Everyone here is a business expert; anyone know anything about politics? Quit wasting your time on this board complaining, and organize and complain to someone who matters. I'm willing to bet that less than 10% of the people claiming to have "written letters to Gordon" have put crayon to paper.

When the FDA tried to regulate dietary supplements, the supplement manufacturers said to the elderly "the government wants to take away your vitamins." The response to this proposed regulation REMAINS the LARGEST grassroots effort on the Hill. Members couldn't use their fax machines for days. In the end, the FDA not only didn't get their law, Congress passed another law (DSHEA) that restricted the FDA's ability to regulate these products.

I can sell a health insurance plan to your employer that limits your medical equipment reimbursement to $2500. They read it and bought it knowing what they were getting. But if I turn down your request for a $13,000 electric wheelchair, you'll send a camera crew to my house asking why I'm depriving you of your civil rights. And you'll win!

Let's face it, folks. It's their job to make a profit, it's your job to get the best price. Use public opinion and grassroots lobbying to your advantage. Organize a fax campaign explaining your displeasure. Plan one month where you will ALL fly a different airline (you only need 90 for plat, you can spare the segments). Document the amount of money you spent with someone else (believe me, CO will notice the drop in revenue if you make them aware up front). And threaten to do it again. Or contact another airline and tell them what you are willing to do in exchange for a best price on their best product. I know a group of 30 guys that renegotiate with their health clubs this way every year.

If everyone on this board is as important as they say they are, thousands of dollars are being wasted daily on your meaningless writings. Organize, make your writings worth something, and change the system.

But anytime someone organizes frequent flyers, they become a business person who sells the access they have to you instead of working on your behalf. Is it time for a non-profit to represent American travelers?