Hi guys,

It's my first time posting here and I hope to be able to answer future questions from others.

Ok, so here's my dilemma. My home airport is CLT (as my name may suggest), making US Airways my main airline option (I know...sucks). But, I highly doubt Dividend Miles is the best option, considering I have 2 other choices for FFP's (UA and Continental). Which would you guys go with, based on award flights, elite statuses, and % chance of getting the award flight I need?

From my own research, I've come up with United. Here's how.

US Air requires 30,000 miles to get a round-trip award flight, while OnePass and UA require 25,000 (That is a lot for my travel volume). (-1 for US Air)

I've also heard (from one stat or another) that people only get their desired US award flight like 10% of the time, while like 70% of the time with OnePass. (-1 US Air, +1 Continental).

With United, though, I like their option for one-way award flights (most of my flights are); that keeps me from wasting the unclaimed 12,500 miles I'd end up wasting. (+1 United)

No matter who I go with, it seems like they stick all of their award flight customers on a US Airways flight (joy...), otherwise the answer would be clear: Continental.

The only reason I won't go with UA indefinitely, is because I hear a lot of negative karma associated with UA (from EVERYONE); how come? Is it just the actual United flights that people are disappointed with? Because if that's the case, it doesn't affect me. I'd mainly be on US Air flights.

Thanks so much for any responses and I'm sorry about the lengthiness.