Originally Posted by AustinBear
No it does not. CO does not offer any complimentary upgrades on any flights with BusinessFirst. That includes most international flights, the exceptions being some Central/South American routes, which don't have BusFirst). Most domestic flights do offer the complimentary upgrades, the notable exception being Hawaii (which have BusFirst).
You can upgrade on transcons using points and dollars and IMHO, the value is not that great give the price of the upgrades and the current low price of BusFirst tickets.
There's a great more info on this subject to be had in past threads.
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jk
Firstly, silver is probably worth it if you plan to fly CO at all next year. Otherwise it's obviously not.
To clarify Austin Bears comments:
Silver will allow you complimentary upgrades for flights within the continental US, Canada, Mexico, Carib, and some South Am flights.
ANY flight that LEAVES the US mainland AND HAS A BUSINESS FIRST (752, 767, 777) cabin is not eligible for upgrades, and yes, this includes Hawaii. For these flights CO has a mileage and copay option in order to upgrade to BizFirst.
A transcon, such as a flight from EWR to LAX does not have a copay as austinbear indicated. Advance upgrades may be secured via mileage.