Not bad. Too bad I don't fly US...well actually, not really.

Also make sure you understand what Triple Miles means (unlike your AA friends...)!! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

================================================== ===========

Dear XXXXXXXXX,


How can you earn Triple Miles and have them count toward Preferred Status?

With the Dividend Miles Visa(R) Credit Card, of course! Now through June 30, 2004, simply purchase your tickets using your new card and earn Triple Miles, which count toward Preferred Status on all of your US Airways flights.

That's in addition to the other fantastic benefits you receive with the Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card, including:

- Limited time offer of 10,000 bonus miles after your first purchase - halfway to an airline ticket
- One mile per dollar spent on your everyday purchases
- Two miles per dollar spent on qualifying US Airways purchases
- 10,000 miles toward Preferred Status when you spend $25,000 annually
- One annual companion certificate
- One annual complimentary US Airways Club(R) pass

To apply for your card, visit http://www.usairwaysvisa.com. This exclusive Triple Miles offer is available to new cardholders only, and tickets must be purchased with the Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card. Other restrictions apply. See terms and conditions for additional details.

Remember, this offer expires June 30, 2004, so apply for your card today!

We thank you for being a valued Dividend Miles member, and look forward to having you on board a future US Airways flight.

Sincerely,


Michael Isom
Managing Director, Marketing Programs


TERMS & CONDITIONS: Offer valid only to new cardholders approved between 1/20/04 and 6/30/04. Triple miles will be earned on all flights taken after card approval date, purchase of tickets, and completed travel by 6/30/04. Triple flight mile bonus valid toward Preferred status on all mileage qualifying fares for travel on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express operated flights between 1/20/04 -6/30/04 and purchased with a new Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card approved on or after 1/20/04. You will automatically be registered for the Triple Miles offer once you are approved for the Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card, activate your new card, and purchase your US Airways tickets using the new card. This offer is not valid with the Dividend Miles Visa Check Card or Dividend Miles Visa Business Credit Card. Offer not combinable with any other flight bonus mile or Preferred status offers. This offer
excludes travel on other airline partners such as United, Lufthansa, etc. or on codeshare flights operated by other airlines. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply.

If account is opened on or before 6/30/04, Platinum cardholders earn 10,000 bonus miles, Gold cardholders earn 7,000 bonus miles and Classic cardholders earn 5,000 bonus miles after you make your first purchase. Regular new account bonus miles: Platinum cardholders earn 7,000 bonus miles, Gold cardholders earn 4,000 bonus miles and Classic cardholders earn 3,000 bonus miles after you make your first purchase.

Basically, it takes a credit card application (pay the annual fee) and a $400 ticket to Europe to make US Silver.... the total should come out to less than $500! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Offer valid only to new cardholders...</font>

They better be doing something for the rest of us soon or my dog is going to have to apply for a new card...

I got my statement today and there's nothing :-(

The offer appears to have been yanked from the website for now. However, despite the title, do you think it is possible that if you bought a $400 ticket on a 1000 mile flight would get you 1200 (3*400) miles, not 3000 miles? Today "double miles" on tickets for a $400 ticket is 800 miles.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by parkums:
Triple miles will be earned on all flights taken after card approval date, purchase of tickets, and completed travel by 6/30/04. Triple flight mile bonus valid toward Preferred status on all mileage qualifying fares for travel on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express operated flights between 1/20/04 -6/30/04 and purchased with a new Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card approved on or after 1/20/04. </font>


Flown miles NOT amount spent on tickets...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Lindyhopper:
... do you think it is possible that if you bought a $400 ticket on a 1000 mile flight would get you 1200 (3*400) miles, not 3000 miles? Today "double miles" on tickets for a $400 ticket is 800 miles.</font>

AFAIK, any US flight gets you full mileage, no matter what you paid for the ticket.

So ... a $400 ticket to BUF-PHL-LGW for instance (which I just made) is 8128 miles for the r/t. Triple miles is 24,384 miles. And they count toward status.

Plus, you have the 10,000 from the card bonus, and (maybe) 1000 miles for booking on line, and you're in pretty good shape; in fact, you're just under 5K away from an off-peak award to Europe.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TomBascom:
I got my statement today and there's nothing :-(</font>

I did not get the email either, but son of L4P did. He is a US4 so maybe it was targeted to those folks without status.

