Virgin Atlantic and Continental Airlines extend cooperation to Frequent Flyer partnership

Virgin Atlantic Airways and Continental Airlines have announced that they are building on their long standing codeshare agreement, by launching a reciprocal frequent flyer programme partnership. The deal means that Virgin Atlantic and Continental frequent flyers will be able to accrue and redeem mileage on each other's networks.

From today Continental Airlines' OnePass members will be able to earn and redeem their OnePass miles for every Virgin Atlantic flight they take. In the same way, Virgin Atlantic's flying club members will be able to earn and redeem miles on Continental Airlines flights. Virgin Atlantic and Continental Airlines have had a codeshare agreement since 1998.

Steve Ridgway, Chief Executive of Virgin Atlantic said:

"We are delighted about this reciprocal frequent flyer deal with our long term codeshare partner Continental Airlines. We see this as a great step forward in creating greater value, choice and flexibility for both flying club and OnePass members."

Larry Kellner, President of Continental Airlines said:

"We are proud to be adding Virgin Atlantic as our newest OnePass partner and know that OnePass and flying club members will welcome the enhanced travel benefits provided by this new frequent flyer partnership."