NEW BONUSES
 

It looks like its time to start a new listing.
NOTE THAT SOME OF THESE BONUSES STATE THAT THEY ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE AND ARE ONLY INTENDED FOR THE PERSON THEY ARE SENT TO.
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GG ONE RA2MO3- Also Promotional Code 42003
Must register by October 1. For every RT on CO between 9/5 and 11/14, earn 2,500 bonus miles up to a maximum of 10,000. T fares, COOL Travel Specials, Priceline, and Hotwire fares not elligible. Call OPSC to Register or logon to continental.com/10000 to register.Posted by DOC 2 BE
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Promotion Code 16000
Fly from September 1 thru Nvember 15 and get 3,000 miles for 1st, 1,500 for 2nd RT and 1,500 for 3rd RT. Logon to continental.com/6000 to register. Posted by Islander. Note that it is reported that Promotion Code 16001 may be the same.
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GG ONE TB0M92
Fly 9/15 thru 12/15 EWR-HKG RT. Receive 8,000 bonus miles for J,D fares and 4,000 miles for Y,H,K fares. "This offer is non-transferrable and is intended only for the person named in this letter". Call 1-800-554-5522 and mention Propmtion Code GG ONE TB0M92. Note that is TB(zero)M92. There is no numeric code given that would allow registration on the website.
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Promotion Code 41003
During the period 9/15 thru 12/15, fly 4 more segments during this period than last year and receive 4,000 bonus miles. Fly 8 more segments, 8,000 bonus miles. Call 1-800-346-6090 or log on to continental.com/flymore to register. Note the email had the following code as well GG ONE RA1M03. " This offer is non-transferrable and is intended only for the person mentioned in this e-mail". NOTE: neither the telephone or website would allow me to register as I have not received this promotion (yet) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif
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Promotion Code TB 0091
GG ONE TB0091-Received in an email by a member. Unknown if this is a targeted bonus.
Earn 1000 bonus miles for Each segment-
Tickets must be purchased in A, C, D, J, Z or Y class of service to qualify for bonus miles. This offer is valid on flights operated by Continental Airlines, Continental Express and Continental Micronesia. To qualify for this offer, all flights must be flown between 9/12/01 and 2/28/02. This offer is non-transferable. All terms and conditions of OnePass apply, including Continental’s right to modify or terminate the OnePass program in accordance with the terms and conditions of OnePass.
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Promo code 50095 Double miles and double elite miles thru 11/15. Must register at the CO site using the Promo Code
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Promo Code 50099 double miles ONLY (not double elite miles thru 12/15 (or 12/16-conflicting information) Continental/CO Express/CO Micronesia metal only. Must register at the site.
NOTE: you must register for both 50095 and 50099. Registering only for 50095 will NOT get double miles for 11/15-12/15(16)
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Promo Code 50096
The account is now eligible to earn 3,500 miles each way on travel from Boston to Narita between October 1, 2001 and December 15, 2001.
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Promo Code 50090

You are now eligible to earn a 100% mileage bonus for international travel in BusinessFirst. Fly internationally in Coach and receive a 50% mileage bonus. You must fly between September 1, 2001 and December 15, 2001 to qualify.
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Promo Code TB0M01-note that the '0' is a Zero.

Earn Up To 20,000 Bonus Miles When You Purchase eTickets At continental.com

Now (received 11/13) through February 15, 2002 You earn up to 20,000 OnePass miles - and that's in addition to your actual flight miles.
1 eTicket = 2,000 bonus miles
2 eTickets = 3,000 bonus miles
3 eTickets = 4,000 bonus miles
4 eTickets = 5,000 bonus miles
5 eTickets = 6,000 bonus miles
You must register at continental.com and travel by February 15, 2002, to qualify for this offer. OnePass miles will be awarded upon completion of travel
NOTE: Despite what the announcement says (what else is new),you CANNOT register on- line for this promotion. I asked OPSC and there is no 5 digit code that you can use on line. You must call OPSC at 800-554-5522
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Promo Code 10012
Between 12/1/2001 and 5/31/2002. Fly 8 paid RT's and receive 40,000 bonus miles. 9th trip receives 5,000 extra miles, 11 RT's receives 10,000 more miles. Note: Q/T not elligible. One way trips earn 1/2 credit. Valid on CO/COEx/CS metal only.
Call 1-800-346-6090 and supply your onepass #, zip code and promo code 10012. "This offer non-transferrable etc....." Must register by November 30.
My wife called and signed up then called back to register me and was told I wasn't elligible