Just about every other airline has got promos going on but it seems that BBB is still on vacation or he believes he is going to make the revenue up on all those new club fees.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Lindyhopper:
The offer appears to have been yanked from the website for now. However, despite the title, do you think it is possible that if you bought a $400 ticket on a 1000 mile flight would get you 1200 (3*400) miles, not 3000 miles? Today "double miles" on tickets for a $400 ticket is 800 miles.</font>

Was this offer ever on the website?

Any luck with this promotion?

DM Service center and BofA are not aware of it...

Ciao,

-- TP

I got an email about this but have not looked into it.. I hope they haven't pulled the offer.

But does anyone know if Bank of America will issue an individual two different miles earning credit cards? I have their Alaska Visa...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by whlinder:
I got an email about this but have not looked into it.. I hope they haven't pulled the offer.

But does anyone know if Bank of America will issue an individual two different miles earning credit cards? I have their Alaska Visa...</font>

I'm sure they will.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by whlinder:
But does anyone know if Bank of America will issue an individual two different miles earning credit cards?</font>

They will.

Has anyone successfully registered for this promotion yet?

I just priced out one routing that would go PHL-LAX-CLT-LGW-CLT-LAX-PHL over a weekend in February (depart Thursday to LAX, arrive in London Saturday AM, depart for LAX on Sunday, return to PHL on Monday) that ticketed to $805.25RT in Q class but equalled 17,020 actual miles.

Granted this isn't as cheap as doing back to back mid-week depatures to London from a PHL or CLT hub (for like $400RT), BUT this has the advantage of fewer non-productive days out of the office.

3x miles would mean for ~$800 you could earn Gold status (51,060 tier miles) and with the 10,000 mile bonus and miles for the ticket you'd earn 60K miles.

Sign me up! ;-)

Heck, if you fly 3 additional transcons with crazy routings between now and 6/30, you'd be CP in less than 6 months!

I wonder if I can cancel my card & re-apply???

Can I get a second card?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TP:
Any luck with this promotion?

DM Service center and BofA are not aware of it...

Ciao,

-- TP</font>

I called the DM service center yesterday afternoon to ask if I could couple this offer with the 10K coach/20K Envoy to Europe offer. After about 10 minutes on hold she still did not know the answer, so I asked her to e-mail me later when she found out. It has not yet happened. I like the idea of taking one trip to Europe and paying the CC annual fee to get Silver status for about $600, plus enough miles to get another off-peak award trip to Europe later.

My son got one - he's a US4. Of course, he's about 10 months old!!!

Wonder if I could get a 10-month old a credit card???

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by loomis:
I called the DM service center yesterday afternoon to ask if I could couple this offer with the 10K coach/20K Envoy to Europe offer. After about 10 minutes on hold she still did not know the answer, so I asked her to e-mail me later when she found out. It has not yet happened. I like the idea of taking one trip to Europe and paying the CC annual fee to get Silver status for about $600, plus enough miles to get another off-peak award trip to Europe later.</font>

Do you already have the card or would you get one for the first time?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ITRADE:
My son got one - he's a US4. Of course, he's about 10 months old!!!

Wonder if I could get a 10-month old a credit card???</font>

How big of an allowance does he get?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by longing4piedmont:
How big of an allowance does he get?</font>

The boy already has 16,000 dividend miles!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ITRADE:
The boy already has 16,000 dividend miles!</font>

At that rate he will have enough miles at the age of 8 to own the airline. If it is still around then.

dingo-I would be a first-time BofA card holder.

Any more info on this with respect to it still be active? I'd like to get my wife one of them but don't see any reference on the website.

If anyone has a link or email w/ link please email to me...email address in profile.

please let us know if anyone hears anything. I was thinking of switching anyway from my starwood card for basically the same annual fee. I have enough starpoints to last me a few years now anyway.

My gut tells me the promo was written wrong and its gonna be triple purchase miles, not triple flight miles (ie a $500 ticket to europe will give you 1500, not 25000, miles per R/T). Still nice but not ridiculously nice.

I'd like to bump this up one more time. What does convention wisdom say with regard to getting a card for a new holder when:
1. That person did not receive the email.
2. There seems to be some question as to whether this even exists...not on the US website anywhere.

Apparently, this is targeted (as per US CP customer service desk).

I wonder what you had to do to be targeted?

