Originally Posted by
FoundInRNO
I'm less concerned with SWU/UDU/1K/CR1/UFC/E+ since I think those are the parts of UA that are making it competitive. I'd be really amazed if there were drastic changes to these programs in the next 3-5 years.
Agreed, but I'd put the time horizon more along the lines of 1.5 - 3 years out. The first big change that would come right away would be the order of how FFs are cleared for upgrades. Right now I believe it's UA-GS, UA-1K, CO-PP, UA-1P, CO-Plat, CO-Gold, UA-2P, CO-Silver.
One thing we'll likely be able to look forward to is (and I'm surprised no one's mentioned it yet) the redecution of Star-Net Blocking! CO is making it super easy for their elites to book on *A flights from what I hear, likely due to the switch away from OW.
It'll be interesting to see what the EQM requirements will be for the merged FF programs. CO-PP need only 75K EQMs. Perhaps that will become the new "1K" and the old "1K" becomes "2K"?
