Maybe I'm the wrong person to respond here - I don't *hate* OnePass - after all, we go back 13 years - but I thought I might share a few reflections after having defected from OnePass (Gold) to Mileage Plus (Premier Executive). I'm a UK-based discount Y traveler, who prefers US FF programs for the domestic upgrades but who obviously appreciates any perks I might get on the way over there (and elsewhere). Now that I've left, I almost cannot comprehend why I stayed with CO for so long. They give you *nothing* as an Elite in transoceanic Y, apart from the Elite check-in and the privilege to sit in front of Economy (in the same seats). With UA, I get that, plus free lounge access, plus six more inches in Economy Plus, plus free booze onboard. Granted, within the US, UA don't give you free domestic upgrades. On the other hand, neither does CO these days - they don't charge for it, but you're unlikely to get it. I can't deny, however, that what I'll really miss when my Elite status expires in a year's time is the virtually guaranteed upgrades on NorthWest. However, another huge difference is traveling within Europe. With CO, I was obliged to stick with KLM, whose service is now the worst in the business. It's been such a pleasure of late to reacquaint myself with carriers such as British Midland, SAS, and Lufthansa, who treat you to a decent meal with whatever you wish to drink with it. With Lufthansa, as *A Gold, I'm even finding myself treated better when traveling within Europe than their full-fare Business Class customers, who have to make due with the Business Class Lounges, whilst I'm being invited to sip champagne in the First Class lounges. So in a way I'm grateful to CO for eviscerating the Elite qualification rules - I haven't enjoyed flying for a very long time as much as I have so far this year!