Tag Archives: upgrades

I rent cars pretty often and I usually rent the smallest size possible.  They are the cheapest, I tend to pack light, and hey–small cars are easier to parallel park.  Of course, when the rental car companies want to upgrade me to a muscle car, who am I to say …

I loved the way US Airways communicated about your upgrades. As soon as your window for upgrades opened, US Airways would send you an email. If upgrades weren’t released yet, it would tell you that upgrades are not yet available yet, but they would send you an email once they …

I’ve only been a US Airways elite in the past, and I was really nervous with the merger. Although the US Airways’ first class product is not quite as nice as… other airlines, it was what I was used to, and I was frequently upgraded. I even wrote a post …

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 …

Whenever I was hoping for an upgrade at the gate, I’d cross my fingers that a Chairman who flew more miles than I have wouldn’t check in after me.  They would jump above me on the upgrade list. Keri is a Chairman too and has flown more than me lately. …

Pizza in Motion has my explanation as to why the US Airways upgrade process is better than American’s.  I am not arguing that the US Airways product is better. Check out my reasons why on Ed’s post here.  Afterwards, he’s going to attempt wrote a rebuttal.   Also, if you would like to side …

Ed, my nemesis friend over at Pizza in Motion, is going to host a poll determining which upgrade procedure is better–US Airways or American Airlines. Note: this is about the procedure and not the product. Well, we all know how I feel, but I still needed to convince him.  I will have …

Most of the travel I do comes from work.  The other day, someone asked me, as a Chairman with US Airways, if I fly in first-class every flight. I paused and thought about it.  My answer was, I get upgraded to first class a lot but I don’t fly in first …

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 …

You are looking to fly-cross country and see a direct flight that stops midway.  The layover is only about 45 minutes, you get to stay on the plane, and you know you won’t miss your connection.  Perfect, right? Not necessarily.  Direct flights can negatively affect your attempts to get elite …