Throw Us Platinums a Bone!!
Feb 6, 2009, 10:06 am
#1
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Throw Us Platinums a Bone!!
CO should bring back the Platinum Elite only benefit to exit rows; especially on Expressjet.
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum’s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that’s frustrated by this?
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum’s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that’s frustrated by this?
Last edited by Facevalue; Feb 6, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Feb 6, 2009, 10:52 am
#2
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CO should bring back the Platinum Elite only benefit to exit rows; especially on Expressjet.
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum’s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that’s frustrated by this? Has anyone found a viable alternative to Expressjet. I know WN flies mainline jets to a lot of routes. Is anyone now just flying to the Gold Elite status and then gaining status on other airlines?
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum’s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that’s frustrated by this? Has anyone found a viable alternative to Expressjet. I know WN flies mainline jets to a lot of routes. Is anyone now just flying to the Gold Elite status and then gaining status on other airlines?
Feb 6, 2009, 12:18 pm
#3
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CO should bring back the Platinum Elite only benefit to exit rows; especially on Expressjet.
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum?s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that?s frustrated by this? Has anyone found a viable alternative to Expressjet. I know WN flies mainline jets to a lot of routes. Is anyone now just flying to the Gold Elite status and then gaining status on other airlines?
I fly my share of CO Express and I find it very hard to see what differentiates a Platinum Elite from a Gold Elite. Exit rows are almost always now taken weeks in advance. (as opposed to when Platinum?s had exclusivity to exit rows.)
Am I the only Platinum Elite that?s frustrated by this? Has anyone found a viable alternative to Expressjet. I know WN flies mainline jets to a lot of routes. Is anyone now just flying to the Gold Elite status and then gaining status on other airlines?
Feb 6, 2009, 12:37 pm
#4
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DISAGREE 1OO%- Book EarlyBest Regards,
CO GOLD
Feb 6, 2009, 1:17 pm
#5
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I'm having trouble agreeing with your complaint. Do all plats book short notice and golds all book in advance? I've had more than a few times when I booked the day before the flight and the exit rows were still available so maybe you just had some bad luck or fly elite heavy routes?
Feb 6, 2009, 1:20 pm
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Feb 6, 2009, 1:51 pm
#7
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I don't expect golds to agree of course. Maybe iAH is a tough route, but there is no advantage between Plat and Gold on Expressjet.
Feb 6, 2009, 2:45 pm
#9
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I agree with the complaint. Impossible to get an exit row aisle when booking less than a month out SFO-EWR-SFO.
Feb 6, 2009, 3:00 pm
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Feb 6, 2009, 5:44 pm
#11
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I honestly cannot remember the last time I sat in a non emergency exit row in Y, and I never book tickets more than 2 weeks out. I say keep it as is.
Feb 7, 2009, 4:48 am
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Sorry to hear that they're flying Kenjets cross country. Things must really be getting tough at CO
.I put mucho time into the little beasts and have yet to be unhappy at my exit row seat selection (either 12A or B on the 145) no matter when I book the flight. BTW, they are usually close to full as well.
Feb 7, 2009, 9:16 am
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In my limited ERJ experience (4 ExpressJet total), I was able to get exit seats (i.e. 12A) 3 times out of 4 at OLCI (I think).
I've had similar success on mainline A/C (14A/C on the 733/735), but that's aided by plats and golds getting pulled out of exit seats into F.
Feb 7, 2009, 11:07 am
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Feb 7, 2009, 11:42 am
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