Why would I care to read your reference to Northwest on the Continental board? Further, the remarks you made are highly irrelevant and wholly insensitive - particularly during this trying time in our country's history. The fact that you prefer Northwest over Continental is only evidence of the fact that you have questionable taste.

KGruendel, do you honestly prefer Northwest to Continental or do you just prefer the NW upgrade program (as far as companion upgrade order is concerned) and wish that Continental would adopt it? As long as you have taken us off topic - and for what it is worth, I agree with you. It doesn't seem fair that a Continental Platinum travelling with a Silver Elite has his or her status lowered to Silver while a Platinum travelling with a companion with no status is allowed to maintain Platinum status. Quite honestly, that scenario is almost as frustrating to me as the snide remarks you made about "the good samaritan". I was incensed at your comment suggesting that I "offer my seat instead of denying another elite their upgrade" - THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID ON THE REFERENCED FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON ! Didn't you read my response to the first post? Or did you just read what you wanted to read? In any event, I got carried away with my response to your mischaracterization of my good intentions (deliberate or otherwise) - but later realized that you probably don't understand the difference between healthy skepticism and corrosive cynicism & consequently chose to edit my other remarks because I realized they were beyond the pale of civility - I certainly don't want to sound as angry and cynical as some others out there. My apologies & thanks to JonNYC for pointing out my oversight.

For what its worth, I agree that the reference to the headless body sent home to mom was a little over the top (no pun intended) but I agree with the thrust of the original post (although the "are any elites as patriotic as me" rubbed me the wrong way, I believe that uglyman is good intentioned -although I think he would be better served by adopting a more attractive handle). In the final analysis, the decision to upgrade a servicemember as your companion is a personal one.

JTB


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