Continental makes the Star(t) date official
Continental has announced their official entry date into Star Alliance – October 27, 2009. That is only three days after their departure from SkyTeam. Good...
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Continental giving miles on Star Alliance flights
When Larry Kellner, CEO of Continental, said during their quarterly earnings call that he felt the transition time between SkyTeam and Star Alliance would be...
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Flights that go bump in the night
Taking a “bump,” aka Voluntary Denied Boarding compensation, is one of those things in travel that is very much a polarizing topic. There are plenty...
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Wasting a mileage earning opportunity
Sure, I’m way more obsessed with earning frequent flyer points than the next guy, but that doesn’t mean that it is the only thing I...
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Continental “enhances” their elite upgrade policies. Again.
Continental is rather well know for announcing “enhancements” to their OnePass program that are nothing of the sort. This most recent change that they announced...
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The glory of lie-flat coach seating
As airlines invest heavily in improving their business-class product, updating the seats to be fully flat for the most comfortable sleep possible, there is an...
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Celebrating Continental’s 75th Birthday
Happy Birthday, CO! Celebrating a birthday is always cause for a party, and when it is a major milestone birthday – such as number 75...
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United lets go of their “hold” reservations feature
United Airlines made a rather significant change to their website very quietly on Friday evening, removing the option for customers to “hold” a reservation rather...
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JetAmerica to launch this July; schedules shutdown for July 2010
Another new carrier plans to take to the skies over America in early July, with an almost certain future – a quick failure. JetAmerica plans...
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A couple new routes for fun and sun
Continental and jetBlue have announced some new routes over the past couple weeks, looking to capitalize on fun, sun and, in one case, subsidy money...