I totally understand the idea, once you explained it to me a few posts ago, what I am wondering about is how legal is this? I am using a status and not paying for it, as at the gate - if I go with two bags I would not pay. However, once I flip to UAL, they could charge me - I guess because they are shipped you all think they would never retroactively come after me. Which is great - but is that "legal"? Or does it not matter as I actually do have that status?