I sent an email to the CP desk. Got a reply the next day asking me to provide more information so I copied the text of the email and sent it back. Still have not heard back from them; that was three days ago.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hscottm:
Apparently, this is targeted (as per US CP customer service desk).

I wonder what you had to do to be targeted?</font>

If they intended it to be targeted, they should have said so in T&C.

They presumably targeted it by selecting who to email it to (i.e. they still havent learned how not mess this up)

[This message has been edited by hscottm (edited Jan 30, 2004).]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hscottm:
please let us know if anyone hears anything. I was thinking of switching anyway from my starwood card for basically the same annual fee. I have enough starpoints to last me a few years now anyway.

My gut tells me the promo was written wrong and its gonna be triple purchase miles, not triple flight miles (ie a $500 ticket to europe will give you 1500, not 25000, miles per R/T). Still nice but not ridiculously nice.</font>

I finally heard back from the DM service center via e-mail. To the positive, it is triple FLIGHT miles, not purchase miles. Silver status for one transatlantic R.T.! They did say, though, that it can NOT be combined with the 10K coach/20K Envoy European flight bonus.

"I finally heard back from the DM service center via e-mail. To the positive, it is triple FLIGHT miles, not purchase miles. Silver status for one transatlantic R.T.! They did say, though, that it can NOT be combined with the 10K coach/20K Envoy European flight bonus"

That's good to know. However, if this a targeted promotion? A lot of us would like to know.

Could someone who got this offer forward me a copy of it? Thanks.

IT WAS DEFINITELY TARGETED - I noted this above.

Bill

YGM

l4p

Just got an email back from the Chairman's Pref desk. Nothing about being targeted, it is triple flight miles, I'd get the card stat if you don't have it. There was a CLT to SFO e-saver this weekend...that would have been a nice chunk of miles for 248.00.

Anyone gotten this to work for someone who already had a DM VISA and isn't getting a new one?

Perhaps I was misinformed when I asked the chairmans desk, but I was told it was targeted, and further they wanted to check to see if my acct number had been registered for the promotion or not (they seemed to be doing this as the typical good service the CP desk gives to prevent problems later).

I'd be wary of getting the VISA card without knowing you were targeted/registered given recent history of targeting, etc.

Some selected text of my first email:

"Hello. I learned of a promotion for new Visa card applicants whereby triple flight miles are awarded from now until June 30th. I already have a DM Visa card, but was considering having my wife obtain one. Can you provide information on this promotion and also let me know if there is any sort of promo code that needs to be used when applying?"

Their reply:
"In response to your email; could you tell us a little more about the promotion in question; What dates do the promotion consist of and does the promtion have a bonus request number to enroll for the promotion? Usually when there is a promotion concerning the Visa card, you will receive triple miles for the purchases from the charges on the Visa card and not mileage for flights flown."

Text from my second email, which also included a copy and paste of the email found here:
"Hello. I have copied and pasted the email that a friend sent me. I don't know if my wife received it or not; for some reason she cannot receive any emails from US via her main email account. The way I read the promotion, it isn't on purchases but rather on miles flown. Is that correct?"

Their reply:
"In order to receive the triple miles promotion, it has to be a new account and based on tickets purchased using your Bank of America visa, you will receive triple miles flown."

I will reply back and inquire as to whether it was targeted. Based on this correspodence, my wife obtained the card though.

Theres an easy way of determining whether this was targeted - did everyone receive this offer? No. In fact it seems a fairly small percent of us did - with no obvious pattern.

Make sure you correspond with the service center/elite desk to be registered for this promotion before signing up for the card, etc.

Definitely targeted - here is the email response from customer service:

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we will not be able to register you
for the promotion you referenced below. This was a targeted promotion which is
available only to selected members. While some of our promotions are public
offers which are available for any member to register for, some of them are
offered only to selected members. Selections are based on various criteria
such as the market where the member lives or the member's travel patterns.
Although you were not selected for this particular promotion, you may be
selected for other promotions in the future.

OK, it's targeted. But where are other bonus offers to entice us to get into a US seat? If I have to risk my life in a plane serviced in Alabama, I should at least be doing it with double points!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Global Explorer:
Definitely targeted - here is the email response from customer service:

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we will not be able to register you for the promotion you referenced below. This was a targeted promotion which is available only to selected members. While some of our promotions are public offers which are available for any member to register for, some of them are offered only to selected members. Selections are based on various criteria such as the market where the member lives or the member's travel patterns.
Although you were not selected for this particular promotion, you may be selected for other promotions in the future. </font>

It looks like I was selected:

Ms. TribeFlyer,

This promotion was targeted to Dividend Miles members that do not have a Bank of America credit card. We are showing that you are a targeted member.

