There was an article in USA Today a few months ago about this... Someone set up a sniping BP printing site for Southwest -- so you could get in the 'A' group easier. Southwest went after them and had the site taken down. I don't know if CO and others care so much (since there's very little advantage to being #1 vs #20 these days). I mean, who gets upgraded anymore? The last time I saw anything other than an RJ on CO was on a 5+ hour flight.