[This message has been edited by Vulcan (edited 11-17-2001).]

I was able to register for both via the website. Didn't want to risk rejection from a customer service rep!

wow...thanks vulcan...just turned my mileage run in september into 43500 instead of 27500...<GRIN>...

Let's Get It On!!

We are going to deliver another knock out punch to One Pass. One.....Two......Three..........

Thanks

Let's have a page like this updated monthly instead of having a 4-6 page general thread that no one can follow.

Vulcan, fantastic job as always. Thanks a lot.

Judge Mills Lane,

I don't know why I'm asking this-- but are you who you claim to be, by any chance?

And, yes-- more importantly, thank you Vulcan and let's hope this list of bonuses becomes as robust and lengthy as 2000/2001's renowned "Current GGONE Bonus" thread was. Maybe the good folks at AMEX could help out a bit...

I think the "good folks at AMEX" are still licking their wounds from winter/spring.

But yes, a "little" help won't hurt anybody.

One concern: If you register for both, is there a bigger chance of being "found out" and not getting either?

Isn't this one for people who haven't flown CO in some time. The post-card that I saw began with "Come Fly With Us Again"? However, it didn't specify how long should it have been since your last CO flight.

Just a thought! If you're booking for bonuses, of course it goes without saying to avoid Priceline and Hotwire like the plague.

But, if you're fairly confident of being upgraded, don't sweat the T fares. If you get upgraded your records will show XF instead of T, and you will get the bonus. However, if you fail to get upgraded, the T will show, and you'll be SOL.

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In Economy...no one can hear you scream!

What happens (assuming no upgrades on the T Fare legs) if you have at least one (but not all segments) in T class and the rest in other classes? Does this prevent you from any bonus at all??

I recently took a roundtrip on Continental using a Priceline ticket. Here's what happened:

1) I could not use the E-ticket machine. It asked for my confirmation number which is NOT provided by Priceline
2) I checked in using the First Class/One Pass Elite line
3) The agent did take and enter my OnePass Number
4) No upgrade outbound as all flights were full and obviously I missed the advance upgrade window
5) I was upgraded inbound
6) The flights did show up on my statement and were listed as T class outbound and XF inbound BUT I got ZERO MILEAGE

So to summarize:

You can get space available upgrades, but no mileage on a Priceline ticket.

Sounds like pretty much the same policy as the hotel chains. They won't give points except for incidentals, but they will give upgrades to those with status.

Personally, I think Priceline is great for hotels, but lousy for airline tix. Priceline is usually 40-50% of the best hotel rates I can find. But no Priceline air fare can touch some of the fares I've found online, such as the last LAX-EWR-DCA flight I just got back from for $125 RT...(or the $98 LAX-ORD fare that I just missed http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif ). Besides, it's far more important for me to build airline status than hotel status. A hotel upgrade is nice, but it isn't critical. But with my 6'1", 200+ lbs. frame, the airline upgrade is critical!



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In Economy...no one can hear you scream!

What happens if you begin your trip before Promo 16000 is effective? Does that disqualify you from earning the miles? I leave on Aug. 31 and come back on Sept. 3.