You can get additional information or apply through Bank of America. Call them at
800-241-6295 or you can visit their web site at http://www.bankofamerica.com/usairways.

Amanda Burch
Dividend Miles Service Center

Hmmm....same person, different words.

"In order to qualify for this promotion, you will need to be a new Bank of America Credit Card holder. We are showing that your Chairman's Preferred account is not linked to Bank of America.

Our credit card affiliation is the US Airways Bank of America Visa card where you receive 1 mile for every dollar spent. For information, or to apply online, go to http://www.usairways.com/dmcreditcards.
You can also get information or apply through Bank of America. Call them at 800-241-6295 or you can visit their web site at http://www.bankofamerica.com/usairways.

We also participate in the American Express Membership Rewards program and Diners Club - Club Rewards. Information about these programs can be found at http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/earningmiles/other.htm

Amanda Burch
Dividend Miles Service Center"

I've already got the card; I was asking if my wife could get the card and be eligible and asked very specifically:
"Can you tell me if this is a targeted offer?"

Comments?

[This message has been edited by dingo (edited Feb 05, 2004).]

This offer makes me mad. I want to cancel my card, get a new one, and get triple miles.

Who do I call and rage at?

Me, too! I wish they would reward their existing cardholders with a consolation prize. I'd settle for double status miles.

I called BofA a few days ago and told them to cancel my DM credit card.

History: Last fall while travelling through PHL and CLT I signed up (3 times) for a DM credit card. Late December I got the first statement (which included the yearly fee). In the same letter (or one that arrived a week earlier or later) I got a letter stating that they needed more information before they could either send me the credit card or approve the application.

They needed my SSN. After 2 more monthly statements (where the interest was piling up) I phoned them. Told them since I don't have the card, they should cancel the card. They did.

At the time I signed up I thought US was going to be around for a while and the perks of the card might be worth while - better than my current card (CIBC AeroPlan Visa). But since I'm Canadian, there seems to be no way to actually get a DM card. Now that US is probably going under, the DM card is irrelevant.

Oh - and sorry US. I'm flying to AMS later this month - on KLM. Who needs the hassles of US customs.

I applied for the card and got it in the mail. However, I decided to email USAir to make sure that I would recieve the triple status miles and was told that this offer is open to base members and not preferred members. Since I am already gold, they said that I could not use this promo.

It seems that everyone here is getting a different answer. I may just go ahead and activate the card for the 10,000 miles and then buy a ticket to Europe. At worst, I would get the Europe/Germany bonus, and at best I would get triple status miles.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by johnep1:
I applied for the card and got it in the mail. However, I decided to email USAir to make sure that I would recieve the triple status miles and was told that this offer is open to base members and not preferred members. Since I am already gold, they said that I could not use this promo.

It seems that everyone here is getting a different answer. I may just go ahead and activate the card for the 10,000 miles and then buy a ticket to Europe. At worst, I would get the Europe/Germany bonus, and at best I would get triple status miles.</font>

Warning: I e-mailed the DM service center to see if I could combine this offer with other bonus mile offers (ie. 20K Envoy/10K coach to Europe) and they said NO.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by johnep1:
I applied for the card and got it in the mail. However, I decided to email USAir to make sure that I would recieve the triple status miles and was told that this offer is open to base members and not preferred members. Since I am already gold, they said that I could not use this promo...</font>

Well I had no status when they offered this deal or when I applied for the card. I have since been comped to Gold. Now I'll probably have to fight for my 3x status miles or to get my fee back from B of A. What a hassle!

My wife is Gold and received the "targeted" offer. So I do not know what parameters they used to offer this promotion. We are going to Europe in a couple of weeks and I will let everyone know the results.

P.S. Should I chance registering her for the Europe bonus and risk cancellation for both promos?




[This message has been edited by planeluvr (edited Feb 10, 2004).]

FYI - Yesterday I received a slightly altered version of this promo on a card in my snail mail. There were small differences between this version and the email. I'll check more closely then post the details.

