Well, no super Plutonium Medallion status for me either... 2007 will be my eighth consecutive PM year after a couple of GM years. By most criteria that I have read here in this thread, I would not qualify for Exec Partner status as I usually make PM status by a relatively small margin. I do buy plenty of A and I fares though.

But what DL ought to take into account is family spending... this PM controls the travels of my family of 4 or more. One time we were a party of 5 all booked on paid (though discounted) BE tickets. And we have frequently been booked in A on domestic trips for a party of 4.

So DL should probably account somehow for ancillary spending (family) and should also probably weigh longevity factors. Family spending should be discernible if they looked hard enough simply by noting the number of pax on your PNR. I am not saying that someone such as myself should have received this "honor"... just that DL ought to consider some of these other factors. When I decide to use another carier for a given family vacation, it is usually 4 pax gone from DL, not just one.