Continental mistakenly handed out 250,000 miles — sometimes multiple times — instead of 250 miles to OnePass members who played an online game. They promptly took the points away and cancelled any award bookings that travelers had made with the miles.When Kellogg’s made a mistake at the beginning of the summer informing masses of American frequent flyers that they had won 25,000 miles when all they had done was enter a contest, they made a gesture of 500 miles as an apology.Continental has made no such apology.
Continental enhances travel for full fare passengers
Continental Airlines had the frequent flyer world waiting with baited breath for a ‘big announcement’. In the end, it wasn’t big news at all. It was some small and nearly costless service improvements for full fare flyers that don’t really do alot to make Continental more attractive than its competitors. A disappointment, really. Continental’s offerings are: Full fare passengers will be able to upgrade if there’s space available after elites have been upgraded. But that won’t happen most of the time, so they won’t be given a middle seat in coach. Well, not really. They’ll be given an aisle seat or window seat if one is available, which is how things work already. The enhancement is that when a full fare passenger is stuck in a middle seat, they’ll get 1000 frequent flyer miles. Full…
If you’re renting from Avis
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Free after rebate
This wireless network card is $40 – $40 rebate. Rather have the USB network adapter? That’s free after rebate also. So is the 8 port switch.
Even better than Degrassi Junior High
Canadians get 3000 bonus miles for Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan signup. Offer is valid through December 31st and requires a Canadian mailing address.
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15% off Southwest Airlines tickets
Reader David Caplan shares this tip: Southwest Airlines has 15% off airfare with code RR8HMX4R8H. Restricted to 3+ days advance purchases between 9/9 and 9/25. Good for flights from 9/12 through 1/16/04.
Midwest Miles conversion bonus
This has been going on for a month and a half but I hadn’t noticed — receive a 20% bonus when converting Midwest Miles into Amtrak points through September 30th.A bit late to start accumulating Midwest Miles for this purpose, but this provides an opportunity to underscore the value of those miles. You can earn Midwest Miles when traveling on American Airlines or Frontier. And by converting Midwest Miles to Amtrak you can then move them (up to 25,000 per year with no devaluation) into either United or Continental.
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10% off on United tickets
For ticket purchase and travel between Septemeber 15, 2003 and December 15, 2003, enter E-Certificate number 101605000008797927 when booking at United.com for 10% off. This offer is valid on domestic flights and for fares booked in H, Q, or V class only.
