I’ve been racking up American Airlines miles and wondered how this would play out as a US Airways elite. When you go to book a trip through American Airlines, it locks the American Airlines Frequent Flyer number as your only option. Before booking my trip, I tweeted American Airlines and …
Read More »Huge Downgrade for US Airways Elites
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 …
Read More »Why Direct Flights are Bad for Elite Status and Upgrades
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 …
Read More »Are US Airways Agents No Longer Manually Processing Free Upgrades?
Back in May, I wrote about how US Airways is processing upgrades more times a day. This was great because it was making it more difficult for lower-elites to jump the queue. But US Airways may have fixed that issue completely. For how queue-jumping is done, check out my post …
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