My update...

A couple of weeks ago, I faxed a one-pager to UA with a copy of my AA Gold card.

They snail-mailed me back a request for both the AA Gold card and a printout of my AA Account Summary. (I thought that was weird...seems like the card itself, with the Feb 07 exp date, would be harder to jack around with on Photoshop if someone were faking it. Jacking with the Account Summary would be child's play.)

I could tell by the pace of the snail-mail that they got my fax pretty much instantly. I realized I had forgotten to put an email or phone number on the fax, which is probably why they snailed me.

So I re-faxed the Gold Card and the printout this past Monday, and now I haven't heard or seen a thing on my account. This time, I included a phone/email to contact me immediately if they need anything else. I need to buy a couple of MCI-SEA tickets soon...if United bongs me, I'll have to fly frickin' Southwest, which I hate. (The AA connections for MCI-SEA are simply too far out of the way.)

I don't know why UA would bong me. I already have a couple of MCI-SEA trips completed with them, and I always buy in Q class because I change tickets a lot. Seems that throwing me a small bone isn't too much to ask.