$30 one-way fares (DCA to LIT, JAN, BHM, PNS, VPS & TLH)
Jul 25, 2012, 5:40 pm
#16
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Originally Posted by CMK10:19001695
Hey man, if I can drive from Durham, North Carolina to Washington D.C. you can certainly drive from Philadelphia. Or take one of many Amtrak trains.
Jul 25, 2012, 5:49 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2012
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I snagged one of these today and was excited about the fare alone, but... what am I not getting about the terms? On http://www.usairways.com/en-US/divid...nt=lp_us_21094 (sorry if I'm not posting correctly) it seemed to indicate that connections didn't count for double miles, not a return flight on the same day?
"Customers must book July 7 - August 5 for travel July 7 – September 30, 2012 to earn double miles on itineraries starting or ending at Reagan National Airport (DCA). Bonus is awarded on consecutive flights, as long as the origin or destination is DCA. Customers with itineraries connecting through Reagan National Airport (DCA) are not eligible for bonus miles. Any itinerary with a Reagan National Airport (DCA) arrival followed by a Reagan National Airport (DCA) departure the same day is considered a connection. For example, if you fly from Washington, DC (DCA) to Phoenix to San Diego, you’ll earn bonus miles on both flights. But if you fly from Norfolk to Washington, DC (DCA) to San Diego, you will not earn bonus miles. Bonus is earned on base flight miles only on flights operated by US Airways or US Airways Express; miles do not count toward Preferred status. US Airways will award bonus miles one to two weeks after travel has been completed. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply."
I'm fine, either way, but would appreciate any clarification from flyertalk veterans. Thanks, all.
"Customers must book July 7 - August 5 for travel July 7 – September 30, 2012 to earn double miles on itineraries starting or ending at Reagan National Airport (DCA). Bonus is awarded on consecutive flights, as long as the origin or destination is DCA. Customers with itineraries connecting through Reagan National Airport (DCA) are not eligible for bonus miles. Any itinerary with a Reagan National Airport (DCA) arrival followed by a Reagan National Airport (DCA) departure the same day is considered a connection. For example, if you fly from Washington, DC (DCA) to Phoenix to San Diego, you’ll earn bonus miles on both flights. But if you fly from Norfolk to Washington, DC (DCA) to San Diego, you will not earn bonus miles. Bonus is earned on base flight miles only on flights operated by US Airways or US Airways Express; miles do not count toward Preferred status. US Airways will award bonus miles one to two weeks after travel has been completed. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply."
I'm fine, either way, but would appreciate any clarification from flyertalk veterans. Thanks, all.
Jul 25, 2012, 8:22 pm
#18
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I snagged one of these today and was excited about the fare alone, but... what am I not getting about the terms? On http://www.usairways.com/en-US/divid...nt=lp_us_21094 (sorry if I'm not posting correctly) it seemed to indicate that connections didn't count for double miles, not a return flight on the same day?
"Customers must book July 7 - August 5 for travel July 7 – September 30, 2012 to earn double miles on itineraries starting or ending at Reagan National Airport (DCA). Bonus is awarded on consecutive flights, as long as the origin or destination is DCA. Customers with itineraries connecting through Reagan National Airport (DCA) are not eligible for bonus miles. Any itinerary with a Reagan National Airport (DCA) arrival followed by a Reagan National Airport (DCA) departure the same day is considered a connection. For example, if you fly from Washington, DC (DCA) to Phoenix to San Diego, you’ll earn bonus miles on both flights. But if you fly from Norfolk to Washington, DC (DCA) to San Diego, you will not earn bonus miles. Bonus is earned on base flight miles only on flights operated by US Airways or US Airways Express; miles do not count toward Preferred status. US Airways will award bonus miles one to two weeks after travel has been completed. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply."
I'm fine, either way, but would appreciate any clarification from flyertalk veterans. Thanks, all.
