Originally Posted by EWRuser

Also: The OP feels that business travel did not go down much, and this may be valid as an observation about people s/he knows. But as a general claim it's contrary to what the airlines themselves openly admit, as well as what I can infer from being 3/6 on upgrades this year, including 1/2 on EWR-SFO... as a Silver travelling exclusively on co.com discount fares.

(btw I will probably hit gold this year through DEQM)