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Sep 6, 2008 | 6:25 am

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ssullivan

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Originally Posted by CO Insider

Hi CopperSteve, the ability to first bag fee exemption to the EliteAccess customer (e.g. Elite or Presidential Plus cardmember) and any travel companions in the same reservation (excluding groups of 10 or more). The one exception is when your travel companions get divided out of your reservation (for example, to process your Elite upgrade). In these cases, we'll still allow the exemption.

Thanks CO Insider! Last night at dinner this was a topic of conversation and I thought then I needed to ask what would happen if I booked non-elites with me on the same PNR and then split it to process upgrades. I'm glad to hear that the free first bag will still apply to the non-elite traveler(s). One question though — will this be automatically handled by CO's systems, or are we going to need to be prepared to argue our case with the ticket counter agents?

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Originally Posted by CO Insider

Nor do we have any current plans to discontinue unlimited free upgrades for all Elite tiers or raise our top Elite tier to 100,000 Elite Qualifying Miles.

Thanks for at least some good news!