I am finally there. I am elite! I have elite status on Continental Airlines. This year, I promised I would stick with one airline in order to gain enough miles to give me some type of perk. My flight to Seattle a couple days ago earned me the 326 + miles I needed to obtain the 25,000+ miles to gain the silver Elite status.
What does Elite Status look like. Here is a screen shot of my account at continental.com:
It also changes at least one thing on some other pages. I now see I am automatically added to the upgrade list. I know I won't see those upgrades, because they go to platinum and then gold members before silver ones, like me. But at least it is there:
My complimentary upgrade feature is automatically on.
Why am I writing all of this? Because I wanted this type of information when I was researching it and no one blogged it. So maybe this will help someone in the future looking for this information.
In any event, tomorrow I get to board the plane on the blue carpet. I think my life is now complete.
Comments
Nice to see you are being honored!
All this hard work is finally paying off!
Maybe if you keep flying with them, they may even fly you on a private jet! Now that is the true definition of being an Elite!
Posted by: Igor The Troll | June 4, 2008 9:22 PM
Believe it or not... You should also start receiving offers and promotions from Continentals competitors who are trying to get you to switch brands. Possibly even cold calls. It's kind of like reaching an elite status level with a credit card company. All of a sudden you start getting all kinds of credit card offers.
Posted by: Hawaii SEO | June 5, 2008 4:04 AM
CONGRATS on ur status
what an honor that is
THE BLUE CARPET I KNOW U LOVE IT
so when traveling with the wife
she goes on the regular carpet and u are on the blue
I KNOW U LOVE THAT EVEN MORE IF IT IS
Posted by: STATUS | June 5, 2008 8:47 AM
I'm so proud of you.
When you hit Platinum in the month of March (like me), you'll know that you have finally arrived (to the place where you realize that you're spending WAAAAAYYYY to much time on the road.)
Posted by: Brother-in-law | June 5, 2008 12:03 PM