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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 5:08 pm
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DCAorBust
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by tommyleo
I'm assuming AW = America West.

Since America West and US are the same airline now, all flights on those two will count toward you status.

BTW, the official acronym for America West is the very un-intuitive "HP"! (Does anyone know why America west is know as "HP"?)
It stands for Hideous Pig.

Actually, I think the popular theory is that they acquired the operating certificate of Hawaiian Pacific when it went belly up in the early '80s. But I don't know for sure. I've heard other things like Home Phoenix and Happy Passengers. Who knows.
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