Good stuff. At least now they're aligned and we can see what the new program will look like.

It's a hit on the CR1s from a UA perspective, and a hit on the SWU restrictions from the CO perspective. Though for someone flying significant volume, this could be a plus, as there are unlimited CR1s and SWUs that could be earned (e.g., someone flying 200K would get 10 SWUs and 10 CR1s).

That said, I think that UA's Elite Choice program could now be in jeopardy, as they now seem to have incentives for each 25K of flying. In the past, Elite Choice would throw us bones for various levels extra flying.

As an aside, I wonder if the CO CR1s will work on BF Hawaii flights. That would be a great value if they did.

Next question will be who is the first OP member to get their hands on CO CR1s by hitting 75K next year? Paging J.Edward...