One frustrating thing about US Airways’ website is the flight status page.  Very often, it uses gate push back as the “time of departure” and estimates the landing time based on that. My husband was supposed to leave for DCA at 5pm.  His flight pushed back, but then there was …

Last year, I was lucky enough to be asked to be a judge for Launchpoint.  Among the contestants was Robert Karp–a sophomore in High School who had already started his own miles and points company. I can’t even start my own lawn mower. BloombergTV interviewed him today on TV about …

Last year, I was determined to make sure I hit at least 85,000 miles.  The reason for this is because US Airways has a Special Dividends program that gives you different benefits in between status levels.  The 85,000 one includes being able to enter the upgrade queue, even on award …