----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger & Amanda La France" <lafrance@verizon.net> Subject: Amtrak and Continental Airlines Announce First Ever Code Share for Domestic Travel > Partnership Will Create Seamless Journey for Travelers in the Northeast > > NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amtrak and Continental > Airlines (CAL) announced today that they have partnered to create the > country's first domestic air/rail code share. Travelers will be able to > transfer easily between Amtrak's northeast rail service in four major cities > to air service via Continental Airlines at Newark International Airport > under the landmark agreement. > > Under the nation's first air/rail code share, Continental Airlines will > place its designator (CO*) code on Amtrak's Acela Regional and Keystone > trains for connecting itineraries between Newark International Airport and > four cities in the Northeast served by Amtrak -- Philadelphia Pa., > Wilmington, Del., Stamford, Conn., and New Haven, Conn. Also as part of the > agreement, members of Continental's OnePass program may earn miles when > traveling on Amtrak's premiere Metroliner and Acela Express services between > New York and either Boston or Washington, DC. Oh, how soon they forget! This is NOT the first air/rail codeshare in the United States. Once upon a time Amtrak had a codeshare with Midway Airlines to Atlantic City from Philadelphia International Airport. If one wants to go even further back in time TWA used to have a railroad code share of sorts with one of the railroads-- fly during the day, sleep in a sleeper at night. Kenneth Lin