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Nov 12, 2013, 2:24 pm

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There is an existing thread in the AA forum that may be useful to US and AA Flyertalkers:
US-AA Merger: Just the Facts thread

As facts become posted, that should be the place to look.

Merger discussion, speculation, and other questions can be directed here, or the similar thread in the AA forum:
MERGER: US and AA 9 Dec 2013 and implications for AA flyers (new)

AA - US Merger Agreement / Announcement / DOJ Action Discussion (consolidated, and now closed to new posts)

US/AA merger- MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD/incl 'when will US leave STAR'

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Sep 28, 2013, 8:41 am

#1801

CloudsBelow

Join Date: Jul 2005

Location: Ontario, CAN

Posts: 5,813

Quote:

Originally Posted by HerpaYvr

I hear you, I used US Airways from SYR to MIA, BOS, MYR,DCA, IAD they were clean, had newer planes and wi-fi on most aircraft and of course cheaper than AC will full points.

To be more accurate, US SYR-MIA, BOS etc was cheaper than AC YOW-those places, right?
Hardly apples to apples.

That said, US has always done me well, basic service at a basic price. Not a fan of Philthadelphia airport but the ongoing facelift should help things immensely once (if) done

Sep 28, 2013, 8:57 am

#1802

HerpaYvr

Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: YLW

Programs: AC- SE100 1MM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, National Executive, Nexus/GE

Posts: 4,304

Quote:

Originally Posted by CloudsBelow

To be more accurate, US SYR-MIA, BOS etc was cheaper than AC YOW-those places, right?
Hardly apples to apples.

Yes When in YOW I used YOW, YUL, SYR and until they pulled out PBG for my flights. In May of this year AC and Westjet was $500 - $700 for a weekend get away to MYR, but two hours away it was $202 with US and parking is cheaper too! To be fair, US was expensive out of YOW also. Again to be fair many AC flights out of SYR were cheaper than YOW to cdn locations, but bad schedule.

Sure ClousBelow you are making me eat my words ....

Sep 28, 2013, 9:27 am

#1803

CloudsBelow

Join Date: Jul 2005

Location: Ontario, CAN

Posts: 5,813

Quote:

Originally Posted by HerpaYvr

Sure ClousBelow you are making me eat my words ....

Not about eating words, I've found US ex YOW to be pretty expensive most of the time.
Though, I've done a couple SYR-DCA-RSW for $79 in my day . . . 1/4 the price of AC/US ex YOW.

Sep 28, 2013, 9:30 am

#1804

bkafrick

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: SYR

Programs: US/AA-Platinum, Hilton-Diamond, Marriott-Gold, AVIS-Presidents Club, National-Executive Elite

Posts: 2,755

Please come and bring your canadian dollars to SYR to spend

Sep 28, 2013, 9:38 am

#1805

tommyleo

Join Date: Sep 2006

Location: PHL

Programs: Former long-time US GP; now AA dirt

Posts: 4,904

Quote:

Originally Posted by gglave

Gonna miss them when they've moved over to One World, but until then I'm going to keep throwing them my business.

It's ain't over yet. The merger may not go through...

Sep 28, 2013, 2:20 pm

#1806

MultiFlyer

Join Date: Jul 2013

Posts: 286

They are leaving *Alliance at begin of 2014 regardless of the merger status.

Sep 28, 2013, 2:26 pm

#1807

FWAAA

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: May 2001

Location: LAX; AA EXP, MM; HH Gold

Posts: 31,789

Quote:

Originally Posted by MultiFlyer

They are leaving *Alliance at begin of 2014 regardless of the merger status.

You may be correct, but without a link or corporate announcement, I'm skeptical.

Sep 28, 2013, 2:27 pm

#1808

Alphaguy

Join Date: Jul 2004

Location: (near) Cambridge, MA

Programs: US GP (used to be *G, now,what)

Posts: 1,777

Quote:

Originally Posted by MultiFlyer

They are leaving *Alliance at begin of 2014 regardless of the merger status.

