Enjoy the flight and make sure you enroll in OnePass!

Even if you can't get an aisle seat when you book the flight online (the way to do it!), call Continental and ask them to help you out.

By the way, with regard to Scotch, have you tried Bushmills? There's a gradation from Scotch to Whiskey, and, IMHO, the inflection point lies in the heart of the Bushmill's distillery. Give it a whirl and tell me what you think.