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I'm not sure, but I know Braniff did use quilted uniforms for their employees, so maybe they put the same quilt pattern inside their planes.What's the interesting patterning on the walls?
peter
I'm not sure, but I know Braniff did use quilted uniforms for their employees, so maybe they put the same quilt pattern inside their planes.What's the interesting patterning on the walls?
peter
Spend them on *A flights before they leave the alliance. Any tickets awarded remain in good standing after the switch.Does anyone know if there is any way to salvage these miles?
If history is anything to go by you'll have a combined 54k usable with OneWorld, which at this point is probably is a more useful alliance than Star anyhow, at least in the practical sense. Star airlines just seem to make up their own rules as they go along. Almost as if the alliance was disbanded and reformed every couple years with new rules and restrictions. Who needs that? There was a time when *A was great for points arbitrage, take easy to earn points from a US program and spend them on fancy Asian airlines with much better service, but those days are being written out of existence by the bureaucrats. Meanwhile that's still possible with OW. I never found a purpose for SkyTeam on the points side. Not for earning, not for burning, not for status, not for anything. Some of the SkyTeam airlines actually have good onboard service, but most of their frequent flyer memberships seem to be treated like a reluctant afterthought.On related note, I also have about 5,000 AAdvantage miles sitting around. Will there be an opportunity to combine 49,000 Dividend Miles and 5,000 AAdvantage miles into a combined 54,000
Book an international flight, burns away your miles fast but it's worth it. 49,000 doesn't sound like a huge a amount compared to the guys with 500,000 or 1,000,000 miles.I received the dreaded email from US Airways informing that they are leaving Star Alliance on March 30, 2014 and joining oneworld. I have about 49,000 Dividend Miles carefully collected over years of travel to use on Star Alliance airlines in the future, and come April they will all be dragged away into stupid oneworld
Does anyone know if there is any way to salvage these miles? (I collected 90% of them on Star Alliance carriers, I am not some US Airways fanatic)
On related note, I also have about 5,000 AAdvantage miles sitting around. Will there be an opportunity to combine 49,000 Dividend Miles and 5,000 AAdvantage miles into a combined 54,000 WhateverTheyWillCallTheCombinedProgram miles?
I'm a bit naive since I have never used my miles for anything so far, but won't 54,000 miles give me two roundtrip domestic tickets? Domestic US roundtrip flights are 25,000 miles, isn't it? I have a couple of transcontinental flights planned for this year, each of which would cost around $500, can I get those on miles? Or are there hidden fees or caveats about booking tickets using miles? Should I do it over the phone or online, what works better to get preferred flights on miles?54,000 miles probably won't get you that far these days either. OTOH you could probably get your self a decent hotel night or three or a reasonable gift with it too.
Depends on the flight and the day you want to travel. Generally there are round trip saver awards at 25K and standard round trip awards at 50K. AA allows one way trips at half the round trip points cost while US does not.I'm a bit naive since I have never used my miles for anything so far, but won't 54,000 miles give me two roundtrip domestic tickets? Domestic US roundtrip flights are 25,000 miles, isn't it?
The only way to know is to check for availability and even then it will only be true for that specific moment in time. The next day (or even the next hour) those flights may no longer be available.I have a couple of transcontinental flights planned for this year, each of which would cost around $500, can I get those on miles?
You'll be paying taxes and government imposed fees at a minimum. That's been true for as long as I can remember. I currently have six awards ticketed myself. One flight has fees totaling $5 per person while the other flight has fees totaling nearly $150 per person. Both of these flights are of nearly identical distance, costing the same number of points, and ticketed on the same website through the same award program. Some frequent traveler programs now collect fuel surcharges as well, sometimes nearly equalling the cost of buying a ticket outright and completely negating the benefit of collecting miles in the first place. With US or AA fuel surcharges do not apply to domestic flights or to US/AA aircraft traveling abroad.Or are there hidden fees or caveats about booking tickets using miles?
Since calling the reservations desk almost always incurs an additional fee the only time you want to book an award over the phone is if there is no way to accomplish the same task on the website, which is rare. Unlike with AGR most airline websites have all the rules programmed in and let you book awards on your own without any human involvement. It's quick, easy, and effective. Just make sure you double check your dates and times because if you screw up it can be a painful and costly mistake to correct. These days the only time you need to call anyone is if you're trying to get really creative or you're using domestic points to book a foreign carrier that is impossible to book online. Although it may take years to earn enough points to book anything the actual booking process itself is generally very quick.Should I do it over the phone or online, what works better to get preferred flights on miles?
IIRC, in those cases, at least in later years, those carrier's, (such as Trans-States), were identified as "American Connection", rather than American Eagle....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eagle_Airlines has a good history of all the companies that found their way into the AMR-owned American Eagle, now Envoy. After 1988 when AMR adopted a strategy of acquiring the Eagle operators, there were intermittent situations where an airline not owned by AMR operated American Eagle flights.
I think you're right. I don't remember American Connection as a brand being used in the late 80s or early 90s. It happened about the time when Corporate, Chataqua, and Trans-States entered the picture.IIRC, in those cases, at least in later years, those carrier's, (such as Trans-States), were identified as "American Connection", rather than American Eagle....
Well, good luck with that. By tomorrow, you will be an AAdvantage member, with nice new number and all. Even on usairways.com, you will open your account into AAdvantage, not Dividend Miles. By this time next year, US Airways will officially be a fallen flag with only a handful of soon to be repainted aircraft and a retro-plane or two to show for it.i am a DM member and i love US AIR
i am flying on US AIR on april 22 from Detroit to Austin tx
i am not useing AA routes or planes, going threw Charlotte
i want nothing to do with AA
That number amazes me. Out of all of the open reservations held by US/AA, 96% of them are for travel in the next 2 months?On July 18, all US Airways flights beginning October 17 will be re-designated American Airlines flights. Any existing reservations on the US Airways CRS for travel after October 16 will be migrated to the AA CRS. This forced migration will affect about 4% of all the existing AA/US reservations.
Airline tickets can move hundreds of dollars in the span of a single day. Over the course of a few weeks or months they can potentially move thousands of dollars. When I make my decision to purchase a ticket it is based on a known and definable price rather than some vague assumption of cost. Maybe in other cultures it's not unusual for working age people to lock in their dates, times, and locations and then sit and wait for months before buying airline tickets, but nobody I know does that. When we're ready to plan we buy. If the cost is too high we choose another location. Most Americans don't have three or four weeks of annual vacation to play around with so they do what they can to make the most of the one or two weeks they do have. Maybe they'll end up leaving some money on the table as a result, but it's not like most folks can move their approved vacation dates around just because the airline prices changed.That does not surprise me too much, considering that the lowest fares are generally available about three months before departure! why would people unnecessarily lock in higher fares in a non refundable booking?
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