Originally Posted by JonNYC

I respect your opinion 100% and basically agree, but couldn't it be argued that;
OP changes for 2005-> might make some consider leaving CO-> have to consider relative pluses and minuses of the other carriers?

But you're certainly right, in a perfect world there could be a big thread that was just "CO vs. AA or UA for Asia." (and/or Europe, etc.) and that would be an entirely separate discussion. But I do think a bit of "bleed-through" is inevitable as people search for alternatives.