Continental Airlines announced on Friday changes to their OnePass members. Most (if not all) of them are bad 
.
- Effective Oct. 7, 2008, customers will be charged $15 for their first checked bag when traveling on tickets purchased on or after Sept. 5, 2008, within the U.S., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada. Elite members are exempt from paying the fee and will be allowed to check their first bag free of charge. Customers traveling with Elite members are also exempt from the fee as long as they are traveling in the same reservation.
- Effective for travel on or after Jan. 1, 2009, OnePass members will earn the actual miles flown rather than a minimum of 500 miles per flight for tickets purchased on or after Nov. 15, 2008.
- Effective for reward travel booked on or after Jan.1, 2009, reward travel mileage requirements will increase for customers traveling between North America and Tel Aviv (TLV) and between Hawaii and Tel Aviv.
| USA to TLV | Hawaii to TLV | |||
| Economy | BusinessFirst | Economy | BusinessFirst | |
| SaverPass | 90,000 | 120,000 | 110,000 | 140,000 |
| EasyPass | 140,000 | 300,000 | 160,000 | 320,000 |
- Effective for travel on or after March 1, 2009, Elite Mileage Bonuses will decrease for Platinum members from 125% to 100% and for Silver members from 50% to 25% for tickets purchased on or after Nov. 15, 2008. Gold members will continue to earn 100% mileage bonuses.
Continental is obviously trying to reduce the amount of miles it gives to their frequent flyers in order to limit the amount of free flights they can take. The most annoying change is the price increase to Tel Aviv which I frequently use. This is by far the most expensive miles flight that is offered. Just to compare the other International SaverPass Economy offered out of USA:
| Between North America and Asia | 60,000 |
| Between North America and North Asia/South Asia | 70,000 |
| Between North America or Hawaii and Northern South America | 35,000 |
| Between North America or Hawaii and Southern South America | 50,000 |
| Between North America and Europe | 50,000 |
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