All my miles (over 100K) spread across those 5 airlines have been earned 100% by flying... ie, my BA miles at 29K or whatever were all earned on flights with BA. As they are expiring in Feb. 2006, and since I'll probably never fly with them during that period, is it possible to transfer those miles through some intermediary into let's say my AA or CX account to help get to elite status? I'm just confused on the detials of that, as all my miles aren't from AMEX MP, etc.. On that note, just to confirm, if I convert 200K MP into 200K miles on AA, that won't get me any status right? Thank you all for your help...