Originally Posted by NYphoto
Used this site for a while and thank you all for invaluable tips.
Welcome! The answers to all your numbered questions are on Continental.com (to prove it to you I quickly pulled the links). Perhaps in the future you should start there. But for now...
Originally Posted by NYphoto
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.
That's right.
http://www.continental.com/specials/...lydiscount.asp
Originally Posted by NYphoto
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?
Give it six weeks, then I'd wait another one week so as not to waste my time.
http://www.continental.com/onepass/earn/car.asp
Originally Posted by NYphoto
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.
You may be able to check in online at Virgin Atlantic's website, but not at CO's website. If you can't check in online with CO, CO can't give you an online booking bonus.
http://www.continental.com/Travel/checkin.asp
Originally Posted by NYphoto
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.
BRU is not eligible for online checkin.
http://www.continental.com/Travel/CheckinAirports.asp
Originally Posted by NYphoto
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?
Sounds like something you should take up on the Virgin board or maybe TravelBuzz. To save you the trouble, I'll tell you what will happen when you pose this question: some people won't be sympathetic to you, saying that you should have been understanding; some people will be indignant and righteous and scream bloody murder at the situation. In the end it's up to you what was best, as long as you showed common courtesy in doing it, regardless of how everyone else was acting. Don't pull a Victoria Osteen.
