America West FlightFund (Pre-2005 US Airways merger) - WOW!!!! HP announces service to Cancun!

Yessssssss! In your face Continental. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

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PHOENIX, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA), the nation's second largest low-fare carrier, announced today that it will initiate new daily, nonstop service between its Phoenix hub and Cancun, Mexico, on June 1, 2003. Customers in Phoenix and 12 other cities in the western U.S. will be able to take advantage of this new service to enjoy the powdery sand beaches, warm blue water, sensational shopping, sport fishing, snorkeling and diving available in this beautiful Caribbean city.

"America West is pleased to add Cancun to our impressive portfolio of nonstop flights from Phoenix to Mexican beach and business communities. Cancun is a natural fit for us and provides our customers another luxurious and beautiful vacation destination," said Dion Flannery, vice president, scheduling and route planning. "America West Vacations is putting together some unbeatable package deals to Cancun and the Riviera Maya so customers can simplify their vacation planning with one visit to americawestvacations.com." Details of America West Vacations' packages are outlined in a separate press release issued today.
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HP announces Cancun service (http://ir.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRelations/PubNewsStory.aspx?partner=Mzg0TVRBMU16TT1QJFkEQUAL STO&product=MzgwU1ZJPVAkWQEQUALSTOEQUALSTO&storyid=82369)


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God Bless America West and ...

HP - Platinum/975k miles
BA - Dirt/5k Soon to be Gold
NW - Dirt/10k Only using for emergency flights
UA - Dirt/19k miles
AA - 60k/Using to get BAEC Gold and 1/2MM status.

Wouldn't Cabo be nice.......I'll keep my fingers crossed, but then again I would want it out of LAX. Does this mean more Mex. in general?????

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Wouldn't Cabo be nice
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They already go to Cabo. They've been going there for years.


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but then again I would want it out of LAX
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It's hard to get to Cancun nonstop unless you live in Houston or Dallas or take a Suntrips flight.

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God Bless America West and ...

HP - Platinum/975k miles
BA - Dirt/5k Soon to be Gold
NW - Dirt/10k Only using for emergency flights
UA - Dirt/19k miles
AA - 60k/Using to get BAEC Gold and 1/2MM status.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ByrdluvsAWACO:
It's hard to get to Cancun nonstop unless you live in Houston or Dallas or take a Suntrips flight.

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Alaska flies non-stop from LAX to:

Cabo 3 times daily
Cancun daily

Doesn't help you flightfund folks...but hey, there IS non-stop service! You can earn CO mileage on it though (Don't scream)!

Funny thing I noticed. When you looked at the HP routemap before the Cancun announcement, the Yucatan portion of Mexico was covered by the the legend. Now the legend is on the bottom. Hmmm, what could they be planning? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

http://www.americawest.com/aboutawa/companyprofile/aa_routemap.htm

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God Bless America West and ...

HP - Platinum/975k miles
BA - Dirt/5k Soon to be Gold
NW - Dirt/10k Only using for emergency flights
UA - Dirt/19k miles
AA - 60k/Using to get BAEC Gold and 1/2MM status.

I was looking through my old emails and forgot a message that I sent to HP a while back. I got this reply.

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Dear Randall,

Thank you for visiting AmericaWest.com.

At this time America West is not increasing service, but we do appreciate your suggestion.

Sincerely,

Geoff Orange
AmericaWest.com Support
America West Airlines

Original Message Follows:
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Email: byrd@xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx
FlightFund Number: XXXXXXXXXXX
General Inquiry:

Now that the codeshare agreement between AWA and CO is ending. What are the chances of America West adding Cancun to the list of Mexico destinations?
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