We have been told (warned) by various magazines and newspapers and web sites that the value of our miles are constantly and consistently being devalued and will continue to be so over the years. The FF program as originally designed by AA and copied by all got completely out of control in terms of numbers of ways to accumulate miles and numbers of miles out there. I personally in a 5 year period never flew DL and was able to get over 195K miles thru various other promotions. Is that the original intention of the Skymiles program. No. Are they happy about it. I don't lnow but I guess maybe no. Am I happy that I used those miles for a 90K J seat to Europe and 3 Y seats to PTY (on CO metal) Yes. Was I upset when they raised their levels. Of course. Can I do anything about it? No.

While I may not be happy about these CO changes they really do not effect the vast amount of us in terms of redemption. I will miss the 500 mile booking bonus as that was about 5K a year for doing what I normally do anyway. I always use my CO MC so I get the 5% so I will continue to book on CO. com even without the bonus.

I will be less happy if the Standard Awards keep getting harded to find and if they get raised to higher levels for redemption. My accumulated miles on UA go much further than on CO and I am rapidly burning thru the UA miles before they get devalued. That will leave me with about 400K on CO and a lot of membership reward miles to transfer. CO works best for me out of EWR and I will stay with them.

Thanks COinsider as always for your sharing of information.

Cheers