Just received an email from DM Service saying: new card, buy tickets, get triple miles. So, off to Denver and Phoenix folks.

I think I'll go ahead and activate my card and try this out. Hopefully being registered for the Europe and Germany bonuses won't prevent this one from going through. I know I should only get one bonus, but hopefully they can figure out that the triple status miles is the one I would want.

Where are the real bonuses from US? BOA is paying the freight on this one. Other airlines are offering bonuses, why is US sitting on the sidelines?

They need to kick start the flying public after all of the bad press and bad moves they've made.

Is this promotion only for the Platinum card? I just received the Classic version and would love to take advantage of this promo...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DorianGray:
Is this promotion only for the Platinum card? I just received the Classic version and would love to take advantage of this promo...</font>

A good question - the promos I have seen never mention Platinum only though.

This offer was included in my wife's February e-statement and it still doesn't appear to be targetted:

EARN TRIPLE MILES THAT COUNT TOWARDS PREFERRED STATUS
Now through June 30, 2004, purchase tickets with the Dividend Miles Visa Credit Card and earn Triple Miles, which count towards Preferred status, on all of your US Airways flights. This offer is valid only to new cardholders approved between through June 30, 2004. For more information on the exclusive benefits associated with the Dividend Miles Visa Card and to apply for your card, visit ]http://www.usairwaysvisa.com (http://www.usairwaysvisa.com[/i)

[This message has been edited by dhacker (edited Feb 24, 2004).]

My entire family, including me, got this in the mail a few weeks ago. I'm Chairman's, who will be dropping to Gold and requalifying for Chairman's via a challenge this year (earned it last year). And one of the other three family memebers is Silver. So, it's obviously not only targetted at non-preferreds. As for me? I wish there was a way to get triple status miles WITHOUT registering for a bloody credit card! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Well, this one has finally reared its ugly head on the website. It's bonus 6699, although it should be 6969 to represent how BBB gets cozy with the newbies while shutting out the loyal VFFs and those who have been carrying the DM Visa card for some time. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mad.gif

http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/6699.htm

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gardener:
Well, this one has finally reared its ugly head on the website. It's bonus 6699, although it should be 6969 to represent how BBB gets cozy with the newbies while shutting out the loyal VFFs and those who have been carrying the DM Visa card for some time. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mad.gif

http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/6699.htm</font>

The dates are different on the website -- it now lasts until 8/31.

I wonder what will happen to the people (like me) who got the card a few weeks ago based on the earlier offer. I bought a ticket to MAD and flew this past weekend. So far, no bonus miles.

And the start date changed from 'now' when the email was sent, to April 1, 2004.

Hold on...fine print says you will be pre-registered...so why the need for a registration process online?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dingo:
Hold on...fine print says you will be pre-registered...so why the need for a registration process online?</font>

I wondered the same thing.

If my wife gets the card and gets an addition card for me (same account) do I get the triple miles???

My wife got the card after the initial posts here. I'm not going to register her and see if the trip she just completed from CLT to Phoenix nets the triple. I also signed myself up, even though I've had the card for a year or so. Come April 1, I'll consider registering her if that extends the original offer by two more months. Should be interesting.

For past BoA promos, how long after the flight did the bonus miles post?

I know this was always a use at your own risk opportunity. My wife applied for, got and used the card as per the terms of the original promotion. Now is being told she doesn't qualify.

I'd like a name and addy of someone to whom I can escalate this aside from the 'contact dividend miles' link. I have emails from DM saying it would be fine. I intend to either:
1. Get my wife the miles she's earned.
2. Get my US to give us cash for the card and compensation for taking flights we otherwise wouldn't have.
3. Get her registered for the second/new round of this.

What reason did they give your wife as to why she doesn't qualify?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by johnep1:
For past BoA promos, how long after the flight did the bonus miles post?</font>

Cant speak for past promos, but I recently signed up for the BoA card (because of this promo) and my 3x preferred miles posted along with the flights (ie 3 days after the trip).

I was assuming they wouldnt post until the next BoA "miles for purchases" posting, but it came automatically with the trips.

this makes me wonder, given the multiple promos, whether the 3x postings will continue through end of August instead of end of June (I never signed up for a promo - it just worked).

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dingo:
I know this was always a use at your own risk opportunity. My wife applied for, got and used the card as per the terms of the original promotion. Now is being told she doesn't qualify.

