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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 2:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve M
I think you misunderstand the terms. "Generally available to the public" means available through channels other than continental.com, such as a travel agent. Obviously, anything on continental.com is available to the public through continental.com, so the exclusion of "except continental.com specials" would have no meaning unless you interpret "generally available to the public" as I state above.
I disagree with that interpretation. Whatever you can find as a regular customer on CO.com is what gets the discount, except for the restrictions noted. The Co.com specials are the ones that are sent out via e-mail each week. The discount should apply.
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