Just got in from my first CO metal trip of the year. 6 segments, 4 upgradeable (2 were CO Connection Put-Put). 3 out of 4 were upgraded at the 5 days window. But the 4th, IAH-SNA was held back from EUA...8 seats out of 12 FC seats were still open the night before. Put on "waiting list" at first flight, NAS-FLL...nada. Checked in at FLL, nada...ditto with IAH at first. Checked with Red Coat upon landing at IAH, and she said all 12 seats were taken by Plats buying full fare tix...in last 12 hours, huh???

About 20 minutes before the flight, the angel at the PC printed out a boarding pass for 5B (bulkhead) and 3B came out...go figure!!! Anyway, I got the upgrade last minute.

I was greatful for the upgrade...and enjoyed every minute of it into SNA... . But, I really don't think a Platinum should sweat for it like that! Two years ago I got this upgrade as a Silver!

If I fly mainly intl., it's financially impossible to get intl. upgrades on CO, gotta deal with crappy domestic connections on CO, those "free" domestic upgrades are so "iffy" on CO, and CO Coach is so inferior to UA or AA, then what am I doing on an airline with a big western hole, and having to connect every place else???

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[This message has been edited by SemiElite (edited 04-09-2002).]