I'd like a name and addy of someone to whom I can escalate this aside from the 'contact dividend miles' link. I have emails from DM saying it would be fine. I intend to either:
1. Get my wife the miles she's earned.
2. Get my US to give us cash for the card and compensation for taking flights we otherwise wouldn't have.
3. Get her registered for the second/new round of this.

</font>

Bump. Any address/department suggestions?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hscottm:
Cant speak for past promos, but I recently signed up for the BoA card (because of this promo) and my 3x preferred miles posted along with the flights (ie 3 days after the trip).

I was assuming they wouldnt post until the next BoA "miles for purchases" posting, but it came automatically with the trips.

this makes me wonder, given the multiple promos, whether the 3x postings will continue through end of August instead of end of June (I never signed up for a promo - it just worked).</font>


Does that mean you didn't actually have to register for the 3x bonus? Were you targeted for the offer which was originally mailed out (through June)? Or did you just sign up for the card through the US web site (where the offer seems to be through August 31)?

I recently signed up for a second card (have already had one for years) through the web (and now received the approval - card to follow). I had registered for the promotion on the web (not targeted for the earlier version) and wonder if the whole thing is going to work at all - which matters when making ticket decisions for the next 5 months!!!

My wife was targetted for the 3x BOA card signup and she didn't do anything but apply for the card and enter her DM number to attach to the card and has received the bonus with no problem. The bonus posts when the regular flight miles post and it shows up in the preferred year to date line. Works like a charm so far.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dingo:
I know this was always a use at your own risk opportunity. My wife applied for, got and used the card as per the terms of the original promotion. Now is being told she doesn't qualify.

I'd like a name and addy of someone to whom I can escalate this aside from the 'contact dividend miles' link. I have emails from DM saying it would be fine. I intend to either:
1. Get my wife the miles she's earned.
2. Get my US to give us cash for the card and compensation for taking flights we otherwise wouldn't have.
3. Get her registered for the second/new round of this.

</font>

Address please.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PhillyFive:
[B]
Does that mean you didn't actually have to register for the 3x bonus? Were you targeted for the offer which was originally mailed out (through June)? Or did you just sign up for the card through the US web site (where the offer seems to be through August 31)? </font>

I dont think I registered online. I think I had already received my card when the promo codes showed up here on FT.

Note I was told by the CP email address that it was not necessary to be targeted or to register - told 'it would just work' - and it did.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hscottm:
I dont think I registered online. I think I had already received my card when the promo codes showed up here on FT.

Note I was told by the CP email address that it was not necessary to be targeted or to register - told 'it would just work' - and it did.</font>


Thanks - hope it works as well for the rest of us..... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hscottm:
Note I was told by the CP email address that it was not necessary to be targeted or to register - told 'it would just work' - and it did.</font>

Is that a first for a promo/website program? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Wife has received triple miles after a few emails back and forth.

I got the card in early Feb. I bought a ticket to Spain with the card in mid-Feb. I did not get the bonus miles. I called USAir. The agent could not have cared less. She told me that the miles would likely post after I pay my credit card bill (I told her that she was wrong, as many here say that they post with the flight miles). I called USAir back to try to get a real agent. This one was at least very nice and told me that she would email Bank of America about it. I know I have to call USAir back because that email (if sent) will do no good.

Then, last week I bought a DCA-BOS e-saver ticket with the card. I ended up not flying, but I did check in online for the outbound flight. I just checked my account and to my surprise I had received the flight miles PLUS the triple status miles for that 500 miles segment. So, even though USAir seems to have some problems with their check in service, the promo is now working for me. I just need to find a way to get the extra 18,000 status miles that I am owed for the DCA-PHL-MAD-PHL-DCA ticket I bought last month.

A (cough,cough) friend of mine has the card, but didnt use it to purchase a recent trip (because he did not have possesion of said card yet). He was automatically given the triple miles nonetheless, very surprised. Happen to anyone else?

I presume that they are not either purposefully or accidentally giving the CP 100% bonus on the triple miles, but rather, only the flight miles.

This could prove way too tempting.

Countin -

If only it worked that way :)

The US system is consistent in this regard. Everything revolves around the base miles for each flight/segment... If you have a flight thats 600 miles, you get 600 base status miles for that trip. Any SP, GP, or CP bonus on top of that is just a multiple of that (and is regular miles). Likewise, any preferred mile bonus is a multiple of those base miles (500 minimum).

