America West FlightFund (Discontinued Program) - Fly First Class and Earn Elite Status!

This promo shows up on the FF page, but when you click on it a registration form comes up with no details of the promo. I assume they'll fix it later. It's probably a repeat of last years "Fly x number of times for Silver/Gold" promo.


Fly First Class and Earn Elite Status! (http://www.americawest.com/flightfund/promotions/form.asp?promocode=FC05)

Well, they fixed the webpage, and it is the exact same promo from last year.

This promo shows up on the FF page, but when you click on it a registration form comes up with no details of the promo. I assume they'll fix it later. It's probably a repeat of last years "Fly x number of times for Silver/Gold" promo.


Fly First Class and Earn Elite Status! (http://www.americawest.com/flightfund/promotions/form.asp?promocode=FC05)


What I always wondered is that if you have the spare cash to fly the minimum number of times in F to get status, why would Gold/Silver mean anything to you? I mean, F gets access to elite security, F checkin, etc etc. The only benefit I can think of is the 50% bonus and lounge access.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to schedule a couple of Mileage Runs in if status really was your main worry? I'm assuming of course, that folks would already have some miles banked and it would be cheaper to round off their account to hit the 25k or 50k threshold.

Just sayin'.

I love how they say "affordable First Class", implying that any other airline prices their cabin so high, no one can afford the outrageous prices.

As a plat, I don't really have any use for this promo. If, after completing this promo, I only had to fly an additional 30k(or 30 segs) for plat status then it would be of some worth.

I love how they say "affordable First Class", implying that any other airline prices their cabin so high, no one can afford the outrageous prices.

That's mostly true... except America Wests' 1st isn't much cheaper!