They said Delta is worse than US Airways? I guess it depends on the dates and city pairs but my experience with US Airways has been miles (no pun intended) apart from all other carriers.

US Airways used to give those "free tickets" for denied boarding compensation out like candy (because they used to overbook flights like there was no tomorrow). I think US Airways had a near riot when nobody could use their free tickets because they were booked as award tickets. US Airways later allowed the free tickets to be turned into $200.00 travel certificates.

Maybe you can find award seats on a Charlotte - Miami flight on Wednesday in July but otherwise without status there were few award seats on US

Delta has been "okay." United has always been excellent. American is okay. Continental can be an occasional challenge. If I had to rank, from my experience, United tops, US Airways bottom.

I'm looking forward to seeing the article tomorrow.