As annoyed I am by these changes, there are more changes that CO could have implemented but thankfully didn't. (maybe they will in the future! )

-eliminate meals at meal time for the Y cabin (I haven't seen many ads lately boasting this feature)

-eliminate pillows and blankets in Y;

-eliminate free booze and free wireless in the PC;

-increase redeposit fees to $100;

-eliminate mixing and matching of awards (saver Y award going out, EasyPass J coming home, for example). Lots of airlines currently don't allow this;

-eliminate elite bonuses when flying partners;

-reduce BF catering (one less main course choice maybe, downsize the cheese course, drop the grand marnier, for example);

So, although today's actions really left a bad taste in my mouth, I'm trying to keep things in perspective. They did, after all, throw us a few bones recently:

--Flyertalk DO
--PDA feature
--Million Miler program
--upcoming inflight internet access
--elimination of the dreaded BF 24 hour rule.