Don't be surprised when the upgrade doesn't clear, that is the problem.. I'm on an "H" fare HKG-ORD the start of January, it is booked to 9 in business, but we've been waitlisted for 2 weeks already and doubt we'll clear.

I'd rather have 4 on any fare than 6 on UAs fares because in the end you might clear 2 or 3 out of 5 times and then you've blown money on the others.

I heard a rumor that the boarding proirity will change too but I don't know will be CO way or UA way.

Except.

1) At 150k, it's 8 for both and more importantly

2) No lie flat seats in business on AA TPAC

Bliss, are you going to do this? PM me if you are. I'm interested. We may have a shot with AA if we can gather enough 1K's.

As someone heading for 3MM to try and lock-in 1K for life I have a few observations:

- Based on the CO email I suspect 1K will be gone, and we'll all just be Premier Execs and our flown miles in a given year will determine upgrade priority. CO email says:

- As we now get the SWU's at 100k I assume this means that 1K's for life, IF they do continue will never earn any unless they fly 100k in the past year. This effectively means there is no point earning 3MM IMHO.
- It also looks to me that if they are basing the upgrade priority on miles flown in a year, someone who flies 100k in 2010, but only 15,000 by travel date, would be behind a Prem Exec from 2010 but who had flown 20,000 miles in 2011 at flight date.

This is aweful. I feel for the 1K's. I've made 1P for the past 3 years on my own dime. No corporate travel here. Now I'm gonna be 1P lite. The wife and I barely make 50 EQM. If E+ is gone so am I. I got lucky and bought UAL shares at $8. Probably time to cash out. I tried to read all the posts here and couldn't keep up. Every page I read, two more showed up. Shame on you United.

1) It only shows devalue, if they want to attract people to fly more, they can just add every 25000 miles after 100K get 2 CR-1s.

2) No gambling upgrade and wasting money on W on AA.

It's amazing how this entire board throws a temper tantrum and threatens to run off to AA. Some of the posts on here have really made me LOL.

Holy friggin cow! If they don't run a DEQM, y'all want to jump to AA. If they don't upgrade the IFE, y'all want to go to AA. If your upgrade IAD-SFO on a Friday afternoon doesn't clear, y'all want to go to AA. Seriously guys, there is a pattern here where you all throw a hissy fit if things don't go your way.

Clearly 1Ks don't utilize their CR1s, especially since UDU took effect. All you have to do is go the CC here at the end of the quarters to see this.

100k - 149k is not top tier? :confused:

Gosh, the new Continental Airlines is sure making a bad first impression. :rolleyes:

Nope. GS is tops.

Not when compared with 150,000-174,999 who get the same benies, nor the 175,000+ who get more, or GS which is the top tier.

It's like threatening to go to Canada.

yup. Bummed, but turning out I was wrong about the merger. Thought maybe the best of both would survive. Not looking good. If I had wanted to fly Continental I would have. Now they are forcing me (or trying to). So far this 1K and RCC member is:
+free bud light@RCC's
-CR1's
-good UDU % (anyone else noticing lately it is tougher and tougher?)

I am not one to cry "AA"! whenever, I have been as loyal as ever UA. But I know UA when I smell it, and I know CO when I smell it. We are being suffocated with CO and it isn't going to stop. The only question is timing at this point in my mind. Soon the above list will be longer with -'s. Funny, NonePass is worse than UA MP, so in the end it will all look about the same to CO elites, with a few slight modifications. We will all be fighting battleground "unlimited waitlist" slim and no chance, paying for W fares in false hopes of using a SWU, sitting in E- when our upgrade doesn't clear, paying for premium cocktails in F....and all this as so called top tier 1K or whatever they name it. sound bad? That is all SOP@CO right now. It will feel normal to them, and we will have been CO-erced if we stay...

It is tougher because you now have the CO flyer in the pool who flies on UA sometimes. Before, they were not in the pool, but just got to board with *G or *S, but now, they are competing for your upgrade. I would assume that on CO, with UA's flyers now competing, it is a bit tougher than before as well. But of course if you are a CO double elite diamond platinum president, and you are ticketed on a UA flight for a change, the % of UDU on UA for you just went up from zero, likewise a GS flying on CO chances have increased.

Of course as a UA 2k, you should still trump them if you book before the UDU window.

I wonder, as a UA 2K, why do you say you get less CR1's? If you fly 200k miles on UA, you now get MORE CR1s, so this should be a "+" in your column.