Originally Posted by ijgordon

Why don't you check pda.continental.com/info. Pick the international flight of your choice, check the upgrade standby list at least 2 hours prior to departure and you'll see how many people were upgraded on that specific flight. (After about the 2 hour mark they start clearing nonrevs into BF, so the list is less reliable for this purpose).

I can GUARANTEE you that there are LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of people who successfully upgrade to BusinessFirst on CO flights.

It's really a shame that you've posted so much patently incorrect and misleading information in this thread.