<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NJDavid:
Hey, I'm never one to defend CO, but you have to understand that that changes the nature of your question.
I mean, you're now no longer asking "how come caviar tastes bad?" Your question has become, "how come the rotten fish tastes bad?" ...Um...because it's rotten fish?
CO is still in the dark ages regarding Saturday night stays on awards. Remember, if you're in the ivory tower in Houston, the customers are the enemy, and they must have rules in place to prevent the enemy from getting away with any value for their One Pass miles.
I mean, sure AA and UA et. al. allow standard rewards without Saturday night stays, but they're so much larger that they do not need to be so protective of their inventory. And sure Southwest et. al. allow awards without Saturday night stays, but they're so much smaller that they do not need to protect their inventory.
(????????? Circular logic = Revenue Management ????????)</font>
Oh! Well, how silly of me. Knew there was a good reason I let my gold go by the wayside....
Note to CO: AA is getting about 50% intl F and J fares from me, and 50% L, N domestically (sometimes Y, but not if I can help it since I pay for it), and I pay for the upgrades on domestic!
Still happy with the choice I made.