<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by avek00:
I hope that CO severs the EUA link with NW post haste.</font>
CO has to. If they do not, not only do they make it harder for their own elites to upgrade (by giving them half qualifying miles on sub-HoKeY fares), but it would result in NW WP elites - who earn 100% qualifying miles on all flights - having a better shot at First (due to their being more higher-level NW elites).
Not what you want to happen when you are trying to use First Class as the carrot to get folks to spend more money on each fare.