Continental Early-Out NonRev Requests Assistance

[Lexstar]

Hello Everyone,
Nice to find this site. I took early out from Continental in 1988 and have only used my passes once in 18 years. Well it is time for a trip and have discovered the system went online..gone are the paper tickets. That is a step up. In the new system it appears that I no longer am linked to my early out date for boarding. Can anyone familiar with Continental advise. My board number is 06 and I guess next year they tell me it will be 07. How is boarding order determined among SA4 travelers. I know we are at the low end but if two retirees are traveling does your date factor in anymore? Thank you in advance for your help. Happy Travels.

[Pago Flyer]

Amazing...we knew some co-workers at DL who NEVER got on an airplane and they had great "hire" dates. So we always encouraged them to stay home!!!

[Lexstar]

Say Home!...What kind of advise is that. I just asked an honest question to find out how the system worked now. I have put in many years with three airlines. During my airline days I traveled the globe as did my parents. To be honest with you, I have only not made it on a plane about six times as a non-rev. In those situations I either jumped on another plane to different destination or I waited it out. On one occasion out of England it took me three days but I did get on the plane. I have checked booking levels and there is only one flight my family of 5 might have trouble on getting on. If that happens we will spend the night in EWR and take the first flight out in the morning which is light. Staying home is not the type of advise I would expect from a Non-Rev website. Maybe you are just jealous because you don't have lifetime pass privileges.

[Pago Flyer]

Gee, I must have mis-read your message, one non-rev trip in 18 years......and yes, I do have life time passes!

[nonrev1]

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Hi KJ and welcome!

I think Chet was joking around with you. He always encouraged his high seniority friends to stay at home so he would have a better chance of getting on.

Sorry, I can't help you with CO info and I'm not sure how many CO participants we have but good luck!

[Lexstar]

Hi Chris,
Thank you for your kind email. I guess I should have taken the Chet email with humor. I had just had to jump through a few hoops with the Airline before we were able to correctly use the online system. Even though we had traveled before, they couldn't find record of my family so I had to prove I had a family again. Then we provided proof and someone forgot to key in a pass quantity. This ment we were in the system but had no passes to use in the system. Then I had to provide my contract because someone advised we weren't entitled to passes. Well then Chets email came through and it was the last straw. Oh...well...back on track. I finally got someone who understood what went wrong and we are now all set with the online system. I am very hopeful all will go well. I even have each of the childrens suitcases packed a week early. That is a record. Thank you for taking the time to write. Kind Regards KJ

[Calstu]

Hey KJ,

Have a great trip and just enjoy the experience...

Stopher
an ex-continental stu