Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726006)

CLT would be a good fit and also fulfills CO's needs for a fortress hub and no low fare competition.

The challenge will be to keep WN out.

Originally Posted by COFreqFlyer (Post 12725829)

COFreqFlyer likes this! ^

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12726019)

Neither contingent of people do right now. ORD starters and EWR starters have had no notification. Much to his credit, cova is trying to keep everyone calm, but it's not really working.

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 12725967)

Copa, instead of turning on Twitter phone notifications, which are SMS, install Ubertwitter on your BB.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12725987)

CO management is smart enough to avoid that labor fiasco.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726000)

I use Twitterberry and it seems to be good for me.

Though, on my old Blackberry Curve 8320 it is dog slow. Nice and zippy on the 8900 though.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726006)

CLT would be a good fit and also fulfills CO's needs for a fortress hub and no low fare competition.

The challenge will be to keep WN out.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726053)

...the gate at Hangar 54 wouldn't go over too well. I wonder if 120 will be there for us.

Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 12725850)

Im taking the wife in July but just for one night (I dont want to spoil her) then we are off to Paris and Barcelona. I have booked the Hilton Diagonal Mar in BCN but am not sure what I should do in London and Paris. By that time I will drop to HH-Gold but will still have SPG-Plat and plenty of points in each to burn (but would prefer to use as little as possible). Where would you stay in CDG (2 nights) and LHR (1 night)?

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12726085)

8830 supported?

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12726085)

I thought IAH and EWR were as close to fortress as CO could come right now given their lack of metal to start the routes that EK and QR did.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12726085)

:confused:

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12725946)

Your other SPG options in Paris are the Le Meridiens -- I tend to stay at them just for the points but they are nothing to write home about.

Another option for an early flight out of LHR is to stay at the Hilton Paddington, which is attached to Paddington Station and thus the Heathrow Express (15-20 mins to LHR). Given the need for buses it may be worth the extra money, and you'll be staying in London proper. If you take this option and are going before the end of December PM me as Heathrow Express sent me a 2-for-1 offer which I won't use.

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 12726086)

Is that the only Hilton in Barzelona ?

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike

Totally agree. It's too bad that the move to Star basically took AS out of play. I stand by my idea that CO+AS would have RULED.

Originally Posted by fozz

Blame WN.

The west coast is too competitive. AS does well as it's some where between a legacy and a low-fare carrier. Throw a legacy into the mix and the costs go up.

The only legacy with a sizeable western presence is UA and a lot of that is due to all the connections they handle out of SFO.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726108)

I think so.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726108)

IAH more than EWR. Last number I remember was that CO had less than 50% of the traffic at EWR while they had something close to 90% if not higher in IAH.

And I was just pointing out that CLT would work for that very same reason. Heavy O&D market and a fortress.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12726108)

Complete speculation on my part that the event may be held at the hangar and the randomness of someone just approaching the fence in an attempt to walk in. OH, and the 120 reference was to the 757 that was unveiled yesterday. Am I being too cryptic? :)