Originally Posted by
sdm1130
This one will probably hurt me the most.
I must agree with the other posters - overall these do not look all that bad. It could be much worse (let's not hope it does get any worse)!
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The airline industry as a whole is (obviously) in trouble and I don't think that pushing all sorts of fees on to customers is going to produce a positive end result. Many of these additional fees will impact CO's most frequent flyers which really is a shame - some of the Plat discounts are obvious exceptions to this.
I would love to see CO explore alternative (and more innovative) revenue streams rather then just follow all other major carriers by adding a bunch of fees. Finding these alternative revenue streams could really set CO apart from the other carriers! It's time to really start thinking outside the box.
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Out of all the changes, I care the least about the copay increases - they were a bad deal to begin with, often costing as much as a roundtrip mid-level coach fare for upgrades in both directions (except for Y and H's, of course). Even the H copay is only $100 ($200 for Hawaii), which is not totally abusive.