Also this week we saw that Continental Airlines stopped to be an Amex Membership Rewards (MR) transfer partner, an Amex Platinum lounge program partner, and a Priority Pass Select partner. This change, as we have been informing readers for months, has huge impacts on several credit/charge cards including all Amex cards that are associated with MR program and all cards that offer Priority Pass Select membership. Long before Continental's departure, Amex has added several new features to its beloved Platinum Card and now Virgin America becomes a new partner of MR program (unfortunately the transfer ratio is 2:1 rather 1:1). Please see our updates in the feature reviews: SPG vs. MR vs. UR and All About Airport Lounges for details.