We flew Continental in earlier this year. The main reason for using them was to be able to fly from Edinburgh, and also as they came out the cheapest. I booked through Expedia to get a package, though the prices were the same as booking direct. We got off to a rocky start when they changed us from our 2.5 hour connection in Newark to a 1.5 hour connection which, as inexperienced travellers, made us slightly anxious. I loved that we could pick and move our seats on the website, I checked every week to move us to better seats as they became available. Their website is pretty useless though, trying to update passenger information was impossible, as was doing ...  Read the complete review

...beside the unfriendliest staff worldwide , small seats and VERY bad Breakfast, Lunch(sandwiches) and Dinner,- they do not even offer an entertainment system or power plugin on their 5 -7 hours flights from Newark to San Jose , Costa Rica.... UNBELIEVABLE! Do yourself a favour and take another Airline.

First time flying with Continental ever and I have to say the flight was fine, no issues really at all with it. I am hoping to write quite a few New York reviews, as i'm just back from a holiday of a lifetime there. My first time there and I have fallen in love. I know people say that once is enough for over there and I can see how that would be the case, but I would certainly go back for a few days again. Anyway we are thinking about the Airline that took me to that great place now. Probably one of the biggest draws about using this Airline is that they were the only ones to offer a direct flight from Edinburgh to Newark New York. I ...  Read the complete review

I flew with a friend to Peru and back in August on Continental (via Newark) and we chose Continental because I was on a tight budget and they were the cheapest flights we could find - huge mistake! At the time we thought that the gap between the flights was too small to make the connection, but we rang Continental and were assured that 1 hour and 45 minutes was plenty, and like fools, we took them at their word. On the morning of our flight we were upset to find that the flight to Newark had been delayed by an hour, eating into our time to make the connection. We spoke to a Continental representative, who told us not to worry, the delay was 20 minutes, not an ...  Read the complete review

We flew Continental Airlines, Manchester to Newark, in August this year. It was just a one way flight since we were sailing home from New York. We checked in on line 24 hours before the flight and were relieved to get 4 seats next to each other. One of our party was our 2 year old son who was flying for the first time and whilst we might have enjoyed the break, we didn't think our fellow passengers would appreciate having to sit next to him for 8 hours! However, we could not print out our boarding passes - the reason they gave was that it was because we only had one way tickets. There were queues at the Continental check in desk at Manchester Airport, but ...  Read the complete review