Europeans and continental.com?!
Nov 24, 2003, 6:57 am
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Europeans and continental.com?!
Hi,
most european residents are not supposed to use continental.com!
HOW will they be able to get the 100% EQM in 2004?
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most european residents are not supposed to use continental.com!
HOW will they be able to get the 100% EQM in 2004?
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Viele Grüße
Oliver
Nov 24, 2003, 7:25 am
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It says : "For US residents ONLY!"
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Nov 24, 2003, 9:18 am
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At the bottom of CO's web page there is a icon for worldwide sites. Try that.
Nov 24, 2003, 9:46 am
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Since the original poster is in Germany and there is no Germany option I guess CO doesn't want this person's patronage.
I note that the UK site offers those who are not Onepass mebers the opportunity to "Enrol now" [sic].
I wonder if the different "sites" offer different prices as well?
I note that the UK site offers those who are not Onepass mebers the opportunity to "Enrol now" [sic].
I wonder if the different "sites" offer different prices as well?
Nov 25, 2003, 2:41 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Germanfflyer:
most european residents are not supposed to use continental.com!
HOW will they be able to get the 100% EQM in 2004?</font>
most european residents are not supposed to use continental.com!
HOW will they be able to get the 100% EQM in 2004?</font>
Nov 25, 2003, 5:57 am
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Maybe the 50% rule does not apply to European Onepass members? After all, we do currently get a 50% extra bonus when flying BF , which is not mentioned in the general pages either. I wonder what will happen to that next year?
Nov 25, 2003, 2:22 pm
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Even though I can use continental.com as a UK resident, if I book a domestic US itinerary, it will still charge me full taxes... which are waived if you supply the ticket number for your transatlantic fare if you book with a travel agent or even Travelocity. I do realize that even so I'm in a better situation than OnePass members from other European countries. It just goes to show what a fiasco these changes are, and what an inadequate cop-out the continental.com exception is. I mean, they haven't even figured out yet what to do with flights on European partners such as KLM, Air Europe, or flybe! No wonder it took me 30 attempts to fax the United comp number yesterday - the line was contantly busy....
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Nov 25, 2003, 4:47 pm
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The problem is purely technically! The pricing engines that many airlines use must have a point of sale indicator so that the correct availabity is displayed and the correct charges are charged. Fares are not the same eastbound as they are westbound. The computers at traditional agencies are programmed w/ a country of origin indicator whereas it is somewhat more difficult to do that if it is web based. Same reason why those of us here in the US are not able to purchase products via the web in many other countries. As the world of web purchasing evolves so will the ability to purchase products worldwide. STAY TUNED!
Nov 25, 2003, 7:58 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Passmethesickbag:
Even though I can use continental.com as a UK resident, if I book a domestic US itinerary, it will still charge me full taxes... which are waived if you supply the ticket number for your transatlantic fare if you book with a travel agent or even Travelocity.</font>
Even though I can use continental.com as a UK resident, if I book a domestic US itinerary, it will still charge me full taxes... which are waived if you supply the ticket number for your transatlantic fare if you book with a travel agent or even Travelocity.</font>
Nov 26, 2003, 5:11 am
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You save part of the taxes when you connect to a domestic flight from an intenational flight as they are already paid by the international arrival tax
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