Blechh!!. While we all have specific circumstances that make different aspects of MP important to us I think in general the mix of benefits in MP has been positive for the widest array of FF's. I fly 110k to 140k,mostly domestic transcon and am certainly not happy about losing CR-1s which provided me with upgrade certainty even with a high level of hits through UDU. But I almost always fly paid business internationally (usually z) and SWUs were useless to me, so I don't care what they do with those. The real issue is the devaluing of the MP experience and our new lords and masters from CO implementing an airline designed to look more like WN than the UA we all are loyal supporters of. Like any business though CO is going to gouge us the most because we are where the money is and that is what will benefit their bottom line fastest. Many of us are captive fliers on UA, living next to IAD what other airline am I going to fly that offers me the most direct connections to the most places that allows me to minimize my travel time and maximize my home time. I don't want to have to travel through DFW or ATL to get anywhere. So I, and probably most of us, are prisoners of the modern hub and spoke air system, trapped into the one dominant airline in our home market. We will be the ones from whom the new UA looks to gain the maximum since we have the least options. Not saying it is right, because it isn't but this is just the first assault of many.