First off- No hitting below the belt.

In response to the "how do you fly FC for $200" qwery, here's the answer.

I book at trip a few weeks in advance to go from MSP to LA, SF, BOS, or NYC, destinations which almost always have fares for under $250 for a Saturday night stay.
On CO, elite members have unlimited domestic upgrades- no vouchers, no begging, no points.

But let's not start a mad ruch to CO. Remember the massive campaign waged by some to www.denycontinnetalthefreddy.com .

Besides, apparently you are all happy not having elite status or flying on other airlines. No need to come to CO and make these upgrades harder to come by...

And by the way, I don't think the first post in this thread nor many that followed can be summed up by saying "you get more bees with honey".

I read many of them as saying: "What type of jerk/idiot values status?"

I (most of the time) am neither a jerk nor an idiot, but status is unquestionably valuable, and I love having it. No apologies.