If as you said you don't contribute I'm not sure what you're getting upset about. Sticking up for the people that do contribute and get left out?
I'm not getting upset, I'm thinking out loud. BTW, I've contributed sometimes, I think, in fact I was just about to reply to your error msg from amex about the 25k upgrade, that earlier in that thread someone said that during the 1st year of having a bus gold you can't upgrade and will always get that msg.