US Airways

Sometimes I forget the level of benefits I am getting by being an elite–like having the late ticketing fee waived. Airlines tend to charge for “late ticketing,” or as US Airways calls it, Quick Ticketing. This is when you book an award ticket close to the date of departure.  On …

Some people flying domestic on US Airways were getting the option to order their US Airways MarketPlace menu selection ahead of time. While I haven’t seen US Airways run out of all meals in coach (the way I have on American), they usually run out of the cheese plate and …

US Airways Miles: When Do I Upgrade With Miles… …and when do I wait to see if I cleared for free? One of the biggest debates I have with myself is when to use upgrades.  When a seat is available, but the cabin is empty, I don’t want to waste …

Sometimes, I have a bad habit of not reading.  Well, not reading enough.  I’ve always tossed my complimentary US Airways Day Passes aside.  Why?  Because I’m a club member already, and it clearly says, “Pass is not transferable.”  Since it isn’t transferable, it’s pretty useless to me. Except it isn’t. …

When I went to book my honeymoon, my options seemed limitless at first.  I had a crazy amount of US Airways miles and the world was my oyster.  Thailand? Singapore?  …Antarctica? But this is my honeymoon, and the more complicated I made an itinerary, the more I realized I would …

Remember when I told you to ignore the option of an off-peak fare to Europe in business class on US Airways? Yeah, I promised to get back to that later. Turns out, I lied about explaining it later.  Gary from View from the Wing reports: They’ve eliminated their ‘off peak’ …

Am I going to be an America Airlines elite soon?  It’s looking like American and US Airways are going be announcing a merger on Monday. Sources say US Airways CEO Doug Parker will likely take over, and American’s Tom Horton will be given an honorary position on the board. The …

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 …

I wrote before that if you were going to throw caution to the wind and book a seat in business, it may be worth outright buying the miles instead of paying for the flight. We saw that it did not make sense to buy miles to take a simple trip …

I’ve noticed many articles talking about taking advantage of sales on miles as a good idea if you want to “top off” your mileage account.  Rather than simply top off, I think it is good sometimes to outright buy a ton of a miles if you are planning certain kinds …