I hope Qatar joins *A quickly. I foresee lots of travel on Qatar from IAH due to their low fares and convenient night departure. Disappointed to see the EQM go away for EK but we will still be able to earn Onepass miles on EK. Probably due to UA's flight from IAD to DXB and also competition for CO for flights to India with EK.

CO's changes are very positive. Biggest are EQM and EQP when booked on corporate travel websites and $25 change fees/redeposit fees for Gold Elites (reduced from $150).

I recently received a memo from our corporate travel dept that CO will start giving EQMs on all travel booked on our corporate website, since right now many are booking WN now. This will make some switch away from booking WN.