Except UA is now hawking F UG like the old CO does/did. I have no definite proof except my own experiences but in the last month or so they have hawked to me for sure, even when I have CR applied, even when I am already in the UG queue for weeks, on a booked ticket in a reasonable high bucket booked weeks in advance with most of F wide open according to expert flyer. That is a newer "CO like" development.

Couple this development with losing CR's, no word on E+, etc and things are looking decidedly CO. I respect the people who are like "oh thank you UA for keeping CR's" but i think a bit of cmon people, for sure FOR SURE they are tinkering with our Best in class MP program and so far the engine looks a little worse than it did. It is not unreasonable to think further decisions along this trajectory will be equally disappointing, basically blending the "best of One Pass enhancements" into UA.

We all knew the merger could go this way. It's not great. No question it makes the 8 eVips from AA look better. We have definitely moved back down a rung or two in the richness of the program.

Now, we await word on our biggest distinctive: E+

Swu's are not distinctive, CRs are not either. How you get to use them is and DL, AA, UA all have slightly different spins with only DL pretty far back IMHO.