If either leg of your trip is outside of the "promo period" you will not get the bonus. The reason PRICELINE miles will never count, is that the airline not only records your CLASS OF SERVICE but also your FARE BASIS. When I used PRICELINE (never will again) my FARE BASIS showed "PL" and I could not get any miles. Not only that, but the Priceline ticket I bought for SFO/MIA routed me: SFO/DTW/IAH/ATL/MIA. Took me over 11 hours to get to MIA - - not a "deal" at all. I understand they have a new policy of limiting the routing, but I gave them my business once, and they FOOLED me, and I will not give them opportunity to do it again.

I was rejected from registering for these offers by OPSC Rep.

I was able to register for them over the net, but I wouldn't be surprised if CO culls out those of us who do so.

I thought this was a commercial free thread...
It is a shame that a small group of posters cannot stop posting their discontent on threads that do not envolve BF. First it was the headset thread... now the bonus thread. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsdown.gif

Any new bonuses?

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Viele Grüße

Oliver

Glad to see that Vulcan is back with bonus lists. Have been spending the last couple of months myself in SE Asia taking it easy, mostly. Looks like it was well-timed to coincide with the lull in specials and deals in the U.S.

Would have to agree with SemiElite about Priceline. Just bagged 2 nights at a place in Kansas City in September for $41 total after taxes ($15/night bid plus $5 bonus money offer). That in conjunction with a convoluted-itinerary CO ticket earning 4,700 or so base miles and as many as 14K-16K total. The mileage totals just get too lucrative to use Priceline for airline tickets. And I've used 'em for car rents, but only in situations where I faced $40+ weekday daily rates I couldn't get around with some combination of coupons and specials.

And to the earlier question on mixing XF and T segments, I've always gotten miles credited per segment according to the class, so the XFs should draw the bonuses even if the T segments don't

cigarman;

Since many of us are grateful to Vulcan for "maintaining" the Bonus list earlier this year-- which was a great help to those of us that really wanted to squeeze out every last mile-- couldn't you just overlook one small editorial comment placed in this thread??

Since the BF issue is of paramount import to Vulcan (and many others obviously, but you mention "a small group of posters"-- and in this particular thread, Vulcan's is the only reference to the impending BF upgrade changes,) so you were obviously aiming at him-- couldn't one just endure a little editorial reminder from someone who by all accounts is one of the most valued members of the CO forum of FT??

That would be my inclination and I would imagine I'm not in the minority.

Continental Promotion 6000 Bonus Miles


To qualify for this mileage bonus offer you must register by Oct 1st
2001.

Once you register, here's all you need to do to start earning up to
6000 bonus miles when you fly from Sept 1st to Nov 15 2001:

Fly Round Trip Once
earn 3000 Bonus Miles

Fly Round Trip Twice
earn 1500 Bonus Miles

Fly Round Trip Thrice
earn 1500 Bonus Miles

Register at www.continental.com/get6000
with PROMO CODE 16001

I'm intrigued by the page that link sends you to.

Also interesting is that bonus 16000 is the same as 16001

Well, I just registered for 16001 as well as 16000 in case one works and the other doesn't. The screen afterward said I'm registered (that and three dollars will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks).

I'm sure that delivering a real-time check of eligibility status and saying whether or not the account WILL, in fact, get the bonuses at time of registration is on Continental's programming to-do list. Just as I'm equally sure it isn't anywhere near the top of that list.

In the meantime I'm sure they'll be reminded "But your Website said I was registered!"

Done for all 3.

It will be interesting to see if these post. Then if they post will CO try to debit us over time for them.

That of course will be the next set of questions-- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I'm still trying to understand who gets these targeted mailings announcing bonuses. Is it unusual that a Silver Elite has never received an invitation to signup for a targeted bonus despite elite status extending over a couple years?

I have not flown them for awhile, hence, the "Want you Back" Bonus.

Take advantage of it anyway.

socref:
There does not appear to be any rational to bonus mailings. I can go years without receiving any, yet others report they get them all of the time. I have gotten 2 in the last 2 years total. Given the large numbers of FTers that are told that they are already listed on a bonus when they call to register, I suspect that a lot of us that should be getting bonus mailings, don't receive any. I suspect a glitch somewhre in the system at CO.