So basically the system looks for those base miles and then computes individual other bonuses based on that.

I got an e-mail from the Dividend Miles service center (a week after I sent it!) stating that the promotion is only good until the end of June. Also, I saw several flyers taped to that the table at PIT where they hawk the DM Visa cards that said the promotion was good only until the end of June.

The website still says end of August: http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/6699.htm

Global - There are multiple promos going on. Bottom line, I wouldn't count on an August end date.

I already have the card. I would have flown a lot had I gotten this promo. Basically, they need a good promo to get me to fly them. UA and AA gave great promos to all of their customers. Why in the world would I fly US when those two give me better deals and better service?

I signed up for the deal. Not sure how this deal works. By my calculations:

920 + 119 + 814 = 1853 * 3 = 5559. I think the 6,971 is for purchases. 1853 * 2 = 3,706. Is the 3,759 the miles for the promotion (triple miles via the normal miles + double miles)? If so, I don't think it registered as flight miles (unless that happens later).

Date Transaction Description Actual Miles Bonus Miles Total Miles
09-APR-04 BOA PLATINUM PURCHASE MILES 6,971 0 6,971
09-APR-04 BOA PLATINUM DOUBLE MILES 0 3,759 3,759
09-APR-04 BOA PLATINUM 1ST USE BONUS 0 10,000 10,000
07-APR-04 US 1118 Y TPA PHL 920 920 1,840
07-APR-04 US 1149 E PHL DCA 119 881 1,000
05-APR-04 US 0245 E DCA TPA 814 814 1,628

You spent $1873 on the US Airways plane tickets using your card...that's what the double is. Those are not status miles.

Someone said that the triple miles show up as "TRIPLE DM VISA BONUS MILES".

DC-USCP-

There are no status miles in those transactions. As StSebast. said - the line item for the 3x promo shows up as he stated.

The DOUBLE is because you spent $3759 on US tickets. It says double miles because the other transaction -BOA Purchase Miles- would have given you the SINGLE credit for the purchase - the DOUBLE transaction doubles only those purchase miles from USAirways.

This is how mrs. dingo got the triples, posted on the same day:

04-APR-04 TRIPLE DM VISA BONUS MILES 0 2,696 2,696
02-APR-04 US 0129 E CLT DEN 1,348 1,348 2,696

Does this mean that I'm not getting triple miles? Or does it take a bit for it to show up. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion if this was a targeted offer or not.

Why wouldn't I be eligible?

Email them and request your trips for your trips.

Dingo - did Mrs. Dingo get her preferred miles credited the same day as the bonus miles? My bonus miles were processed the same day but I have not received the preferred miles.

My wife has received her preferred bonus the same time the flight posts.

They did not post for the first segment. I sent an email, then replied to their reply, then replied to that one and it got straightened out. Every segment since has posted all on the same day.

Do I understand correctly that elite members who have been recieving miles from this offer are receiving a total of 4x miles?

So, if I were midtier on US and flew 800 miles, I would receive:
2,400 redeemable elite qualifying miles
800 redeemable bonus miles
For a total of 3,200 miles I can use towards flights?

I have never flown US, am top-tier AA and mid-tier UA, and have never had a BofA CC. I am hoping I could convince them to target me - then fly a quick 33K miles (that is what I would need on US, right?)

I know the AA and UA FF programs well - but not US.
What benefits would I receive as a US top-tier?
- SWUs? (any fare?)
- Domestic upgrades? (any fare?)
- Mileage bonuses?
- Lounge access (international, domestic, both?)
- Anything else significant?

I'd politely suggest you check www.usair.com and other threads here so as not to take this thread in another direction.

I'd politely suggest you check www.usair.com and other threads here so as not to take this thread in another direction.

OK - understood. I didn't mean to hijack this thread, sorry. I will take the time to do the searches, etc.

If there is a thread that gives a good overview of US for people used to other airlines, please help me find it - otherwise I will content myself searching this forum.

perhaps this would make a good sticky note...benefits to all levels of DM status members.

I agree - it would be good to have a sticky with the latest in rules for status, upgrading, etc..... They keep changing every year anyway.

