Hi All,

Used this site for a while and thank you all for invaluable tips.

I have a few observations and wondered what your opinions were.

1. I have a Continental Chase card and on the advertising it states that you receive 5% discount off all published CO fares. However, this only really seems to apply to CO metal and never for codeshare flights such as those on Virgin.
2. I have used partner car hire and am still waiting weeks later for miles to appear in my account. How long am I expected to wait?
3. It is impossible to check in online on for instance Virgin codeshare flights, meaning that I lose out on 1500 miles every time I fly with them.
4. On occasion, such as a return flight from BRU, I was not allowed to check in online for the return segment for some unknown reason.

On my last overnight flight this week LHR-EWR, I was really tired and trying to sleep. I didn't want any food and was dozing in Virgin coach class. The steward asked me to put my seat upright while the passenger behind had her meal. This has not happened before and when I looked, the person was very obese and so obviously cramped. I obliged but asked the passenger to let me know when she had finished her meal, which she didn't bother. Rather than have the same thing happen at breakfast, I moved to another spare seat with a normal size person behind. Was I right to raise the seat or even move?

Adrian