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Old Jan 22, 2018 | 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Proudelitist
I really really miss the USAirways rewards program. It was, for me when I was based at PHX, the easiest and quickest status I could get and it was easy to deal with the agents. AA...not so much, and it requires much more flying and spend.
Same goes for LAA as they changed to dollar based earning and EQDs as part of the merger. Same probably would have eventually happened for both programs, had they stayed separate, as UA and DL led the way. FWIW, I really miss the days when NY strips were 2.99/lb.
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