I just had a very curious thing happen to me. I applied for the BoA card to qualify for this promo for my personal trips on USAirways. I also registered for promotion 6699 on USAirways website.
I use USAirways for business trips as well, but those flights have to be charged to the American Express Corporate Card. However, I just saw that the first of my business flights has the triple preferred miles bonus posted as well, even though I used the AmEx card to buy them.
Has anyone else run into this quirk yet?

I noted such a quirk a few pages ago...It happened to me as well

Does anyone know if the US Airways Signature Visa counts for this promotion? Or is it just for Platinum, Gold, and Classic US Dividend Miles Visa cards? I just want to make sure to apply for the right card...

Also, for old cardholders (since 6699 is just for new cardholders), do they have some similar promotion each year for existing cardholders? Or does everyone just cancel after the first year?

I believe last year & the year before they had a promotion for double status miles if you book with your US Visa card. Nothing so far this year for us loyal cardholders.

Anyone know if it's possible to earn triple preferred miles on a UA flight on US metal?

Nope. Flight has to be on US metal.

I took a US/UA Code Share flight, and thought I was safe because there was a US flight number.

Was told it didn't qualify and the flight had to be on US Metal.

I was involuntarily rerouted onto a United flight yesterday. Has anyone been able to get credit for the original routing (which I know other FT members have been able to do) and get the tripe preferred miles bonus as well?

When I signed up for the card, it was for the August, not June deadline (fortunately, I saved a copy of the webpage saying August). My triple miles for the flight I took in June posted right away. Now, however, my July & Auguts flights have not posted as triple miles, so it looks like I'm going to have to fight about those miles. Additionally, they are trying to deny Mr. Macksa the triple miles by claiming that he was not the cardholder, so he is not entitled to them. I purchased the tickets for both of us using my card. The terms and conditions of the credit card offer state:

Apply for the US Airways Visa Card and start earning triple miles on all US Airways flights when using your new card for ticket purchases. This offer is valid for purchases made with your new US Airways Visa for travel from the date you receive the card to August 31, 2004. Bonus miles will also count toward earning Preferred status.

Terms and Conditions: Offer valid to new cardholders approved between 4/1/04 and 8/31/04. Triple flight mile bonus valid toward Preferred status on all fares for travel on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express operated flights between 4/1/04 - 8/31/04 and purchased with your new approved US Airways Visa Card. You will automatically be eligible for the Triple Miles offer once you are approved for the US Airways Visa Card, activate your new card, register for this promotion and purchase your US Airways tickets using the new card. Tickets purchased with the US Airways Visa Check Card or US Airways Visa Business Card do not qualify for bonus miles. Offer not combinable with any other flight bonus mile or Preferred status offers. This offer excludes travel on all airline partners such as United and Lufthansa. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply.

I don't see anything in here limiting the bonus miles to the cardholder.

Has anyone else had experience with these two situations?

I don't see anything in here limiting the bonus miles to the cardholder.

How about: Offer valid to new cardholders...

I very much doubt that they would allow for triple miles for anyone that has had a ticket purchased using a card activated during the promo. Good luck.

I was involuntarily rerouted onto a United flight yesterday. Has anyone been able to get credit for the original routing (which I know other FT members have been able to do) and get the tripe preferred miles bonus as well?

not me :td:

Terms and Conditions: Offer valid to new cardholders approved between 4/1/04 and 8/31/04. Triple flight mile bonus valid toward Preferred status on all fares for travel on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express operated flights between 4/1/04 - 8/31/04 and purchased with your new approved US Airways Visa Card[/B]. You will automatically be eligible for the Triple Miles offer once you are approved for the US Airways Visa Card, activate your new card, register for this promotion and purchase your US Airways tickets using the new card.

I don't see anything in here limiting the bonus miles to the cardholder.

Has anyone else had experience with these two situations?

I signed up and received triple miles for all flights until August 31. All the other tickets I purchased on this card did not receive triple miles and that is exactly as I expected (see bolded words in T&C above. Actually, as other have noted, once I was signed up, all travel was tripled during the period, even a few tickets already purchased on another Visa card (other than the new one). So I felt that part was an unexpected win for me.

You should get the triple for your travel in July and August, so that you should certainly pursue. :)

Thanks for the input. I understood you/yours in the plural, but looks like they meant singular. But, I'll make sure they credit my triple miles because that will make the difference between my being gold and my being ....in the dreaded zone 2 :p

not me :td:

I actually did get the bonus miles for the original routing.