US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Buy 3 Online Get 1 Free

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Purchasing your tickets at usairways.com is simple, convenient, and best of all – very rewarding. Now when you buy three tickets online* and fly US Airways between February 13 and June 15, 2004, you will receive a free** Coach Class award certificate for travel anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.</font>

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pitflyer:
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/3652.htm

Purchasing your tickets at usairways.com is simple, convenient, and best of all – very rewarding. Now when you buy three tickets online* and fly US Airways between February 13 and June 15, 2004, you will receive a free** Coach Class award certificate for travel anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.</font>

Funny thing is, an article in today's NYT says this is in response to the new Southwest PHL fares. If that's true, I pity the US Airways Marketing folks even more than I already did.

Sucks that US is the only airline with this promotion that requires online purchase.

My company requires us to use their travel agent for all travel.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rd7242:
Sucks that US is the only airline with this promotion that requires online purchase.

My company requires us to use their travel agent for all travel.</font>

So does my company, but every time I've just bought my tickets online with my credit card, I've had no problem getting reimbursed, despite the policy.

I have to use a travel agent, too -- which means I won't be using this promotion. I'm CP on USAir, but there failure to match this deal (correctly) will cost them my business for the next few months -- I'm doing exclusively United (which has equally good routes to the city I usually travel to). (Oh yeah, I usually spend $1k a week on travel).

This promotion makes no sense.

Sorry mods. Scanning the title and reading "Will USAirways match UAL promotion" didn't ring a bell for me. Besides, this is not quite the same match, since UAL doesn't require you to book on their site, and there's no option for 3 more for first class with US.

Close this topic if you want.

Too bad the USAir website doesn't let me book online. This has been going on for about a year. I can get near the end (even pick seats sometimes), but then the site crashes and I need to call to get the ticket.

Also: All published First Class and Envoy Class fares are eligible as well as select Coach Class fares (Y, B, M, U, Q or H fare classes).

[This message has been edited by johnep1 (edited Feb 13, 2004).]

This definitely puts me in a bind.

I've found a great UA fare that I can do with a 90 minute turnaround for $114 that nets me 6 segs total (w/o really working it too tough). It qualifies for UA's fly3fly6 promo so that would be 1/3 the way for a free ticket.

I've got about 30k in my DM account and 1k in my MP account. It may be nice to credit to US to have the additional mileage/segments for counting towards preferred, but the free ticket is almost enticing enough to have all this credited towards my UA MP account.

So heres my questions to all:

1. Can I credit mileage to both MP and DM? (I know its a longshot but worth asking)

1a. If not, should I credit these towards my MP or DM account?

-JC

...Tickets must be purchased at usairways.com..


They got us by the FINE PRINT balls didn't they!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jcooke:

This definitely puts me in a bind.

I've found a great UA fare that I can do with a 90 minute turnaround for $114 that nets me 6 segs total (w/o really working it too tough). It qualifies for UA's fly3fly6 promo so that would be 1/3 the way for a free ticket.

I've got about 30k in my DM account and 1k in my MP account. It may be nice to credit to US to have the additional mileage/segments for counting towards preferred, but the free ticket is almost enticing enough to have all this credited towards my UA MP account.

So heres my questions to all:

1. Can I credit mileage to both MP and DM? (I know its a longshot but worth asking)</font>

No.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">1a. If not, should I credit these towards my MP or DM account?

-JC</font>

You must credit the flights to Mileage Plus in order to get the free UA ticket.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JS:
You must credit the flights to Mileage Plus in order to get the free UA ticket.</font>

OK, no double dipping - no problem.

What I'm really trying to figure out is whether I should go for the free ticket the UA way (fly 3 R/T's) and have all mileage post to my MP account or just accrue the flights on my DM account as I have status and 30k in the bank with DM.

Suggestions?

It depends on how much you value a free UA ticket.

Also, if you fly UA six times, you get a free coach ticket and a free First Class ticket on UA! (both lower 48 of course). US apparently matched only the fly three, get a free coach ticket.

I like free coach tickets, but I like free First Class tickets even better, so I took UA up on their offer and will be collecting 3 coach and 3 F tickets (two kids and I will fly). US' offer is useless IMHO.