Totally AGREE!

The recent "enhancements" will drive some business from me to UA/AA. I will end up with about 140K REDUCTION due to the 500 RDM loss/ticket per YEAR! This was a FACTOR in why I decided to bring business TO CO!

With the well-known fact that "standard/saver/cheap" (whatever you want to call it) being MUCH MUCH easier to come by on UA/AA/US, I figured the 140-160K I would get in bonus every year would make up for the fact I may need to book easypass tix.

So loss of bonus, combined with no SWU's (VERY important to me!) will drive me to UA/AA. I will split my 300 flights a year with CO and either AA/UA (most likely UA as ORD/SFO/LAS from NY is a frequent dest. for me).

CO was regarded as the "cream of the crop" to me. Now it is STILL VERY VERY good...but quickly sliding. Does 'ole Lar have some language in his agreement that he gets $XXXXMM when CO is merged/taken over/sold off? He is heading towards the slippery slope of cutting costs, while still have TONS of dedicated FF'ers, cheap but profitable-turning into a class-lagging airline!