I wasted one hour this morning selecting a round trip on Continental. Their reservation site on the web allowed me to select the outbound and return flight, price the ticket, press the complete button and then tell me they were unable to complete the transaction and to call their 800 number.

I did and ranted. The agent told me the return flight I had selected had no seats at the price which was one half of what was now available. No thanks.

I decided a couple of hours later that I could return on Saturday morning rather than Friday night as planned. Same thing. Completed the reservation and when I went to pay it was "unable to complete the transaction" all over.

This time the agent explained that the site is not real time. Wow Continental. Why have a site at all if this is what you deliver. It had something to do with one leg being on the Calgon Air. I cannot believe they offer this product that just wastes your time.