Although I have never particiapted in this deal, I saw it to be something that the airline and the railroad should not have so tastelessly bailed out on the way they did. I made some inquiries and found out some things that were also touched on a bit in the Wall Street Journal around the time of the big pull out many of you suffered (now having points stuck in limbo on railroads that are bankrupt)

Turns out that no, it is less likely that they will do any right things here... Mr Bush (and though I dont like the guy or his politics, this post is not meant to be a bash against the pres.) had been talking about it a lot in the news and the simple version of what was said is that the railroad is in bad shape so no one is going to get anything deal-wise. Contracts are being canceled left and right with them, and there's even talk of such a re-org, that starting all over may even be what happens. I cannot give more details but I did not pursue any further. I can fight an airline because fortunately for us, when there are problems, a corporate structure tries to make it seem like something that can eventually be dealt with. But when it comes to the Government, good luck. They are often NO NO NO people when something goes wrong and you try to fix it. that is, unless you start a lobbying campaign and become elected to something. I am not planning on doing that, and so we are actually better off with fighting airlines and calling this one a sad wash. Sorry. MM