I demand thrice-daily updates on this and every other open issue!

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Yes, I d:rolleyes:.

30 days ago? A month ago? And if this is going to happen "mid year"--i.e., July 1st--don't you think 30 days notice about the specifics is fair? As others have noted, they would like to book CO as UA elites (and the reverse) but won't until they know about the reciprocal benefits. So a little advance notice is in order.

Based on what expectations?

The assumption that July 1 is the same as an arbitrary "mid-year" is, well, and ASSumption. Beyond that, the implication that you are due some advance notice is a rather arrogant view of the world.

Advance notice in order to make advance bookings on CO. FWIW-it's unfortunate that a Board Moderator would turn things personal ("ASSumption", "Arrogant") on what was a legitimate inquiry/request based on CO's own advance publicity and postings by CO Insider.

Come on, CO would rather have you make last minute reservations, not advance ones.

Don't take it personally...I say pretty much the same thing to everyone who demands answers from someone not in a position to give them.

Seriously, CO Insider has been incredibly proactive in notifying this community when there is information to be shared. He even comes back and answers questions after the initial announcement and clarifies things when there is confusion. But he must perform those tasks within the parameters of his real life job which requires him to not share such information before it is timely. I have full faith that the information will be posted here just as soon as he can. Until then, however, suggesting that he - or anyone else - owes us an answer is inappropriate IMO. And I have no qualms about expressing such.

And the assumption that "mid-year" = July 1 is, well, an assumption. No one has said that's the date officially. Yes, that is the middle of the year but "mid-year" spans quite a broad range. If they had previously announced that it would be July 1 then I could understand that belief but otherwise there is no evidence to that point.

I am in no hurry for E+ to be opened up for obvious reasons :D.

What will UA elites be getting in CO?? :D.

COntinuity
 

Certainly more reliability & a better standard of service

I'm old enough to recall when UA was a top flight operation

There were several good choices many years ago

This does seem to be true, if you wait you get a better booking bucket for less money. I've never understood this, the whole point of advance booking fare reductions was that the airline could and would work with your money longer. Isn't it better to take as much money as possible as far in advance as possible? I know it works better for the cash flow of my business, but the airline business might be different.

To the point of "being owed" further information. I do not feel I am owed any such information. However, just like when there's a delay at the gate or on the taxiway, when an announcement proclaims they will be back to me with an update in 10 minutes, I do expect some communication in 10 minutes, not 20 or 30.

In this case it does affect travel planning, just like with the transition to *A there was a LONG period, where we didn't know if we whould book on AF or KL for travel next quarter, or do we book on LH or LX. I do think this "ballpark" information would come in useful. All the while understanding a company not wanting to put themselves "on the hook" so to speak. It's really about communication, and no I don't think that falls on CO Insider's lap. He's the messenger. So, I for one would appreciated him running the message up the flag pole. ;) And, I for one would say thank you in advance.

UA currently has a sale on E+.

One cannot blame them for stuffing E+ with revenue generating seats, but it makes me wonder what sort of availability there will be in E+ immediately after "mid 2010". I.e. will I be able to get an E+ seat on my existing reservations... I have a trip to Italy in June (probably too early) and one to China in August.

The sales ends 5/26... with the date for "mid 2010" being unknown, UA might be able to tempt some CO elites to pay for securing an E+ seat.... Anyway, one can always hope that we will learn when "mid 2010" is shortly after 5/26.

Not so much expectation in my case, and certainly not arrogance, but rather what I see as a wise consideration of use of my and my company's money and my comfort. I've got travel plans within a few months that will easily meet AA's top level challenge award and more, and substantial travel for the rest of the year. In other words, I can replace my CO Gold elite privileges relatively easy with AA's, and I know clearly what I will get in benefits for it. I understand that many here feel I can rest assured that eventually CO and UA will work it out to make me happy if I trust and continue to fly CO, and that may likely be true, although it could well take until the end of the year to find out. But I'd rather hear it officially, and see it happening, soon. I don't consider myself arrogant in deciding how to spend my money.

All I'm saying is that I've got a choice -- and I think I have a right to demand reasonable certainty on how my paid for miles on CO will be credited after the merger, and what elite privileges I will be entitled to, so that I may intelligently decide what airline to fly. If CO and UA continue to ignore me and maybe other CO elite members like me because they're too busy covering their asses to tell us how our miles will be treated (miles we haven't bought tickets for), and besides we should not be so arrogant as to expect to know now, well they do so at their risk.

Yeah...its a great idea for company reps to make statements about what will happen after a merger that hasn't even been approved yet. :rolleyes:

It's not covering asses, it how business works and what the law demands.

A Little Credit Is Due
 

They certainly know the "risk" they are taking

Stop whining & threatening

We have been treated better than most & likely will

continue to be treated as well or better than others

You haven't got sufficient chips to bluff at this table

FYI-We're not talking about post-merger benefits here but about previously publicized, "close relationship" benefits. "What the law demands" has nothing to do with it.