I'm happy to report this may not be the case -- I received a 2500 mile reactivation bonus for a R/T I traveled last weekend ... after having signed up for the first new bonus listed above ...

This new mailer SUCKS!! I would like to know how Southwest and other airline customers can reach silver with 2 new flights and gold with 5 flights. I think Continental has forgotten who got them where they are today. The loyal customers. There has to be some sort of action. I have been calling everyone about this. I have flown 49 legs this year. Why should I have to fly 60 to reach gold when any Tom, Dick or Harry can get it for 5 RTs?

Every Tom, Dick, and AFANG already have gotten Gold...

You could get GOLD for only 3 RT's if you go IAH-HKG!!!! Are you kidding me with that above post???? Comparing the 2 airlines CO and SW...is like comparing VW's and Cadillac's...c'mon..... oh yeah..and try using your SW miles to travel outside the US...HA!!!

CO usually offers those BONUSes to people who have enrolled recently. Go to the web and enroll yourself again with a different address (perhaps your office address).
Get a new account. Receive the bonus offers. Buy the $99 pack. Wait a few months, then call to combine the accounts. It's easy, it's free, it gets your foot in the door for the bonus offers.

There's a lot of wacky, confusing and weird advice/sentiments now showing up in this thread.

IMHO, we should try and make the "bonus thread" singularly about the available bonuses and registering for same.

The loose availability of comp elite status (in addition to the watering down of benefits) was one of the prime reasons to make a stand against CO's practices last year. Now this year, it is a further reduction in benefits. I'd advise every elite who cares about their status and benefits to make a stand now (as Vulcan points out) and not follow the loose bonuses like lemmings into an acceptance of bad marketing practices (as was done last time).

"ignore the man behind the curtain" (wizard of OZ)
Ignore NjDavid... THERE HAVE BEEN NO REDUCTION IN BENEFITS. Go ahead pollute ANOTHER thread with that nonsense. The topic was bonuses. Unfortunatly the same 5 people are putting anti CO comments are many threads because of a change in the lowest BF fare eligible for a upgrade. Perhaps they could cutail themselves to the dozen or more threads on THAT particular subject? It seems the VAST MAJORITY of CO posters are happy with CO. Perhaps you could stop ruining it for everyone else?

Come on Smokey, stop getting your dander up again over something that so many people feel so strongly about. If anything, FlyerTalk is the place to b*tch and moan about airline company practices that offend and discomfit, so they have a right to do that when and where they please (and you have a right to skip over their posts).
The HoKeY fare thing is something that will work to your great advantage, if our experience with NW-KL when they put in the BaloneY requirements for transatlantic upgrades a few years ago translates to this situation. All of a sudden, it became a snap to get upgrades with them anytime you were willing to pay the higher fares. And the NW $1600 (plus or minus) Y fares have only cost half the miles to upgrade.

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[This message has been edited by monitor (edited 08-28-2001).]

For one I would like to "thank" Vulcan for the time and effort he expands for the "benefit" of many (including myself).

Second --- Cigarman the recent actions of CO toward it's elite loyal OP members is a reduction in a benefit. In fact in responses to letters OP even calls the upgrade possibility a "benefit" --- so let us loyal CO flyers continue to lament this beneficial loss (and take what action we deem necessary to let CO know how we feel about this supposed enhancement (benefit)).

Once again -- thanks Vulcan -- we look forward to the future!!!!!!!
Send letters!!!!!!

It would be nice if we could keep the bonus thread to posts about bonuses rather than reductions in benefits (imagined or otherwise). I (and my OnePass mileage balance) thank Vulcan for maintaining this thread and all of the flyertalkers who make us aware of these bonus offers as they receive them.

Bonus stuff here. Non-bonus stuff in other threads. I've polluted the bonus thread enough with this post, but it is tiring to see this pop to the top only to find out it's someone complaining (or more mildly discussing) something completely unrelated to those bonuses we've all come to love.

Yes, please.