How could you assume that?....

Sep 28, 2013, 3:23 pm

#1809

LETTERBOY

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: DCA/IAD

Programs: AS, US, Hilton, BA, DL, SPG, AA, VS

Posts: 1,628

Quote:

Originally Posted by MultiFlyer

They are leaving *Alliance at begin of 2014 regardless of the merger status.

Source?

Sep 28, 2013, 8:31 pm

#1810

AA_EXP09

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Anywhere I need to be.

Programs: OW Emerald, *A Gold, NEXUS, GE, ABTC/APEC, South Korea SES, eIACS, PP, Hyatt Diamond

Posts: 16,046

Quote:

Originally Posted by bkafrick

Please come and bring your canadian dollars to SYR to spend

Not a problem as long as things are cheaper there.
(I visited the US >40 times last year according to my NEXUS record. Also Canadian for the record.)

Sep 29, 2013, 10:27 pm

#1811

ymmot73

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Posts: 98

Christmas flight- Odds of USAIRWAYS still in *A

Hey all,
I am asking this just to get a general consensus. I am looking to travel to Europe over Christmas. USAIRWAYS is the cheapest flight, but I definitely want to accrue on *A. Seems with the justice department challenge that flights will be credited on both ONeworld and *A for a while. But...am I taking a foolish chance? Or do most of you think there is nothing to worry about?

Thanks!

Sep 30, 2013, 7:33 am

#1812

Alphaguy

Join Date: Jul 2004

Location: (near) Cambridge, MA

Programs: US GP (used to be *G, now,what)

Posts: 1,777

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymmot73

US will certainly be in the *A still, so if you fly them, you'll accrue on US. If you had any doubt, you could certainly credit to United. That said... you may accrue them on US, but its not guarantee that they'll still be in the *A when you go to use them. I presume a transition period.

Sep 30, 2013, 7:59 am

#1813

Superguy

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: BWI

Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, National Emerald Executive, TSA Disparager Gold

Posts: 15,180

US will remain in *A until an announcement otherwise. Until such an announcement, anything else is speculation.

If they make an announcement, there will at least be a few months' lead time before leaving. At this point, I don't seem them bailing until at least March, if they do indeed bail. However, they've given no indication that they will leave *A if the merger collapses.

I'd have no qualms booking a US flight to credit to another *A FFP until early next year. Beyond that, I'd be more hesitant to.

YMMV.

Sep 30, 2013, 8:23 am

#1814

BoeingBoy

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: High Point, NC

Programs: None

Posts: 9,171

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymmot73

Seems with the justice department challenge that flights will be credited on both ONeworld and *A for a while.

Miles credit to the FF program you choose, but have to credit to a carrier in the same alliance the operating carrier belongs to - it is unheard of for a carrier like US to belong to two alliances at the same time. In your case of flying US, that means that the miles would credit to the *A carrier you supply the FF number for or there's a very small chance that they would credit to the OW carrier you supplied a FF number for. Since Christmas is not that far away, there's probably a 99.99% chance the miles would credit to US or another *A carrier.

If you credit the miles to your US FF account, those miles will undoubtedly convert from being usable on *A carriers to being usable on OW carriers. If you want them to remain usable on *A carriers, credit your flights to another *A carrier - UA, etc.

Jim

Oct 1, 2013, 7:51 am

#1815

ronotg

Join Date: Apr 2010

Programs: AA Gold

Posts: 39

Another delay:

Citing shutdown, DoJ requests stay in fight over U.S. Air, AMR deal
REUTERS — 7 MINUTES AGO

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday requested a stay of proceedings in its legal fight with US Airways Group Inc and American Airlines parent AMR Corp over the carriers' proposed merger, citing the federal government shutdown.

"Absent an appropriation, the Department of Justice attorneys and employees are generally prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis," the Justice Department said in a motion.

"This is creating difficulties for the Department to perform the functions necessary to support its litigation efforts."

(Reporting by Ros Krasny and Diane Bartz; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)