I live in MSP, and am/have been a NW guy. I've flown on Icelandair before to the UK, and it has many positives. I decided to switch my UK travel from NW to Icelandair for various reasons. I called the US office of Icelandair and talked to a CSR. I querried regarding a comp to Saga Silver or Saga Gold (40,000/70,000 miles per year). I am NW Gold (despite excellent last minute help on this board to get me to SIN and Plat, a rather nasty illness put that plan (and me) to rest). I had hoped for a comp to Saga Silver, but no dice. I was told Icelandair is just too small to comp, but they would "really love" my business. Well, jeez, work with me people.

My questions:

1. Has anyone ever been comped to an elite level on Icelandair?

2. Does anyone out there fly Icelandair? Any insights or comments to share?

As an aside, I had to chuckle when as I was explaining I had generally flown NW transatlantic the last few years, the lovely accented CSR commented "oh, they HATE us!".