Well I work for Continental Airlines, and I know that they are charging $25 for the second bag,one bag is still free, I havent heard of anything as far as the aisle and window seats that is just stupid. I may get laid off which I am not too worried about because I have been wanting to quit for a while. I believe if you try to buy the tickets well in advance certain places will still be at a discounted rate, but I am not sure on that. I use my flying benefits right now = ) I probably will be in the same boat as you guys soon enough though. = ) Continental is laying off from what we are hearing 3,000 by september, but there are a lot of people who want to do early retirement. I think they needed to start thinking of alternative fuel a long time ago. Now everyone wants to buy hybrids, motorcycles, and etc. CRAZY CRAZY.