Continental Leaving Skyteam for Star Alliance!
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#17
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This really bums me out. Saver level award tix to and from Hawaii are frequently not only easier to find on CO metal, but they offer a better product than DL offers on its own metal. (Much nicer seats than DL's domestic first in F and free meals and individual TV in Y.) I hope this "transition" takes a very long time, or at least as long as it takes me to burn through my SkyMiles.
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#20
Join Date: Aug 2007
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No choice. Until recently, the company mandated which airline we had to fly on a paid basis. (They recently relented when confronted with lower priced tix elsewhere.) By that point I had banked over half a million SkyMiles. Until I moved to Hawaii, I had no reason not to bank on DL, as their service on the mainland was about the same as CO's. Once here, I found out what a big difference there was. Oh, well, there's always the NW A330 via MSP!
#21
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Well, this is not good at all! Now we are down to one domestic partner (and soon there will be none when DL and NW combine). Right?
Plus, I take it we will lose COPA as well?
Plus, I take it we will lose COPA as well?
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#24
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I just had a nice award ticket experience on COPA from CTG-PTY-LAX...given Snyder's of Hanover pretzel bags (cheddar ones and it was big) on the CTG-PTY leg!
#25
Join Date: May 2006
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I don't see this as a big loss to NW/DL as long as they use this opportunity to bulk up Latin/South American routes. I do think this leaves the door open to keep the MEM hub to have a solid presence in the southern Plains/Texas region.
Biggest downside for me will be lack of SkyTeam to CRP (where the in-laws live).
Biggest downside for me will be lack of SkyTeam to CRP (where the in-laws live).
#27
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#28
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I planned on using my Delta SkyMiles to get to Brazil in Feb 09 thru Mar 09 on Continental metal. Do you think CO will allow me a seat that far away? Delta is already pretty much zero'd out for SkySaver seats during that time.
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I'm finding them EWR-GRU-EWR and also IAH-GRU-IAH for my dates. While Delta has nothing ATL-GRU-ATL and nothing JFK-GRU-JFK. Basically, from Nov - Feb DL is zero'd out of Saver seats but CO has a few Saver seats sprinkled around.
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If standard award space is available (or made available by CO) for general CO FFP members during that period, then you will be able to redeem DL miles for such a trip too. Award tickets already issued by DL before CO leaves SkyTeam will be honored by CO for travel. In other words, you are likely to be as able to use your miles for a Feb. 2009 - March 2009 trip on CO as you would be even without this UA-CO deal.