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mergers

United Airlines And Continental Partner Operations

Circling the winged wagons, United Airlines and Continental announced they're partnering up into something just shy of a full merger. Continental will try to join the Star Alliance Network and the airlines will begin code-sharing on some routes. Travelers will be able to spend frequent flyer miles earned with one on the other. Might want to avoid flying them for a while until we see how well they two manage to integrate their systems, because, if there's one thing airlines are good at, it's screwing up.

United, Continental Form Broad Marketing Alliance [WSJ]
Continental Airlines and United Airlines Announce Comprehensive Plan for Global Cooperation; Continental Plans to Join Star Alliance [Press Release]

(Photo: So Cal Metro)

2:49 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Ben Popken
1,272 views, 20 comments

Latest by opal: @TechnoDestructo: Exactly! Will have to rethink my mileage strategy of Northwest to Asia and Continental around the U.S... more »

travel

Continental Says Airline Industry Is "In A Crisis"

Continental will cut 3,000 jobs and reduce capacity by 11% due to the ongoing "crisis" in the airline industry. More »

1:34 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Meg Marco
3,821 views, 67 comments

buddy passes

Why Airline Buddy Passes Suck

This week, travel guy Christopher Elliott talks about the growing worthlessness of buddy passes—the travel vouchers airline employees get for family members, or unhappy customers sometimes get as a peace offering. For examples, "on American Airlines, it’s often less expensive to buy an advance-purchase ticket than to use a buddy pass, once you factor in all taxes and fees." And Continental will add a $100 to $400 surcharge per buddy pass starting this Monday, rendering the "perk" of a buddy pass entirely moot. More »

11:33 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Chris Walters
5,996 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm the wife of a Continental employee. Before 911 a domestic buddy pass was $25 one way in the lower 48 states + tax. As soon as 911 happend CAL used that as an excuse to increase the pass fee. more »

mergers and acquisitions

United Airlines Talking Merger With US Airways, Keeping Continental On The Side

United Airlines is a slut. The airline has been talking merger with US Airways, even going so far as to make it clear that US Airways CEO Doug "I'm OK To Drive" Parker can be the CEO of the combined company when United boss Glenn Tilton retires, says Reuters. Meanwhile, while the airline has been talking marriage, family and kids with Parker, it has been negotiating with Continental on the side — trying to form an "alliance" of some kind. Continental, of course, is already dating American AND British Airways! More »

9:27 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Meg Marco
2,029 views, 4 comments

Latest by n/a: The aircraft in the picture is not a United aircraft, it is a SkyWest aircraft. more »

mergers

American Airlines Flirting With US Airways On Possible Merger

An unnamed source has told Reuters that American Airlines is in talks with US Airways about a possible merger—and that it's also in talks with Continental about sharing passengers! Meanwhile, Continental is currently in talks with United about a possible merger of its own, and has said it will only choose one partner eventually. United, on the other hand, is not only pursuing Continental but is also in talks with US Airways about a merger. Yes, we have an airlines romantic triangle, folks. Someone's heart is going to end up broken. More »

6:39 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Chris Walters
2,186 views, 17 comments

Latest by ageshin: I remember when they deregulated the airlines, saying that we would get more diversity and competition, resulting in lower fairs. This seemed to work for a while, but good old market forces were at work and now we have fewer more »

mergers and acquisitions

The Ultimate Airline Bankruptcy And Merger Cheat Sheet

Thinking of taking a trip but can't remember which airlines are bankrupt and which ones are part of Delta? We know it can be difficult—that's why we've put together a little cheat sheet to help you get through this time of uncertainty. More »

8:51 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Meg Marco
8,153 views, 44 comments

Latest by Serpephone: DELTA = "Didn't Even Leave The Airport" more »

Continental is going to charge $25 each way for the privilege of checking a second bag. [Bizjournals]

11 comments

travel

Booking Reward Travel On Continental Airlines Will Give You High Blood Pressure

Reader Mike has lots of frequent flier miles that he'd like to cash in with Continental Airlines. As he found out, this is extremely difficult. Here's an email he sent to the CEO of Continental, Larry Kellner: More »

