In Continental's attempt to market all the positives of their new Elite program, they very briefly mentioned the end to the threshold bonus miles, which for Gold members was 22,500 miles per year. In the old program, 50,000 miles flown really equaled 112,500 miles (125% bonus) plus the 22,500, giving the gold member 135,000 miles (a 170% total bonus). The new program, a 50k flyer gets only 100,000 (100% bonus). I'm not happy with a 35,000 mile decrease when flying 50k miles, and I hope others will express their displeasure to Continental about their new program. Continental should continue giving threshold bonus miles to their best customers.