Originally Posted by
EXLEFTSEAT
It really is as simple as this : E+! The best fall back position available. As a 1K I don't expect to be upgraded every time, heck, I fly on code shares booked on CO and certainly will not be upgraded. But I certainly will be in E+. I wouldn't know what to do if E+ would disappear. It's a lifesaver.
I don't think it will disappear, because I don't think that CO wants the kind of uproar that they will inevitably receive from UA elites if they took E+ away. With all of the other hiccups and inconveniences which this merger is bound to create, why add one other item to the list to tick off your best customers? On the other hand, I am skeptical about their commitment to install E+ on CO metal aircraft -- at least in the short-term.
I think that it will all come down to how can CO make E+ profitable across both fleets? I suspect that over the next few months we will see some experimentation of different price points for E+ on different routes. Any accounting department can get the numbers right if they mess with them enough.