Originally Posted by
tincan
I know I am going to get flamed for this but here goes. I do not think that CO should advance Elite status to anyone. It is hard enough getting upgrades, which in my opinion is the number one reason for getting the status Most of us who are at whatever status have had to sit in the seat to get to said status. If for example, someone with 23K miles calls and asked to be advance and CO did agree then, said quasi nonelite buys a fare higher than another actaul silver elite (who purchases a lower fare class) who has rightfully earned the upgrade. The actual silver elite would not get the upgrade.
To be perfectly honest, I have done a few MR's to attain Gold status this year. I've always been a Silver, but I was over the 25k Silver threshold thanks to a LAX-CNS trip in July. Once I hit the 33k mark, 50k seemed within reach via a few cheap MR's. If CO had advanced me Gold status at, say,
45k EQM, I would most certainly not have spent the $ for the MR's to reach
50EQM.
I agree that Elite Status should be earned by BIS miles and not given away, even if you are only 500 miles short of the next status level. That's my two cents.
