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Today is the last day to upgrade your trips with miles as a US Airways Elite for free.  Starting tomorrow, all elites will be required to pay the hefty co-pay. I mentioned, I’m bummed out by this because I mostly used it to upgrade people as a surprise, and to …

There’s been some confusion over whether or not the April 23rd cut-off for US Airways upgrades sans co-pay allows you to upgrade flights that will be flown after April 22nd.  (in fact, there’s been some confusion among agents at US Airways). To recap, US Airways elites have had the co-pay …

Or Travelocity or Orbitz, or any other third-party website. A while back, I wrote on a strange quirk with US Airways upgrades.  US Airways agents were unable to touch tickets booked through another airline.  That means, you could not upgrade a US Airways flight through US Airways if it was …

Because US Airways’ Routes send people straight across the country, it makes upgrading with miles a great value. US Airways has a generous upgrade chart for domestic travel.  Upgrading flights over 2,000 miles are only 10,000 miles.  For special occasions or long flights where it looks like I won’t clear …

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 …

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 …