777Brian

Even with the strong relationship between UA and CO I didn't see this coming. I figured UA would be to focused on the possible revenue from the E+ upsell rather than give away seats to other elites. The press release says upgrades are "if available". I interpret this as saying that CO elites would be upgraded after all UA elites on UA metal; while on CO UA elites would be upgraded after all CO elites. Not a bad perk. I will definitely be considering CO if I can get better seats since I really value E+. Hope it doesn't mean UA 1K CO Equiv, UA 1P CO Equiv, UA 2P CO Equiv for the upgrade process.

Edit - seen the priority order on the CO board (check out the link above) it’s a bit of a hybrid depending how you look at it. I wonder how many CO elites ride on UA. This is an interesting real enhancement. If I was a Premier I wonder how much this also hurts my upgrade chances. This could be a real enhancement so I can now book CO exit seats.