Here's a fine example of what my CO year has been like.
EWR-LAS 04/10/05. Yesterday 8 FC seats available 757-200 (24 FC config.)
This morning first day of EUA possibilty for Plats. No EUA - 6 FC seats available.

Wiithout question this will go on for the next few days. Each day no EUA and one or two less FC seats. For the last few years this scenario virtually guaranteed you the EUA. During the past six months I have resigned myself to the fact that it is much more likely that I will fly Y than FC. At some points I've actually thought that I might have been blacklisted from UGs

In one of the posts regarding the CO DO someone noted the upgrade % that CO cited for Plats last year as about 98% .... yeah right. Let's see what it is this year. Several years ago CO used to send each Elite a newsletter showing how many flights you took and how many upgrades you got.....probably won't be seeing that anymore.

Anybody who subscribes to the theroy that we shouldn't be complaining about the lack of EUAs and upgrades is just plain wrong as this was the main reason why myself and many others bought into their program and stayed.

Just venting.