Le Chic Geek
Just a quick note that US Airways has announced 1,000 bonus miles on their shuttle flights between BOS, LGA, and DCA for the month of February. While it doesn’t warrant travel for the sake of travel, if any of your upcoming trips contain a shuttle segment, make sure you sign …
Read More »Great Way to Move Over to US Airways
If you were considering making the switch to US Airways from another carrier, there’s a great deal on a US Airways Club Membership. Right now, when you purchase a US Airways Club Membership, you get a silver preferred trial for free. That is a savings of $200. (promotion code CLBTR). …
Read More »The Terms and Conditions of the US Airways Double EQM Promo
Some people have been (understandably) worried about the US Airways Double EQM Promo because its terms were a little vague. But US Airways has clarified them, and the post we made yesterday on hitting status easily accurately reflects the Terms and Conditions of the offer. Just some points on that: …
Read More »Are US Airways Agents No Longer Manually Processing Free Upgrades?
Back in May, I wrote about how US Airways is processing upgrades more times a day. This was great because it was making it more difficult for lower-elites to jump the queue. But US Airways may have fixed that issue completely. For how queue-jumping is done, check out my post …
Read More »30 Days for DC on US Airways
Today kicks off the first day of US Airways’ promotion, 30 Days for DC. In their words, “30 days for DC is a month of surprises, community events and giveaways to celebrate our commitment to the Capital City. But it doesn’t stop there!” This appears to be a celebration for …
Read More »Making the Most of US Airways Trial Preferred
How do you make the most out of US Airways Trial Preferred Status? A few months ago, I posted about my own adventures with a US Airways Preferred Trial. However, the decisions I made were the result of me going for platinum last second after a lot of work-related flying. …
Read More »An Improvement in Upgrades for US Airways!
I’m often suspicious when I receive emails from airlines about “improvements” to their elite programs. US Airways seemed to actually come through this time: US Airways will be checking whether or not you qualify for an upgrade more frequently throughout the day. This is good news for elites, especially Golds, …
Read More »No Upgrades for You!
Keri and I have been getting ready for our turn around mileage run to HNL (Honolulu, Hawaii). That’s over twenty hours in a plane with just a mai tai in the middle! I’ve been watching the tickets like crazy, waiting for upgrades to be available. The leg to HNL is …
Read More »My 3 Hour Jamaican Vacation
My mileage run to Jamaica was a pretty relaxing 3-hour vacation. But next time I do a 3-hour vacation to Jamaica, I won’t do it after a Bahamas trip the day before. I arrived home from my Bahamas trip around 8pm and went straight to bed. I had to be …
Read More »A Mileage Run to the Bahamas
The first day of my 48-hour quest for Platinum was my DCA-PHL-NAS-CLT-DCA trip with a 2 and a half hour layover in Nassau. Let me just say straight out that I do not recommend doing a mileage run to Nassau until construction there is completed. Especially when you have another …
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