His grade of CO has been slowly dropping over the last 6 months. He used to be a big fan when he started posting. Compared with the OP, COFan’s posts have been full of constructive analysis and insightful observation. I am a fan of CO’s s
Why do I keep flying them? Since I live in a secondary market, only CO and AA have decent schedules and CO, for the most part, has lower fairs to my destinations. The only other two choices are DL with 3 flights daily- ever since they closed the DFW hub, connections through ATL take a long time and WN which is not really a choice.
tock – I am a shareholder, but I am not a fan anymore of being a passenger. I am batting 50% this year on EUAs, half the flights on my domestic routes have been changed from 73x to ERJ/CRJ and all those exciting service “enhancements” have decreased the perceived value of the flight experience. As far as OnePass, the standard redemption rates are hard to come by, unless you make a lot of planning ahead – impossible to do with my wife, upgrade fees for international tickets can be almost 125% of the ticket value if you buy the really cheap tickets, and the quality of the BF product has gone down the toilet.