US Airways

How do you handle sudden flight cancellations? A few years back when I regularly flew US Airways ( RIP US Airways 😭 ), a strange situation occurred.  How strange?  A truck hit my airplane while we sat on the tarmac.  I wanted to get to a work-related event in Las Vegas …

US Airways had a great little fare rule built in.  No only were co-terminals seen as the same with fare construction, they were also seen as the same for standby and the move-up policy.  (Co-terminals are airports that are near each other and seen as virtually the same place.) Basically, …

I’d never really been an American Airlines flyer before the merger.  So it surprised me the first time I went into an American Admiral’s club and could order some food off a menu. For a cost, of course. Today, I am flying a couple of short flights that only qualify as …

My US Airways and American accounts just merged and while all my miles posted properly, I’m running into some snags when booking flights. If I book a flight on US Airways and type in either my US Airways or American number, it tells me that my frequent flier numbers are …

View from the Wing reports that US Airways flyers will soon get 500-mile upgrade certificates based off their previous travel–despite also getting unlimited upgrades during that travel time. According to reports, US Airways flyers will receive the certificates to use on their American flights while they still get their unlimited benefits …

It’s no secret that US Airways’ IT system is broken.  But I just had a situation more bizarre than any I had in the post. To recap previous situations: The award flights that you see aren’t always the award flights you book. What airport code you choose in co-airport situations can affect …

View from the Wing has an excellent post on how the upgrade queue is going to work for American Airlines–including some changes. I suggested pausing reading this post, go to his post, and come back here. Some of the changes make the American Airlines upgrade process EVEN more different from …

Booking US Airways flights with Avios is still not working despite rumors it would be fixed by February 1st. People have reported, myself included, that they have been able to book over the phone. The only problem is–the phone system for booking with Avios is a bit overloaded and keeps …

Just letting you guys know that there are some strange issues with US Airways inventory on British Airways right now. I booked a US Airways flight with my Avios (British Airways miles) a few days ago.  I went to book another.  It told me there were no partners on that route. …

The US Airways website is not doing too well with all the stranded passenger traffic today. Getting frustrated at it? I was trying to change seats on a flight not affected by the storm and decided to try the mobile site. Bingo. If you need to get on the website …