News Release
Continental Airlines Celebrates The Year 2000 With Website Sweepstakes
HOUSTON, November 30, 1999 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A) is celebrating the new millennium with its Fly ‘n Win 2000 sweepstakes.
Customers who purchase a ticket on the website (http://www.continental.com) during a 2000 hour-period - the 1000 hours before New Year’s eve and the first 1000 hours of the New Year - will automatically be entered into a drawing. Prizes include two free domestic tickets a month on Continental for a year, a Continental Airlines Vacations package for two to Cancun, Mexico; a trip for two to the 2000 U.S. Open in New York City and a Compaq laptop computer.
There will be four drawings held during the 2000-hour period, plus a daily drawing for 2,000 Continental OnePass bonus miles. The sweepstakes ends on Feb. 10, 2000.
Continental Airlines’ website (http://www.continental.com or America Online keyword: Continental) continues to be top-rated among consumer polls. This summer, the website was rated No.1 in customer satisfaction for the third consecutive time by NPD Online Research. Continental and its online agency Novo Interactive/Blue Marble also won the Association of National Advertisers’ CASIE Award, which honors the most effective advertising and marketing on the Internet.