you cant put your account on hold BUT your game ID is listed as taken... makes no sense!
Netflix and a few other companies have this feature. Even freebie games I play maintain my stats!
For the person who keeps an account open and doesnt fly... I will be glad to PM my mailing address so you can send any extra cash my way.
Think about it, if you do take a break for a whole year... just to keep your ID, you have paid $179.40 per year. You pay $179.40 each and every year regardless of if you play or not. It seems that a lot of players could be retained with this feature, It would make it easy to pop in and out for a month or 2 at a time or to take a break... we all have real world reasons for doing this and it is senseless to waste money no matter what the amount.
Side note: I bet a lot of you have complained about paying $89 to $129 for an operating system for your computer!