US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - How many miles do you have?

How many miles do you have in the bank?

Me, I got three fly three's, three bump vouchers and 191,662 miles. I've burned some where around 1,200,000 in the last 18 months.

If she goes, US has taken me and my family to several parts of the world and the US that we would have never gone to, so if they all go tomorrow I've got my money's worth.

Who is going to be the prince of pain?

After using some, I'm at about 240K, and will be well over 250K by the Labor Day. Considering I was well under 200K at the beginning of the year, I've accumulated more thanks to my wife and the BOA card. Don't know where I'll spend them at this point, as I was holding out for 2 Envoys to Europe at a later date.

My brother has in excess of 500,000 miles and if that were not bad enough, I have been dispensing to him the same advice that I had been giving here for better than 6 motnhs, now!

Wife has 140 miles and I have 0 (only ever had 1,000 FF miles from online signups and e-mail receipts of my statement which I promptly converted into a magazine subscription via Points.com :D ).

325,000 for me and another 90K for Mrs. MileKing for a total of 415K. However, we have two coach seats already reserved (using US miles) for flights on UA metal next year and will ticket tonight or tomorrow so that will drop us to 365K.

Thankfully, we have steered our business away from US this year and only have two paid tickets pending (domestic coach flights, but not til mid-March). We also used 160K back in May to go Envoy to Ireland.

...19,540! Yeah! Hopefully i can get a free ticket before the unthinkable happens.

I'd like to have 40K LESS miles in the bank and a ticket home for Thanksgiving, if only the #**!&@ website would cooperate :mad:

But to answer your question, ~190K, and with the current bookings it will be up to over 220K by the end of next month...along with a buy 3 from last year (gotta remember to book before november!)

242,142. Mrs. pdhenry has around 50k.

I'd have less if *A had flights to Nairobi. Considering Business/Envoy to MUC next May - I wish someone would definitively say whether we can ticket for future travel on (say) LH and expect to fly as long as LH is around on the ticketed flight date...

I currently have 177,926 miles left in the bank. Started flying US in '01 and earned SP in Aug '01 for the first time and have been SP every year except this one.

Looks like MileKing has the early lead but it will never hold. NJ your brother doesn't count. :D

The US forum has just been too depressing these past few days -- all doom and gloom. :(

I have about 100,000 miles in my account right now.

The US forum has just been too depressing these past few days -- all doom and gloom. :(

I have about 100,000 miles in my account right now.
Actually there is a method to my madness. Stay tumed......

5,000 now...Last month had 150,000 plus :D ...I'm preparing for the worst...

well, I had 154k untik Saturday, I am cashing in 120k for Disney world for my sister, brother in law, and their 3 kids ( and me). Let's hope they last until this trip in mid Nov - or there will be some little kids gunning for me.
I cashed in another 80k earlier in the year. I am still booking on US - going on trips for the next 4 weeks including 1 abroad.
I really, really want them to make it for many reasons- because I like them and because 28,000 people don't need to get the boot.
Is there any hope of government intervention. I know that they didn't help United last month, but a major carrier going t*ts up right before an election isn't too good.

I've got over 250,000 miles but will not even make gold this year after 8 straight years of Cockroach Preferred. I already junked my BOA card. I will be fighting jimcfsus for those Envoy seats to Europe next July. On the bright side, I am now up 250,000 on AA.

Outoftown

The PhillyFive have 1,055,674 miles as of tonight. :eek:

Myself, 319,432 - and that's after recent deduction of 120,000 for two F/C to GCM in December, Mrs. PhillyFive (also CP) 288,302 - after recent deduction of 160,000 for two envoy to GLA in October, and the three SP Philly young adults each between 102,000 and 225,000 each.

We have been burning this year (two envoy earlier in the year, two last minute "premium" for an emergency to avoid last minute $1000+ fares, and many more), but earning almost as rapidly. I'd guess that net, we are down about 300,000 - 400,000 for the year to date.

So what's a family to do??? :confused:

We figure our trips in Oct and Dec are "probably" OK, but can't plan on using miles too far into next year. So now what? One of the YAs is headed to LGW in two weeks, returning (we hope) in mid-December (ah - semester abroad...), so that adds, not uses miles.

We figure - book something on US to Europe for September (even premium - who cares at this point) and maybe something on UA (Asia?) for next year (and hope Randy is right and they will be honored).

Does anyone have a plan for all their points?? How about 100 life time subscriptions to Field and Stream?????

How to burn miles - now there is a timely topic...

