If you only have AA Gold status, you have a lot less to lose than a top tier flyer there, though, don't you?. If you're only flying 25K a year (and getting most of your miles by credit card) you're not at risk as much as someone flying 100,000, with a lot more miles in account, and not wanting to lose their status (8 VIP's a year are pretty valuable..I wouldn't want to lose them). I won't touch mileage brokers--just not worth the risk for those of us that do have hundreds of thousands of miles in account-- and don't want them to disappear.

Tom in the BA/QF lounge at SIN