i was comped to NW gold from AA plat simply bcs i do 4-6 TATL and a couple of TPACs with them. Four years in a row and i was always shy of Gold (last year 44k BIS), never done a MR and never will btw. So my logic again this year was that since i had my usual NW trips coming up i thought of better to get comped to GOLD thanks to status match thread so that at least i get 100% EQM bonus. Im currently @ 26K or so BIS with NW and i have 2 or 3 more TATL and no TPACS in sight for 2006 with NW so i doubt ill make it to GE. However i knew this and really not looking for status on NW just bonus mileage... it was good till it lasted.