It seems to me that we are all a bit hypocritical about this whole comping thing...

On one hand, I jumped all over the Hilton deal and even passed along the info to several of my travelling colleages. I was already silver (which I was comped at some time in the past) and began staying at more Hilton properties (especially now that Hampton is on board). Because of this offer, I will make sure to get my 4 stays in 90 days(50K!!) Will they get extended loyalty out of me? who knows...

On the other hand, Nothing gets me more ticked off about DL than hearing about them comping folks to gold/plat. I earned my plat staus this year, after years at silver/gold, and I expect there to be an increase in my upgradability. When I don't clear for an upgrade, I wonder if any of the folks in F were comped to their plat status...but I still fly DL anyway.

So, It seems to me that we all will ..... and moan about dilution of a program where we have made elite level, and we will sneak our way into a program where we are not already elite. I rarely fly NW, but could not pass up the opportunity to grab 10K quick miles by swithching around a few car rental/hotel bonus points.... We do this because it is fun. Plain and simple. If we did not enjoy trying to beat the system, we would not be spending so much free time checking out these boards.