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CO_Nonrev_elite
Where this breaks down for many people is that once you acheive all the benefits that elite brings you at Continental, then you go off to another carrier and travel with zero status and zero benefits when you could be using the status and benefits that you already have on Continental.
That is my situation exactly. Last year after I achieved Platinum I had plenty of time to make at least the mid-tier elite level on another airline. However, I would have been going from OnePass Platinum to a nothing with another airline. Sure, there are status matches, but I'd still be giving up my nonstops from IAH to just about every place I usually need to go for work, as well as the ability to use a Presidents Club before my flights out of IAH. In the end it just wasn't worth it to me.