I think folks are getting a little too excited here.

The first baggage fee is in line with other major carriers - AA and UA. CO needs to charge it to be competitive. $30 roundtrip is significant.

The 500 min. only applies to EQM. CO currently only gives bonus miles based on the actual miles. Maybe some with lots of less than 500 min. flights can earn it on points. Remember if you are buying expensive Y tickets you get 2 points for that segment.

Yes - I hate to see the loss of 25% - but others AA and UA only give 100% to top tiers. But the real catcher here is that the others offer SWU - and CO Insider has indicated that CO does not play to offer.

I think CO's plan to align with UA - but then not offer SWU is the biggest hit here.