I'm pretty sure that the IAH refurb was in the cards before the merger and it really didn't impact the prioritization there.

IAD is in the middle of political fights about the subway, and the cost division I'm sure. so I don't really think that there was a chance that they'd announce an up in the air project before the planned and committed one.

Personally, I think CO will try to put the screws on IAD for upgrading the facility. It is certainly an airport where they have a fortress hub and they like those, and it is *the* facility in the combined airline that is the most desperately in need of improvement.