Hi again Channa....Hope I am doing this right, like I said I'm a first time user...I like rules, but I want to know what they are, so I can make an informed decision. Your help and Mark's help allows me to make an informed decision not to fly Continental again.

I think that if you buy a ticket from a company that says you are a valued frequent flyer and they don't charge for your bags because you are an elite member, nor is there any mention in the ticket that there will be a fee for the bags at any point in the journey...and they don't charge for the bag outward bound, but then the codeshare that they sold you steps in and charges you for the return trip...there is something immoral if not illegal in that....though I am not a lawyer. Why codeshare with a company that does not "share" your policy?

Also in the fact that I was never advised of the fact until I arrived at the airport steams me. I was wondering why Continental did not email me to do the 24 hour advance check-in to print my boarding passes for the return, etc. like they did on the outward bound and on EVERY flight I have taken with them. Did they knew about the baggage fee and that prevented me from checking in online? .... I am glad for the forum which helps bring yet another cheesy practice in the airline industry into the light for those of us who do not have Mark's or your experience....