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Nov 25, 2007 | 7:04 pm

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photog72

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: IAH/HOU

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Originally Posted by joshua-bwi

All of that being said, I think I have finally made the decision to take a status match with CO... At the moment, with US I am forced to connect through PHL or CLT. With CO I guess I will have EWR (about as crap*y as PHL) or CLE (about the same as CLT) in my future. CO claims that they will match me to their PLAT level which is their top tier and only requires 75K. Since I expect to fly about 150K (and have already booked 3 TA flights on CO for the new year) in 2008, I could maintain Gold on US and PLAT on CO. I figure that now I will be able to upgrade with ease on US and have a better Coach experience on CO. I guess the grass is greener on each side of the line depending on what you are looking for...

You will be much happier on CO. I was matched to Gold on CO, and love their domestic F cabin and cabin service. Thankfully for me, my flights are mostly PHL-IAH, so it was a no brainer for me. The PHL-FLL flights, I'll still fly on US, but if the price and timing is right, I won't mind connecting through IAH with upgrades.