US Airways

A few weeks ago, I wrote about real and fake EQMs on US Airways, how to spot the difference and the implications for either set. Another strange quirk on US Airways are its international and domestic rules pertain to a different definition of international and domestic. What? What I mean …

Today, I received a message from US Airways about one of my reservations:   I thought this was strange because, well, I fly US Airways a lot.  But I did have that reservation with two other people.  I thought I might have forgotten one person’s number. Pulling up the reservation, …

I wrote a post about how there was confusion over US Airway’s flight times and what it means for food service in first class.  I reached out to US Airways and they were really helpful in clearing this up. The flight times they list are estimates based the general flight …

One of the huge benefits of being a US Airways elites was having the mileage upgrade fee waived for upgrading with miles.  This was one I invoked often.   Now US Airways is taking away this benefit. As of April 23, 2014, the mileage upgrade fee will now apply to Preferred members on US Airways …

US Airways and American Airlines suddenly announced changes to their award charts today.  Here’s a post explaining the changes to US Airways.  And here’s a post explaining the changes to American Airlines. However, more changes were released: TL/DR:  (For Keri:  too long, didn’t read 😉 ) Golds and Platinums lose …

US Airways has a Move-up policy that allows anyone to move up to an earlier flight within 6-hours for $75 (on domestic flights, more for international). Here’s a post on how it works in practice, when the rules get bent, and some tips to navigating the policy. But what about …

US Airways has been pretty loyal to the Styrofoam coffee cups in first class on short-flights and pre-departure. The Styrofoam cups have been pretty dangerous.  I’ve cracked the Styrofoam a little bit occasionally and I’ve been scared of tipping over the light-weight cups. On my last flight, I got a …

Before US Airways’ changes to the First Class experience, food was only offered on flights three and a half hours or longer.  This was sometimes pretty strict.  I’ve flown one direction on a route that was slightly above this threshold that offered meals and flew back on a flight below …

No, this isn’t an April Fools joke!  Long gone are the days of trying to fill up on raspberry fig bar snacks on a 3-hour flight. From US Airways: Beginning April 1, 2014, you’ll notice some new inflight enhancements in First Class on domestic US Airways flights. We’re offering our signature …

I’m just writing to confirm that American Airline’s on-board benefits to Executive Platinums apply to US Airways Chairmen. I wasn’t 100% whether or not this was an official rule, but I’m currently on an American Airlines flight as a US Airways Chairman. The benefit for non-upgraded Executive Platinums on American …