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Originally Posted by
mhhdoh
(1) i have to say that availability on CO is abysmal relative to other carriers. On LH, I can pretty much get any flight i want in any class even as little as 2 weeks before the trip. Delta has far better availably than does CO, as do united, us airways, virgin atlantic's availability is amazing....everyone actually is much much better.
On CO, there seems to be no availability for anything at the not-outragesously-expensive mile levels. So, again about "what's the benefit of being platinum", this just is another things that makes me say "i don't know".
I figured I would hit on this real quick, rather than commenting on all points. Most anecdotal evidence would suggest that CO has much better reward availability, especially at lower levels, than Delta's recently-devalued SkyMiles program, but obviously, YMMV.
UA, with Starnet blocking, should have less availability on Star partners than CO by default, but perhaps in the markets you are looking, there are more reward seats available on UA metal than CO. I have not yet found this to be the case.
Just for future reference, calling out CO Insider directly is generally frowned upon, though many of your grievances are shared by other members of this forum.