Beef or Chicken,

Your detailed and intelligent comments are appreciated. I haven't flown as an elite on United, but, the way you have been treated seems to address just about every concern I have with Onepass Elite. It was wise of you to reserve judgment until you'd logged some miles. I applaud you for making the switch and wish you the best.

IM4Travel,

I think I am finally understanding you. I now honestly believe that you have a good time with your CO elite status. I no longer think you're an employee always pumping up CO or anything like that. What I have discerned from following your posts is that you likely have a home base and travel habits that make CO elite valuable for you. This is versus some of us who (i) live in transcon business hubs with limited service on narrowbodies, (ii) fly at peak business times and/or (iii) give substantial employer-paid full fare domestic business to Continental but desire to do some leisure international traveling using our earned miles.

Yes, there will be a class of people who are cool with Onepass elite. There is a niche within the layering of market segments for everyone. Simply put, some people are fine with eating at Denny's. But for people like Beef or Chicken (a "travel decision-maker" and "a company owner"), someone who spends more and needs more from his dedicated carrier, Continental is not servicing those people well.