Continental Status Match for all United Flyers?
Funny thing happened today. I had to fly Continental just due to the routing. When I checked in, my boarding pass printed out "elite access". I do not have status on Continental, Delta, NW, etc. I know that they've announced a plan to switch to Star Alliance, however, I was surprised that they were even able to identify me as Continental does not have my Star Alliance number or anything. Has this happened to anyone else? The last time I flew Continental was a week ago and my boarding pass did not print as elite accesss at that time.