<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mauld:
Question for all your NW upgrade boosters:
aside from Asia (where on CO I've always gotten my upgrade with miles at time of purchase), how can you saw NW is much better. I was attempting to use a NW credit and CO miles to upgrade on a NW flight, 'from any northeast city (including DTW) to either AMS, CDG or FRA leaaving on any Wed, Thurs and returning the following Sun or Mon.... during June, July, Aug, Sept 2003--- sorry no upgrades available was the reponse from NW, I then tried Jan & Feb 2003--- again nothing!! And I was not looking at the cheapest fares, but rates of 1200+. At least with CO HoKeY, I'm on a waitlist and as a Platinum I've cleared CO's waitlist 100% of the time in the past. Now perhaps NW is saving those seats for non-revs, (only kidding)... but seriously CO has been good to me and I'm getting slightly tired of all this CO bashing. As if every other airline is soooooo generous with upgrades, free tickets etc. Just check out any other forum, you'll see lots & lots of complaints and problems. </font>
I agree 100% with your sentiments mauld.
While I may not like HoKeY from a consumer standpoint, it makes good financial sense for CO to not give away its high-yield premium product without at least receiving a decent coach fare for it. And interestingly enough, the airlines with the most liberal international upgrade policies are also the ones inching their way to Bankruptcy Court...
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