My DH was an AA flyer. Since he takes so many CVG flights he switched to Delta, since they had direct flights. They upgraded him to Silver Medallion, since he was Gold at AA. Well Tues. well trying to get early seating, he was stopped and told his Silver Medallion is no longer good. He called me & I emailed Delta that even though his company pays top dollar to send him to Kentucky, SLC and today to Raleigh, he will probably never receive the 25,000 base points, since after 7 flights with them he has only 5700. He sends many consultants to these same cities, also at top dollar tickets. Asked them to review the amount of money spent on his tickets this year, which were the last minute, astronomical ones. Also pointed out that he just flew 2500 base miles with AA this year and they have extended his Gold until 2004. Just got their reply which was sort of: we value the big bucks your company spends on you and adore your business, but tough luck. Look online and someday you might find a special going on. My husband emailed me and said he will find a way to fly everywhere with AA. Even if it takes 1/2 a day for a trip to Kentucky. AA is just nicer than Delta.