Good points, everyone. True, even before the attack, CO had awful specials. In fact, I didn't even notice they dropped me from their weekly mailings.

SemiElite, I think Jon's point is that even flights out of hubs are awful.

JonNYC, bear in mind that this upcoming weekend is Columbus Day Weekend, so potentially more travellers.

For what it's worth, last week's CO EWR specials (according to the SmarterLiving summary) were:

$109 PORTLAND, ME: Continental (or $29 and 10,000 miles)
$129 NORFOLK: Continental (or $29 and 12,500 miles)
$179 SEATTLE: Continental (or $29 and 17,500 miles)
$199 LOS ANGELES (LAX): Continental (or $29 and 17,500 miles)
$239 LAREDO: Continental (or $29 and 17,500 miles)

Not great, but at least SEA and LAX are listed.

Gotta run, off to EWR!