Just reentering the freq trav scene again and lost my CO status last yr (still have USAir Gold and SWA Companion Pass for a few more months tho).

I seem to recall hearing that you could get an airline to grant you temp status, and then fly with them a lot in a short time, and avoid having to start from zero.

Anyone know how this program works and what the drill is to get it going? My new job already has me booking trips out the wazoo. I need to go to UK next week and don't want to waste 10,000~ miles on 2006 status - I only have about 5,000 on CO this year.

Any quick tips would be appreciated. I need to book later today.