"Customers must book July 7 - August 5 for travel July 7 – September 30, 2012 to earn double miles on itineraries starting or ending at Reagan National Airport (DCA). Bonus is awarded on consecutive flights, as long as the origin or destination is DCA. Customers with itineraries connecting through Reagan National Airport (DCA) are not eligible for bonus miles. Any itinerary with a Reagan National Airport (DCA) arrival followed by a Reagan National Airport (DCA) departure the same day is considered a connection. For example, if you fly from Washington, DC (DCA) to Phoenix to San Diego, you’ll earn bonus miles on both flights. But if you fly from Norfolk to Washington, DC (DCA) to San Diego, you will not earn bonus miles. Bonus is earned on base flight miles only on flights operated by US Airways or US Airways Express; miles do not count toward Preferred status. US Airways will award bonus miles one to two weeks after travel has been completed. All Dividend Miles terms and conditions apply."
I'm fine, either way, but would appreciate any clarification from flyertalk veterans. Thanks, all.
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Jul 26, 2012, 10:38 am
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Jul 26, 2012, 1:47 pm
#21
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Today's fare special is DCA-YOW/YYZ/YUL for $130 all in, roundtrip. I booked one to YUL myself for labour day!
http://www.usairways.com/en-us/specials/dcfaresale.html
http://www.usairways.com/en-us/specials/dcfaresale.html
Jul 26, 2012, 3:05 pm
#22
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Why couldn't you credit to another FFP? You won't get 2x miles, but isn't this just a fare sale?
Jul 26, 2012, 6:03 pm
#23
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Originally Posted by drewguy:19007963
Why couldn't you credit to another FFP? You won't get 2x miles, but isn't this just a fare sale?
Jul 27, 2012, 11:50 am
#24
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Today's deal---a steal IMO. $130 r/t DCA-SAN. With 2x miles it's over 9k miles for $130.
https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/228904591473905664
https://twitter.com/USAirways/status/228904591473905664
Jul 27, 2012, 12:30 pm
#25
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Scored 2 DCA-SAN same day turn for $130 ea - will work while the mrs. knits - all good and dinner at 5 guys upon return - life's good and she requals for silver and I continue climbing towards CP requal.
Jul 30, 2012, 3:14 pm
#26
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Does anyone know of a clean RSS feed that would alert me to these fare sales? I would have pounced on any one of the three $30 sales but didn't find out about them until mere minutes/hours afterwards.
US Airways announces these on its Facebook wall, but Facebook has shut down the ability to view Wall posts via RSS, and "subscribing" to something there doesn't guarantee that it'll show in the News Feed anyways -- much less in a timely manner, owing to Facebook's mystical prioritization algorithm.
I can easily find an RSS for US's Twitter feed and/or for a #30days tag, but both end up being cluttered with dozens (seems like hundreds) of customer service complaints and meaningless retweets.
Since the fares are only up for a few hours, I doubt that alerts via an outside service would update in time.
US Airways announces these on its Facebook wall, but Facebook has shut down the ability to view Wall posts via RSS, and "subscribing" to something there doesn't guarantee that it'll show in the News Feed anyways -- much less in a timely manner, owing to Facebook's mystical prioritization algorithm.
I can easily find an RSS for US's Twitter feed and/or for a #30days tag, but both end up being cluttered with dozens (seems like hundreds) of customer service complaints and meaningless retweets.
Since the fares are only up for a few hours, I doubt that alerts via an outside service would update in time.
Jul 30, 2012, 8:46 pm
#27
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Does anyone know of a clean RSS feed that would alert me to these fare sales? I would have pounced on any one of the three $30 sales but didn't find out about them until mere minutes/hours afterwards.
US Airways announces these on its Facebook wall, but Facebook has shut down the ability to view Wall posts via RSS, and "subscribing" to something there doesn't guarantee that it'll show in the News Feed anyways -- much less in a timely manner, owing to Facebook's mystical prioritization algorithm.
I can easily find an RSS for US's Twitter feed and/or for a #30days tag, but both end up being cluttered with dozens (seems like hundreds) of customer service complaints and meaningless retweets.
Since the fares are only up for a few hours, I doubt that alerts via an outside service would update in time.
US Airways announces these on its Facebook wall, but Facebook has shut down the ability to view Wall posts via RSS, and "subscribing" to something there doesn't guarantee that it'll show in the News Feed anyways -- much less in a timely manner, owing to Facebook's mystical prioritization algorithm.
I can easily find an RSS for US's Twitter feed and/or for a #30days tag, but both end up being cluttered with dozens (seems like hundreds) of customer service complaints and meaningless retweets.
Since the fares are only up for a few hours, I doubt that alerts via an outside service would update in time.