My EUA tally:

0 for 0, 50,000 miles in the hole for confirmed upgrades so I don't have to take a chance with an unfairly imposed, stupidly thought out and plain dumb EUA system. 50,000 miles of retribution that I am putting in my "bank" so that I will remember to get it out of Continental's hide some day.

My only run-in this year will be the 2nd week of December, when I'm scheduled to fly coach next to my wife. She's on a reward, I'm at the end of a business trip where I expressly do not want an upgrade. As I've received no official notice that I have to do anything different other than reserve a seat next to my wife, that is all I have done. I will have a tape recorder with me to record whatever the gate agent says if they attempt to give me a seat I did not ask for instead of the one that I as an elite have already confirmed.

[This message has been edited by NJDavid (edited 11-22-2000).]