I have over 600K. My wife has about 80K and my kids have about 25K each. Even if they do go under, I think that someone will pickup at least the US1's if not the US2's and US3's. The DM program is a very valuable program--and I think it will be a fight to get the US customers--are they are going to make loyal travelers start from scratch? If I'm wrong, ruh roh.

As long as we're taking spouses into consideration, my wife's got 37K at the moment. She hasn't flown on a rev ticket in a few years. She's going to LAS on business in 3 weeks, so she'll hopefully add a few thousand, and hopefully double visioned too. ;)

So I guess we're banking about 300K between us.

Forgot the other half's!


Afraid mine would object..... :D

And the PhillyFive have taken the lead in the family category. (sorry NJ, but your brother still doesn't count. :D )

The PhillyFive may hold the lead for a while in the family category. :eek:

anybody want to know how many iflyswa has? oops ......

PDFTT

anybody want to know how many iflyswa has? oops ......

PDFTT

ROFL! The advisor needs to heed his own advice. :D

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Thanks USLurker... it's a full time job keeping l4pi in line. :D

Back on topic... stay in FFocus, there's a method to his madness here.

Actually there is a method to my madness. Stay tumed......

There had better be. Else, I'll just go drown my sorrows with that bottle of Havana Rum that is sitting on top of the fridge, along with some tastykakes of course.

There had better be, Else, I'll just go drown my sorrows with that bottle of Havana Rum that is sitting on top of the fridge, along with some tastykakes of course.
AH HA! The truth comes out. You are a secret drunk. :D

After burning 505,000 on flights this year and 150,000 in Nov and Dec of last year, I'm earning again - standing at 250,000 - no time to burn now - maybe, early in 2005.

I will have earned ~101,000 (after this weekend) since I converted to US in March. Hope to be able to use them soon for at least an F award to Europe. I'd like to go the BCN Do. Here's hoping... :eek:

Guess not much point in saving them anymore for a QF F or *A F to Asia award. I figure if they make it past this fall, I can earn the miles again. Better safe than sorry. Though I certainly hope UA or AA can pick up at least the US elites...1k or EXP (and their accompanying SWUs) sure sound dreamy :D

Good luck everyone!

AH HA! The truth comes out. You are a secret drunk. :D

Uh...hardly dear. That's the only alcohol I have in the home (save for a couple of minis that I've recently taken off planes). And I only have the rum because another flyertalker gave it to me last week as a gift. He had just smuggled it in from Mexico.

On another topic, I don't think I can stay up another hour and a half to read Keith Alexander's column. The next day's online edition usually starts being posted around 11:30 in case anyone else can't wait until the morning to see what he wrote about roachfest.

About 780,000 in the bank.....burning 180K over the Labor Day weekend to the Carribean for three FC tix. Hopefully another airline will want my business in 2005. :(

I have 471,750 and my partner has 429,699. The saddest part is that he has just deployed to Iraq and won't be back for 8 months. Hopefully US will still be around by then :(

The saddest part is that he has just deployed to Iraq and won't be back for 8 months.

Sincere best wishes and prayers for both of you for the next eight months.

I'm sitting on 367,337. The rest of the family has 150k or so.

I've burned 3 fly frees and probably 300k of miles this year. And I've bought at least a dozen tix that really should have been awards but I just couldn't do it...

I just returned from burning 240K for a great week in St. Kitts bringing me down to only 1,158,999. Wifey and kids bring it up to 1,192,070. I've burned at least 250-300K a year for the last 4 years but the balance just won't go down. ;)

Yes, I'm praying. And looking for some good early skiing/Orlando trips in a few months.

I think I own the title for fewest banked miles...

Only 13,723 in my DM account right now, with another 2000 from a United Express roundtrip coming in once I get home on Wednesday night.

Earned one fly 3 get one free from this year...sold it on eBay for $280!

120,422 preferred miles earned so far this year, though, thanks to the B of A Visa promo (probably only 60,000 actual flown miles by my estimate)

"Burn 'em as fast as I earn 'em" is my motto :cool:

Just spoke to a colleague of mine who used to be a road warrior in his previous life... he's got 90K in the bank at the moment.

I have around 300,000 miles. So does my wife. Ugh. 600,000 miles will certainly get us somewhere fun. If only I had vacation time.

I would have a lot less but I can't stand burning miles for any trip under $300 bucks.

