Potato strings on the lasagna, and other upgrade fun
The fickle upgrade gods are very much exactly that. Fickle. And Continental makes it easy to wring one’s hands over the upgrades. Their website makes...
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Continental announces new top tier and system-wide upgrades
Continental announced two new benefits this evening: a new top-tier status – Presidential Platinum – that will be invitation only and System-Wide Upgrades (SWUs) for...
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US Airways rewards increase, still don’t suck
It was somewhat inevitable that the Star Alliance partner award chart would change once US Airways announced the changes to their own metal rewards a...
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New livery and seats at Continental
Following a month in the shop at Hong Kong, Continental’s first Boeing 777-200 to be painted in the Star Alliance livery scheme arrived in Newark...
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Columnist gets lost, blames airline
Probably the only reason that this story is even a story at all is that the protagonist already has a regular column in the New...
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US DoT smacks British Airways around
It seems that the US Department of Transportation has been busy lately looking out for their constituents – the travelling public. Yesterday they announced record...
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The cost of an overnight diversion
Apparently it is $100,000 for the operator of the flight, with an additional $75,000 for the company handling ground operations at the airport. Those are...
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United’s flight attendants unhappy
What else is new? But seriously folks, this time they seem to have a focus for this anger: the new upgrade policy that United announced...
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Continental and United announce reciprocity – aka The other shoe drops
Since the original partnership announcement between Continental and United Airlines almost 18 months ago there has been plenty of speculation about the exact details and...
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Getting ready for the biggest day of the week
It is just before 4am local time in Frankfurt, Germany and I’m wide awake. I’ve been up for almost two hours working on blog posts...