Originally Posted by
sdsearch
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).
I'd put some bets on the fact that Chase will start giving out 25,000 United miles to open up personal/biz accounts, at least that would make sense as they won't have Continental miles to give.
I was wondering the same thing, I opened up an account in late December, my miles will post in 2011. Do I have to wait till 2012 to open a new account, or can I close in Feb/March and open another one later in 2011? Assuming that Continental promo will still be on, if not, then it won't really matter...
Best,
PedroNY