<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by J0HN:
The gold challenge was a targeted promotion (which I did not recieve), but I believe the details were fly 4 or 6 roundtrips that were not Q or T fares and recieve an upgrade to gold elite.
There was also another way to get gold elite faster, and is open to everyone:
http://www.continental.com/onepass/n...0020812_01.asp</font>
I have already reached Gold using the triple segments, and with any luck will be Plat in a few weeks. I have been away from the mail, but am told that I have not received the card.
A word of caution, the triple segements post haphazardly and you have to be careful of the way you check in. If for example, you are flying between two cities (A and C) in D class with a connection in B and the RT fare is 1,000 you should qualify. However, if you have a stopover in the connecting city and you only check in for the first segment, and then check in for the second segment once you reach the connection, you will not get the triple bonus. The system will calculate the fare as $250 A-B and $250 B-C, instead of $500 A-C.
jh