<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by outoftown:
Several years ago I was comped two years in a row to DL Silver status. I was also comped once to UA Premier Exec and have had multiple year comps to AA's mid-level Platinum. I'm not counting the same status comp AA gave me last year. I did not think this was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Did policies change on this? I'm sure the potential revenue based on travel patterns as seen on other airline statements can override any one-time restriction. </font>
I think all of the airlines like to say "We're only doing this for you once, from here on out you'd better earn it!" Whether they enforce that or not probably varies. Are their systems good enough to tell the agent "We hooked this guy up with Plat in 1995. Don't give him another one!"?
Somebody told me once that CO plays hardball with the multiple comps, whereas NW throws around Silver cards like they are going out of style. Kind of interesting considering how linked the programs are...