Continental is running a promotion from now through January 16th. This promotion (found here) lets you travel on United-operated flights for up to 25% fewer miles. You have to ticket it by January 16th and your trip has to be between January 27th and March 22nd (with a Saturday night stay required). There are many different items in the terms and conditions (which can be found on the promo page), but basically, you are looking at a tremendous savings in miles if you want to take advantage of this. The cities that you can fly to at the discounted rates are:
Africa
- Accra, Ghana (and that’s it in Africa, sorry!)
Europe
- London
- Bristol
- Birmingham
- Shannon
- Dublin
- Belfast
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Manchester
- Paris
- Frankfurt
- Zurich
- Munich
- Amsterdam
- Geneva
- Milan
- Rome
- Copenhagen
- Oslo
- Stockholm
- Berlin
- Madrid
- Lisbon
You will receive a 20% discount when you fly on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday and a 25% discount when you fly on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
Below is a picture of what type of itinerary is possible with this promotion
Only 45,000 miles for that itinerary when the normal redemption rate is 60,000 miles!
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