I just returned from burning 240K for a great week in St. Kitts bringing me down to only 1,158,999. Wifey and kids bring it up to 1,192,070. I've burned at least 250-300K a year for the last 4 years but the balance just won't go down. ;)

Yes, I'm praying. And looking for some good early skiing/Orlando trips in a few months.
Some how I knew you were going to float to the top. So far you are the new King of Pain

211k to date after burning an 80k IAD-EZE C award (though I got op-UG to F).

I'd love to have 300k for a *A RTW, but ugh, this purgatory is driving me crazy.

Also have 2 Fly Frees, 1 VDB, and $100 cert .

I just used 2 of my certs--fortunately, without even asking, the CP desk called inventory and had them open the seats for me--was a very nice and unexpected act of kindness.

My current balance is around 250,000--100% from leisure flying.

Just below 500K. Unfortunately, it hasnt been a great year to burn miles.

Around 550k Miles at the moment, after deductions for forthcoming trips.

I don't worry about what I cannot control. I continue to use around 200k Miles each year for upgrades (esp to LAS), last-min trips, and travel with uncertain return dates (to provide max flexibility for a leisure traveler). That's what my DM Miles are really for. I don't feel the need to "follow the crowd" and burn Miles pronto - I fly enough for leisure as it is, and another forced RTW or Vegas trip is not going to give me much pleasure.

And if the worst happens? I'm simply thankful to US for all the places they've taken me to, and for the wonderful frontline and CP Desk service I've received over the years. Any airline that picks up my DM account gets my loyalty, otherwise I'm free to spend more time cruising the seas as a Cunard Platinum member.

I have about 528,000 as of Monday, having used 240K over the past year or so. I also have 2 fly 3 coupons.

I hope it all works out.....

I have 111,000, i used 120k to fly UA F to osaka in July, still working to get gold by the end of the year...

well, i burned and burned this year and last year. and then last night, i checked the account and there was 5000 miles in it. so i went to milepoint and just loaded up on magazines subscriptions. it felt like i was starting a dentist office. anyway, there is now 300 miles left in the account, and i suspect they will stay there for some time..... unless, someone can tell me if there is anything which i can use them for. (but no way, am I moving 24,700 starpoints into the account!)

Currently, I've got 6,500 - however, I've got a DCA-PHX run in September that will net me about 18,500 (spending 200 bucks on it) more miles - the idea (when I booked it) was to get to 25K to get it to a redeemable level & then do a trip to Alaska or northern Canada in the middle of winter to catch the Northern Lights - hopefully it'll all work out. Though I'm primarily a NW/UA guy, I don't want to see US go under!

280K, just burned 75K last weekend and 50K a month before, trying to figure out the best way to burn the rest of them RSN

Me - 1,050,665
Wife - 21,001
Kids - 15092 and 9006.

Total - 1,095,764 :(

Like CPRich, I have been burning 200K a year but the darn balance just doesn't go down.

I have only a few K...just burned 80K for Envoy PHL-FRA for my kid, plus 60K for me to upgrade. However, next week I have PHL-JAX and PHL-DFW, so Double Visioned will add some more into my bank. I'm trying to stay FFocused. :)

Currently sitting on 297K and will be well over 300K by the end of the year.

I'm waiting for SAA to join * so I can burn miles for an African safari with Hilton but who knows.

Keeping my fingers crossed. :rolleyes:

Brought my balance down to 15k after burning 120K this year on my partner's United first class NY-Australia ticket. :)

Still racking them up for my DM Visa card though...

I'm at 116K. I was HOPING to hold off for a few more weeks and then at the 330 day window book a first class Japan reward for September '05 -- the American Coaster Enthusiasts and European Coaster Club are holding a joint tour of amusement parks in Japan, and I'll have the requisite 120K miles.

Now I'm not sure sure I should even wait that long to burn some miles, though...

I have 275K in the account right now. Burned a bunch of miles in July. Hoping US can hang in there. Might try to burn some miles this Fall. Still earning on my DM visa and plan to fly US until???? Not too many choices from PHL.

Not too many choices from PHL.


Dukeman, I'm with you. Living near PHL does limit one's choices a bit. I'm going to continue flying US until I no longer can.

Dukeman, I'm with you. Living near PHL does limit one's choices a bit. I'm going to continue flying US until I no longer can.

Me, too. I've got flights booked out as far as early December.

Go US, Go!

330,000...m

Currently, 1.45 Million for me, 700K for Mrs. TPA us ff.

We've used about 600K, including LH FC this fall. So the above figures were somewhat higher.

I know that I have one of those free flight things somewhere.

