Even without blaming someone else, a new member is defined as someone who has been a member less than a year.

BTW, when I first signed up for CO OnePass, I never ended up using for a while after signing up, so after a while they sent me two free upgrade coupons to entice me to fly them, which I did. The flights were fine (MSY-IAH-SAN-IAH-MSY), and I was able to upgrade on both of the return flights. The two primary things that stick out are:

1) On the return SAN-IAH flight the breakfast was spectacular.

2) Both IAH-SAN and back flights were on 737-300's ... without a movie ... I didn't care for that ...