Originally Posted by
Gallank
Is there any value in being Platinum anymore? If things don't improve (in terms of getting upgrades) -- I'll be switching to Delta (my friend gets upgraded 90%+ of the time and he's only Silver).
Most who know both programs would tell you that if domestic upgrades matter to you, you'll do better on DL but accumulate miles that are nearly worthless. On CO the upgrade story is a pale shell of what it was even three or four years ago, but the miles are worth something. Pick your priority: upgrades or free trips.
Originally Posted by
sbm12
If there is someone eligible the system will process the EUA in near real-time before offering it for sale.
It's the sequence of events, though, and the amount of F inventory left for EUA when this "real time" event happens, that diminishes one's chances. F buy-ups are cross-sold to customers from the day of booking to T-24 OLCI. There is IME not much left, often nothing, for EUA.
It's not that OnePass circa 2010 has "gone to hell in a handbasket" compared to other programs; I still choose this over DL. It's that OnePass 2010 sucks compared to OnePass 2000 or OnePass 2005. This is in line with the airlines' new strategy to do nothing they don't have to do. Nobody's trying to be best in class here.... just one tiny notch above the worst-in-class.