I was once Prem or PremEx out of DEN, it will take MUCH more to get me back to UA than dealing with some of the shortcomings that Early Returns has. I have split my flying between HP, CO and F9 over the past three plus years. Now that F9, as you mentioned, is going into more and more markets, my CO days are numbered. Using F9 and HP (and YX when I go back east) works for me.

Granted there is no upgrade on F9, but I still would rather sit in coach on F9 than E+ on UA, especially on one of F9's new A319's. It was nice to sit up front on UA, but upgrades got to be a bigger and bigger hassle, so being in back of the curtain was where I would most often be, especially as a lowly Premier.

The plusses for F9, which include using the bridge at DIA, people who uniformly seem genuinely interested in my business, and dealing with a company which is on better financial footing, mean that I personally will be staying on the 'A'or 'C' Concourse.