US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Great News for DM Members

US AIRWAYS OFFERS DIVIDEND MILES FOR DELAYED BAGS

ARLINGTON, Va., June 14, 2005- US Airways announced a program to compensate frequent flyers for delayed and lost luggage.

In addition to ICAO and FAA mandated payments for delayed and lost luggage, US Airways is offering members of its’ frequent flyer program, extra miles for their inconvenience. The miles must be requested, in Spanish, within a week of the last time the passenger was united with their luggage.

“We’re thrilled that we can make lemonade out of lemons”, said N. Bruce Ashby, Executive Vice-President of Planning and Marketing. “Why spend money on proper staffing when we can make a futile and meaningless gesture like this?”

The program is valid for ALL US Airways flights other than the exceptions noted below.

Exceptions:
Flights originating or arriving in Philadelphia.
Flights stopping in Philadelphia
Flights traveling in the vicinity of Philadelphia
Flights operated by US Airways Express
Flights operated by US Airways codeshare partners
Flights that are prime numbers
Flights that are catered with XOXO bars in the snack basket.

US Airways expects to announce a similar program for check-in delays upon approval by the US Bankruptcy Court of Northern Virginia.

HA! Way too funny.

Hmmm, I got a slightly different version of the email... mine excluded "Flights where the aircraft has passed or will pass through, above, near, or around Philadelphia within 24 hours of the scheduled departure or scheduled arrival, whichever is more beneficial to US Airways" as well. :(

Donde esta mi luggage?

Hmmm, I got a slightly different version of the email... mine excluded "Flights where the aircraft has passed or will pass through, above, near, or around Philadelphia within 24 hours of the scheduled departure or scheduled arrival, whichever is more beneficial to US Airways" as well. :(


Yes, that would be the "Black Hole Exclusion". Unless the pilot is drinking tequila in Philadelphia airspace at which time it becomes the "Worm Hole Exclusion". :D

Piney -

you had me going until I saw requests in Spanish! ;)

Can you edit the lemon sentence to say "...make limeade out of green limes"?

Mais je n'est parle pas l'espanol. Je suis screwed. ;)

They will also give you extra DMs when they fail to properly post these extra DMs.

Great Post, this one made me laugh. I guess my chances are good getting 500 UA miles fro flights 30 minutes late arriving or departing PHL on UA Operated flights :o
-UFFA

Donde esta mi luggage?

Might as well practice with the whole line in spanish:
luggage = equipaje

Might as well practice with the whole line in spanish:
luggage = equipaje

I thought at PHL it was luggage = perdido ? :confused:

I thought at PHL it was luggage = perdido ?It's not basura? :confused:

At least it was on my return trip to home and I didnt really need the bag at the time....