gold or Silver member and if I choose to upgrade a uniformed Naval officer (or service member from another branch) - that is my privilege as someone who is at the top of the frequent flyer organizational pyramid.

If a Silver or Gold has a problem with my decision - let them spend the time and money with the carrier that I have (and become Platinum) and then my decision won't affect them. Frankly, I don't care what they think.

May God Bless the United States of America -

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been,and there you will forever long to return." Leonardo da Vinci

200 nights/200 legs a year

[This message has been edited by hotlancer (edited 04-14-2002).]