Hi Flyers,

Any other Continental Platinums experience this? You purchase a ticket and start out at #1 on the standby list, only to check a day later and see that your number 1 status is now number 3 or 5, and that 3-4 people have been upgraded and not you? Then, by the time you are at the airport on the day of travel, you are at number 10 or 12, and the 3-5 seats available are gone by the time you board the plane?

I have experienced this on my last six flights. What happened to rewards for loyalty? Being a Million Miler who has been Platinum for many years, I can say that this is now the worst that the program has been in terms of earning an upgrade. I don't know exactly why it is happening. Probably the changes with offering the higher "B" class, but I cannot say for certain. With it being this difficult for a Platinum member, I can only think of how difficult it must be for a Gold or Silver member now.

I do know this, though. I predict that if it continues and if it continues to render the Platinum status "null and void", that Plats will just move to another airline.