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In what year did United Airlines and Continental Airlines merge, a deal so complex that their computer systems couldn't communicate and the frequent-flyer program had to be rebuilt from scratch?
Answer
2010
United and Continental announced their merger in 2010, creating what was then the world's largest airline; integrating their incompatible reservation systems took years.
💡 Did you know?
When United and Continental merged in 2010, they had to completely rebuild their frequent-flyer program because neither airline's computer systems could actually talk to each other.
Other options people guess
- 2008
- 2013
- 2015
Topics
- airlines
- mergers
- 2010s
- aviation
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