Me - 150K + 100K award ticket booked + $400 in vouchers
Wife - 110K
Child - 100K

Blew 260k and a fly free voucher in the last year

Yours truly 214K
Mrs. AB 173K
BeachBear 178K

An exercise in asset management. No one will fly without getting tier miles, so gifts to the parents, several US20s and the Mrs. used a US60 to ensure Envoy to MAD took about 400k.

Currently, 1.45 Million for me, 700K for Mrs. TPA us ff.

We've used about 600K, including LH FC this fall. So the above figures were somewhat higher.

I know that I have one of those free flight things somewhere.

TPA is the leader for the prince of pain. Don't you ever go on vacation?

253K with over 300K projected by year's end. Was hoping at 330 day windown to book a FC tkt to NZ next summer. I've also burned over 100K in upgrades to Envoy this calendar year plus some US20's because I'm not willing to risk the upgrade game for SFO.

200,000 for me
50,000 for Mrs. ytjk
50,000 each for the ytjkettes (2)
0 for the 2 yr old boy

So, I need to shell 200,000 for 4 RT's for my fam to Europe next summer that I will book at the 330 day window--- on which carrier!? That's the question.

Don't know if LH is less likely to honor than U, or if I should just book on US- (after all they go direct PHL-MUC, others connect).

I'll figure it all out in the next 2 weeks.

I will hit CP this year (at 88,000 PM now). Hope that helps if I have to get comped. Maybe will start flying someone else out of EWR -- to build a few miles elsewhere, as I have all the miles I need for next year on US, why throw more in a bucket that may expire?

Anyway, will try to use miles to Europe next summer, take the chance, and will probably burn 5 20k awards transcon to Seattle or something soon.

Cheers!

I have about 50K.
Ms. rtpflyer has about 250K.
We have both burned a bunch.
Now we need to decide whether it is worth continuing to renew our AwardGuard membership which comes due this month (there is no prospect of burning more of our stash until sometime next year at the earliest, and we will accumulate some more on already purchased tickets in Sept. and, if they survive that long, Dec.).

372,792 as of today. Of course, my retroactive Double Vision bonus miles have not posted yet for 2.5 transcons this summer, + I'll be flying AVP-PHL-LAX tomorrow, the latter leg being a GoFares 3X city pair. That + elite bonus miles should add another 25K - 30K to my balance.

I have a few hairs over 400,000. My problem is that since my tickets to Newburgh run $860 a week this year, and weekend stayovers only about $330, that leaves me $1400 to spend on a weekend when I want to (860x2-330). So all my weekend trips this year have been company-paid. In fact I'm going to SFO in a few weeks over the weekend.

i've got over 500k - I haven't been on this site for over a year - just been to busy - can you still get insurance on UsAir miles? i have not been keeping up with the UsAir situation - am i going to lose my miles??


Sorry for so many loaded questions but you help would be appreciated.

I've got 411,037 and the wife has 85,987 we've burned 230,000 miles over the past year but I still tend to hoard I guess its time to start planning trips.

130k me, 150k wife. Down from a total of over a million for the both of us. Trying to decide if to burn the 50k a ticket for a last minute override award ticket while there still is a USAirways to burn on.

1/1/04 - 400,226
9/1/04 - 226

As of this date all tix and miles (two C to Europe, two F to Asia on UA) will be used up...

...can you still get insurance on UsAir miles? AwardGuard is closed to new members (and has been for over a year). I'm not aware of any other "insurance" scheme for Frequent Flyer mileage.

Just a little over 500K miles at the moment. Most of my flights are so cheap I have not burned my miles.

T

Only 55 US Airways miles left, so I think I'm safe.
About 225,000 AA miles, though. I hope they stay around.

31,000.
I've been burning them like crazy this year, asking everyone I knew if they were planning to fly anywhere. I got transcon FC seats for my sister-in-law and niece (big brownie points there) and gotten tickets for another half-dozen friends.

Arg, 357,000. And another 15,000 in seat miles this week although another 60K taken out or upgrades if they clear.

about 460,000 miles in the bank right now, after having burned about 250,000 miles in the last year or so.

95% leisure flying.

damn, i give them too much of my money.

57190 miles

Took some doing too because just about every one of them was DCA-BOS/PVD. Not a very long trip. Over the past couple years, I've had to start flying Eagle and Comair on BOS-DCA because USS is typically substantially more expensive.

I'm doing DCA-PVD tomorrow, with the 2k bonus that will leave me a couple short of 60k. I'm going to Europe in Jan. on my honeymoon, but I'm going IAD-VCE but then I need to fly Aer Lingus back so I don't think I can use my US miles for that trip.