US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Criteria for comp Club membership?

I'm aware that some of you on this board are enjoying a free US Airways Club membership. (lucky lucky!)

What are the criteria for comp Club membership? 150K tier miles? 200K? Fare bases paid?

I'm at 122,000 preferred miles for 2004 and am already a paid Club member until May '05, so this won't affect me specifically, but I'm quite curious to know how the Club is comped in certain cases.

I've been comped the last several years after achieving 150,000 miles and/or 150 segments. The CP rollover is also factored in, kinda nice.

It's a year by year thing but past practice seems to be that meeting any of the following criteria will do it:

1) CP continuously since '99 (it was an advertised benefit of being CP then)

2) 150,000 tier miles

3) 150 segments.

4) A revenue target. The number is unknown but I speculate that it might be $15,000.

5) 1,500 posts on FlyerTalk ;)

5) 1,500 posts on FlyerTalk ;)

They abrogated that in court today, and my membership went with it...

It's a year by year thing but past practice seems to be that meeting any of the following criteria will do it:

1) CP continuously since '99 (it was an advertised benefit of being CP then)

2) 150,000 tier miles

3) 150 segments.

4) A revenue target. The number is unknown but I speculate that it might be $15,000.

5) 1,500 posts on FlyerTalk ;)

TomBascom has is correct. I've been fortunate enough to fall into this catagory and each year I'm told that so long as I don't drop significantly I should keep being comped.

The important distinction is they no longer offer comp memberships to new qualifiers under the above criteria. It use to be a benefit of being a CP but they took it away some years ago and those who had it at the time of the change have been grandfathered so long as they can maintain the mileage/revenue requirements. Once your out its gone for good I'm told.

They abrogated that in court today, and my membership went with it...

Sorry for the mixup Clue but that should have read 1,500 posts annually...

4) A revenue target. The number is unknown but I speculate that it might be $15,000.



If there is a revenue target, I would think it's much higher than that. I just looked at my last 6 months of tix and at the average I'd hit 15K in 26 tickets

A complete guess, but I'd put it at something like $30K

The important distinction is they no longer offer comp memberships to new qualifiers under the above criteria.

True only for the first criteria. I missed CP one year (2000, I think), but have been comped from 2001 to now with 150,000 tier miles each year.

I have gotten one free for years, and was told it had to do with making CP every year. My guess is there are multiple criteria, probably centered on loyalty (regular US1 requalification) and spend.

If there is a revenue target, I would think it's much higher than that. I just looked at my last 6 months of tix and at the average I'd hit 15K in 26 tickets

A complete guess, but I'd put it at something like $30K

My math:

Average "trip" is around 800 miles. I think that is one-way... So the average RT is 1600 miles. 38 of those is 121,600 miles (38 4 segment trips = 150 segments.) $15,000 over 121,600 miles = $0.12/mile.

That's not a bad customer to be rewarding although the $30k customer is definitely better!

The revenue target is the most mysterious -- it is rumored to exist and it makes sense that there would be one but SFAIK nobody has ever provided any insight from inside on what it actually is.

I have received a free club renewal in the past when I had 150K tier miles. I also did not receive it last year when I had only 136K tier miles. Have 149.4K now and an SAN RT already booked so will make it handily this year.

The year I got the free club it only extended my membership by 2 months and I did not use the club those two months so I effectively got nothing. They extend an existing membership until end Feb of the following year to correspond with your CP status.

I believe the revenue target may be connected with a "Top 500 list" they keep, if so the cutoff would vary from year to year.