Originally Posted by
fastfxr
I figure if we all band together and avoid them, UA will get the hint and remove them from service.
Ha! Surely you've heard 90% of the people boarding an RJ exclaiming "Oh look! We're on a toy plane on this flight!" We are a very small minority here - the flying masses look at one detail and one detail only, that, of course, being the price. If DL is $5 more, they book UA.
Lots of COS flyers on this forum but some seem to have faded away post-merger. Perfectly understandable. I live in SW COS and *never* fly ex-DEN (although I connect there 80% if the time). I arrive at COS roughly 45 mins prior to departure and typically still have time for a pre-flight coctail. Easy parking, easy walk, easy security (most of the time!). Having said that, the reliability out of COS has been horrific post-merger and getting worse (and worse and worse), so I now build really long layovers into my itineraries for int'l travel.
This lounge thing will be interesting, not really expecting much.