<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dhammer53:
A couple of years ago at a flyertalk dinner, a few guys tried to convert me to CO from UA.
The following was the biggest negative...
CO never had award availability at the low rates, only the higher mileage.
So what's the point in obtaining miles if you can't use them?</font>
You could always fly CO, if that's your preference (and the free space-available domestic upgrades are a real alluring perk!) and then launder your OnePass miles through Amtrak to a carrier like UA with much better award availability. To some extent, that is a formula I employ.