Originally Posted by okrogius

Comparing this with others:

CO - 50 to change within 24 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 1pm day before)
US - 50 to change any point same day (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 6am, but only at the airport)
AA - 50 to change within 12 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 1am)
DL - 50 to change within 3 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 10am)
UA - 75 to change within 3 hours, 50 to change 15 minutes prior...

(AA/DL free for all elites. CO offers a 25 discount for golds. Only UA and US charge full price for low/mid elites.)

UA just went from the best standby, to having the worst of all legacies. I wonder if I can get this on a napkin, along with the #1 on-time message.

Originally Posted by travelinmanS

There is nothing "full service" about any of the legacies anymore, except the fact that they all fully expect bailouts of taxpayer money to survive. For a domestic flyer the sad fact is that WN, B6, and VX all offer a better value and better service than any of the "full service" airlines.

If it were not for FFP's and people using corporate money (not their own) to stay loyal to these programs none of these airlines would survive, nor should they.