US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Follow-up News article - Same TV Station

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=418&e=2&u=/ibsys/20040505/lo_wtae/2191378

I can't believe that the so-called travel expert from the first story actually recommends;

a. Throw-away ticketing
b. Back-to-back ticketing
c. Hidden city ticketing

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

And they missed the best trick of all - www.flyertalk.com :D
(might be a good thing!!!)

Now, I don't know what it should be, but it seems to me that there should be some sort of response by the USAirways Media department for this and the previous article. Any thoughts on what it should be?

A US Airways executive told us that ticketing tricks are deceptive and they violate the airline's pricing agreements. But if you're the one doing the buying, why shouldn't you get the best deal for your buck?

So, they probably did ask US. But what do you expect a legacy airline to say?

So, they probably did ask US. But what do you expect a legacy airline to say?

From the article:
A US Airways executive told us that ticketing tricks are deceptive and they violate the airline's pricing agreements. But if you're the one doing the buying, why shouldn't you get the best deal for your buck?

Typical. I would agree for US to make that type of statement - now how hard that its enforced would be varied.

Cry me a river.

I have no sympathy for US or any other legacy carrier that is subjected to this sort of criticism. They richly deserve it. US has had 6 months to position themselves to deal with it.

Their best option is to suck it up, admit that their fares and rules are beyond the pale, hold their heads up high and proud as they change it and boldly go where no legacy airline has gone before.

Or they can continue to do as they have always done and we can all gather round the lounge and tell lies about the "good old days" in some other airline club someday soon.

From the article:
A US Airways executive told us that ticketing tricks are deceptive and they violate the airline's pricing agreements. But if you're the one doing the buying, why shouldn't you get the best deal for your buck?

Typical. I would agree for US to make that type of statement - now how hard that its enforced would be varied.

Somewhere, IIRC, there has recently been a court case on this issue. And, IIRC, the airlines won.

Was Chris Elliott the guy who USA Today canned and he then accused the paper of being pressured by US?

If you watch the video then you will not be impressed.

Was Chris Elliott the guy who USA Today canned and he then accused the paper of being pressured by US?

Yup.

He also runs a travel website -- http://www.elliott.org/

I thought all of these tricks were already discussed on flyertalk; any of them will work fine if on the trip that you don't want to take you give the gate agent your boarding pass, board the plane and then get back off of the plane.

Then again, I wouldn't try any of them (or run back off a plane I had just boarded). They're all dishonest.