Originally Posted by
CP@YOW
Be careful - I’ve been CO Silver for the past 2 years and signed up for this at the beginning of the year, fully expecting to easily earn the miles. But then AC had some great deals and I credited about 28K miles to my Mileage Plus account. Then double EQM came out so it made sense to fly my 2 planned west coast trips on UA, where I’m now Premier Executive. So I haven’t flown a single mile on CO in 2009, despite having paid for this promotion!
That is the big downside. You aren't given the miles, you have to fly to get them.
So if, as above, you expect to possibly *not* fly at least 25k or 35 miles on CO this year, then you could be leaving money on the table.
I certainly plan to at least make silver this year ( yes it is sad to be going back down to that lowly level, but life is cruel). So I'll be doing the $125 for both myself and dergon_gf