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Oct 22, 2008 | 8:50 pm

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Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy

IMHO, it's virtually inevitable for CO to go to 100K for the Platinum tier, but they can likely delay such a change until the 2010 Elite year because the UA codeshare and Star membership will come so late in 2009.

I expect CO and UA to offer just as many reciprocal Elite benefits as CO/NW, and for commercial reasons this will dictate harmonized Elite qualification levels.

Far more worrying, IMHO, is the possibility of CO adopting UA's approach to Star Alliance partners and not award Elite bonus miles for most Star Alliance partner flights.

I agree; I think it's only a matter of time too. I think I'll check out the United levels; going from 50 to 100k would be a huge leap for most flyers.

I too think that CO and UA might surprise us with the extent of the integration between the two airlines. Time will tell.