Originally Posted by
iluvthsgam
I just signed up for the personal and business checking accounts to get 25k miles each. The fine print says one per customer, per year - so this may still be the case.
My question would be, does it count when you sign up or when the miles post? i.e., the miles are likely going to post in 2011, but I signed up as a customer in 2010 - so does that mean I have to wait to 2012 to do it again?
It's likely to be irrelevant either way. The brand named Continental is not likely to exist by 2012 (merged with United and taking the United name by then for the combination of the two airlines).
The flurry of Continental stuff right now is because for some limited time yet to go, you can apply for both Continental and United stuff and it doesn't yet count against each other. Once the merger gets further, Continental stuff will disappear, and by then you won't able to "double dip" by applying for a Continental card and a United card (and having all those bonus miles eventually end up in the same account once the two airlines merge FF accounts).