Originally Posted by
sbm12
[SIZE=1]I also think that the 50% thing is vastly overstated on FT in terms of impact on the traveling public. Most folks barely care at all about the miles and the status. CO changed it because of UA and that's fine and some folks here will benefit, but I firmly believe that they were not losing business in a significant enough capacity with the policy in place for it to have been bad for them.
I agree with you 100%. I believe the changes made were done for compatibility with UA. The CO/UA relationship will be stronger than other CO relationship in the past. It can only get stronger.
Comments about Larry's departure and the changes are unfounded. I think the top person who makes the decisions on OnePass are Mark Bergsrud. Mark is very smart and astute on FF programs. I believe the changes are very logical.
Upgrade reciprocity has yet to be announced (whether there will be any). Just my gut feel - I do not think there will be any upgrade reciprocity for this year. Something could evolve next year - but if I were to guess - I think UA would move over to a system more like CO.