That was our experience too, genuze, so we switched totally to UA.
Well maybe not totally, we still fly AS SEA/LAS, SEA/LAX, SEA/SFO and next week we will be flying AS SEA/HNl, fortunately upgraded, but now we fly them more as a final choice, not as the only option that AS used to be.
This year we will only be MVP. Our son, on the other hand, who does a lot of work in LAS, BOS, DEN, MCO and DCA will be MVPG. It is kind of strange when all of a sudden you have a kid who has higher status than you.