Good question..but what do you gain from silver?
Maybe you can reserve an entire front cabin to yourself like the sheikh's do..
What do you think? I just lost my silver status and it is worth something. A few flights were upgraded (full fare mile tickets), standby was free (don't know if everyone gets that?), economy plus, priority boarding (can't get a credit card), bags (was that because of status or is that left over from cc days?), mileage availability etc. etc.
If you have a cc with them maybe isn't worth it...
Tell me your thoughts. Thats $1024 for status and 25k miles...