Tag Archives: US Airways

US Airways did not rank well among traditional carriers. From CNN: The survey measures seven factors, including cost and fees, in-flight services, and the flight crew. The study is based on responses from passengers who flew on a major North America airline between March 2013 and March this year. …. …

US Airways has another sale through May 25, 2014 where you can get or give up to a 100% bonus on miles. I’ve purchased miles for trips before, but only in specific situations? How do you know when it is worth it to buy miles? We have a guide here.  The …

You guys were so helpful with Keri’s post asking where she should go this year, so I thought I’d throw out this question. I received a $500 voucher for being bumped on US Airways.  It has to be used on one ticket and my planned travel is falling around the $300 mark. …

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 …

I was on a transcontinental flight on United when the gate agent announced they were oversold.  My ears perked up.  I was disappointed when the amount of money they would give you to voluntarily take another flight was announced as $200. It is an easy way to make $200 but this …

I’ve run into this a few times with US Airways now and I realized a simple search after each flight on US Airways can save you from needless waiting. Your baggage does not necessarily fly on the same plane as you.  If you check in early and there’s room on …

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 …

A few weeks ago, I wrote about real and fake EQMs on US Airways, how to spot the difference and the implications for either set. Another strange quirk on US Airways are its international and domestic rules pertain to a different definition of international and domestic. What? What I mean …

Today, I received a message from US Airways about one of my reservations:   I thought this was strange because, well, I fly US Airways a lot.  But I did have that reservation with two other people.  I thought I might have forgotten one person’s number. Pulling up the reservation, …

I wrote a post about how there was confusion over US Airway’s flight times and what it means for food service in first class.  I reached out to US Airways and they were really helpful in clearing this up. The flight times they list are estimates based the general flight …