<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pinniped:
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This year, however, seems different: my travel agent sent me a formal letter 2 weeks ago with about TEN airlines listed on it that are aggressively seeking new passengers by matching status. About five airlines are even inviting non-elites to take a free comp to the low-elite level, without any matching status on another airline needed.
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The only action I took was to upgrade from no-status to low-status on one major carrier.
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pinniped-
May I ask which airlines were offering the comp. up from non-elite to elite? I can understand why some of you don't like this method of marketing by the airlines. If I flew as much as some of you, I wouldn't either. But for people like me, this can be very valuable. I fly less than 25,000 miles per year total. I don't fly for business anymore so all of it is out of pocket. This year my flights have been almost exclusively on UA, and I will most likely be just short of Premier qualifying. If there is a way to bump up to Premier I would jump at the chance. Any info anyone has would be helpful. Are these offers targeted? Do you have to have status on a competing airline to make it worth it for an airline to bump you up?