Originally Posted by qasr
My bet is that you would be smart enough to fly the airline that allows you to pay a paltry $40 to get much more comfortable seating before you earned your elite status back.
E+ is nice, but I'm not that tall so it's not "much more comfortable" to me. I'd fly the airline that shows the most interest in keeping me as a customer - and scaring me into paying more than I bargained for just to avoid being bumped would have the opposite effect.