It’s no secret that US Airways’ IT system is broken.  But I just had a situation more bizarre than any I had in the post. To recap previous situations: The award flights that you see aren’t always the award flights you book. What airport code you choose in co-airport situations can affect …
Read More »Having Trouble Using the US Airways Website? Here’s a Solution.
The US Airways website is not doing too well with all the stranded passenger traffic today. Getting frustrated at it? I was trying to change seats on a flight not affected by the storm and decided to try the mobile site. Bingo. If you need to get on the website …
Read More »I Caused My Husband to Be in Possession of a Stolen Vehicle
Sometimes websites can have weird glitches. Â This specific glitch caused my husband to be in possession of a stolen vehicle. I was booking a 9-day rental for us in Dallas. Â I was booking it in Bill’s name because he has really good status with National. I price compared first, and …
Read More »HOW You Type Your Flight into US Airways’s Website Changes the Price
Lately, I’ve felt a little crazy when booking flights. Â I felt like prices were going up then going back down during the booking process. Â I always finally got the fare I wanted, so I didn’t think too much about it. Then today I figured out what was going on. Flights …
Read More »How to Find Accurate Flight Status for US Airways
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 …
Read More »More Weird Bugs with US Airways Website
There is a travel advisory on the East Coast, which made my coworkers plan to move-up her flight more complicated (suddenly everyone was). Â But I was trying to help her see if she can change her flight first online before going to the airport early. This is the US Airway’s …
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