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I have a question for you CO elites...

I recently relocated to Houston thanks to work, and I fly 100+ flights a year... I'm 1K (platinum equivalent) on United and am stoked for CO joining *A

My question is, what would you guys consider the things that set CO elite status apart from the crowd... I ask because UA is getting pretty crappy about their upgrade awards and such and I'm thinking of finishing this year as 1K and asking for status match and switching to CO once they are in *A...

The other option is stay UA and accrue the miles on CO... But I think this would nix most of the benefits of being top level elite... How does CO treat other airline elites from like Delta now, so I can guess at how they'll treat me if I don't switch...

Thoughts?

A few things:
1. Do not wait until CO moves into the Star Alliance to switch as that will probably be when they stop matching elites on other Star Alliance airlines.
2. If you have relocated to IAH, I suggest you match to CO now and begin the year earning with them, assuming you can meet the qualifications for next year with CO within 10 months.
3. The main thing different about CO and UA in terms of their frequent flyer benefits would be with CO you have no upgrade instruments and instead have EUAs.
Overall I think you would be happy switching to CO now.

When I moved to IAH a few years ago, I was 1K with UA. Unless you're flying to ORD or DEN alot, there is no beating the schedule on CO. I stayed with UA; then status matched with CO and was flying both. Let me say that flying CO made me realize how much better the service was than UA. When I fly UA now, it just reinforces that. The thing I miss about UA are the SWUs. Even in irrops, I've had great service from CO (as I used to with UA); though many on this board have had very different experiences.

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