10:38 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Meg Marco
5,884 views, 23 comments

travel

The Final Word On Rule 240

Reader Laura was nearly stranded in Manchester when Continental canceled her flight two days before a major college test. She politely asked to be rebooked; she begged for another flight; when that failed, she invoked Rule 240. Laura's experience presents the perfect opportunity to clarify once and for all what Rule 240 is and isn't. First, her story. More »

11:22 AM on Sun Mar 23 2008
By Carey
21,552 views, 72 comments

ouch

United Airlines Raises Prices As Much As $50

Get ready to pay more for air travel, United Airlines is raising prices. A lot. As much as $50 for some fares. Continental has already matched the increase. More »

7:13 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Meg Marco
2,004 views, 23 comments

Snow in Cleveland is affecting air travel. The FAA says:
Due to WEATHER / SNOW-ICE, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, OH (CLE). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 3 hours and 12 minutes.
Continental, which uses Cleveland as a hub, is canceling lots of flights. [Ohio.com]

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airlines

Continental Raising Unaccompanied Minor Fee To $150

Broken homes, take note, starting February 17th, Continental is raising the unaccompanied minor fee to $150 round trip, or $75 each way, up from $50 one way. Tipster Barbara, who is sending two of her kids to visit family this weekend, writes that it's, "almost cheaper for me to fly with them than to send them as unaccompanied minors!"

(Photo: .Dianna.)

9:00 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Ben Popken
2,065 views, 53 comments

mergers and acquisitions

Delta To Ask Northwest To The Prom, United And Continental May Drunkenly Hook Up

Here's the state of the airline merger party. More »
travel

Continental To Offer Free WiFi, Satellite TV For $6

Continental Airlines has announced that it will be offering Wi-Fi and satellite TV in some of its planes, thanks to a partner ship with LiveTV (owned by JetBlue.) More »

5:56 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Meg Marco
2,258 views, 20 comments

complaints

Continental Strands You In Newark With Your Cat, Offers $75 Voucher

I just received about the lamest answer from Continental after presenting them with my complaint, a $75 coupon. I was flying into Ponce, through Newark on the 11th of December. Due to weather, supposedly, I missed my connection in Newark and I was left at 1AM, with no bags or vouchers, or apologies, or upgrades of any sort. The next flight was 24 hours away, only one flight a day. I'm attaching the emails I've exchanged with them in hope that you'll publish them and perhaps cause them some well-deserved shame and bad publicity. I can't believe they boast of 'best in customer satisfaction.' More »

5:22 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Meg Marco
4,269 views, 31 comments

Latest by shorttermblog: It happened a very similar thing to me in Newark. Continental was able to give a voucher for the hotel after more than 2 hours of line at the customer service. They said the vouchers were finished.I wrote a letter more »

travel

Hey Continental Airlines, North Korea Isn't The Same As South Korea

Just wanted to let you guys know about an absurd situation my wife and I encountered when trying to check in for a flight from Newark, NJ to Cancun on Friday Dec 14, 2007:

My wife (a South Korean citizen and non-immigrant to the U.S.) was initially denied check-in due to the fact that their "computer" stated that she was required to have a Visa to enter Mexico. We quickly informed the attendant (Donna [redacted]) that the Republic of Korea aka South Korea aka NOT North Korea, is a treaty nation with Mexico and that tourist Visa's for minimal stays are not required. More »

4:14 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Meg Marco
17,421 views, 66 comments

Latest by n/a: @kjones: Thanks for sending that geography test. It was fun and it made me humble: 78% with an average error of 51 miles. more »

Some airlines, including JetBlue, Delta and Continental are waiving change fees due to a nasty storm in the northeast. [Newsday]

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travel

A Big List Of Airline and Airport "Tarmac Stranding" Policies

We've been looking over the Department of Transportation's spiffy new report about "tarmac strandings" (or "long on-board delays" as their now being called,) and have located some pretty interesting stuff. More »

1:46 PM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Meg Marco
3,437 views, 6 comments

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