Nope to the airline thingy. Back in the day, pre-2001, I was gold medallion hovering on being platinum with delta. But sine then it's who has the lowest rate. American, Usair SW, Delta. No airline credit cards.
Here's my guess. I've renewed my drivers license which is now one of those fancy Secure licenses. I also renewed my CCW, which is also a secure, "government issued" id. Wondering if all those background checks didn't bubble over to TSA?