Continental revises program for flight upgrades

December 30th, 2009 admin

By Joe Brancatelli MILES & POINTS The Continental/United upgrade game: The integration of Continental Airlines into the Star Alliance has gone fairly smoothly considering it is the first-ever on-the-fly (so to speak) switch in the history of alliances. And now one of the last pieces of the puzzle — the order in which flight upgrades will clear — seems to be set. For travel on Continental Airlines flights , first priority goes to Continental OnePass Platinums, followed by United Mileage Plus super elites (Global Services and 1K), followed by Continental Gold, United Premier Executive, Continental Silver and …


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