USAir Introduces Reduced Mileage Awards
Oct 3, 2001, 8:16 am
#1
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USAir Introduces Reduced Mileage Awards
US follows suit and introduces mileage awards. Awards are better as only 20000 are needed to fly to the Caribbean or Mexico.
http://www.usair.com/dividendmiles/r...s/discount.htm
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"Fly me to the moon and let me earn alot of miles."
http://www.usair.com/dividendmiles/r...s/discount.htm
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"Fly me to the moon and let me earn alot of miles."
Oct 3, 2001, 8:37 am
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Great... Three days ago I cashed in 70K miles for two tickets PHL-SJU this weekend. With this new offer, I would only need 40K. Does anybody know if I could have the tickets "reissued" for the reduced mileage level? ...
Arrzee
Arrzee
Oct 3, 2001, 8:48 am
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You should be able to reissue your award, but in theory they cancel our original award and issue a new one, so they might try to charge you the fee for cancellation. At least that's what I heard AA was doing.
Oct 3, 2001, 9:44 am
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The reduced awards are different award codes and therefore need to reissued. This involves redepositing the miles for a fee and reissuing.
If you keep the same itinerary, I am sure you can have the fee waived, just be nice.
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"Fly me to the moon and let me earn alot of miles."
If you keep the same itinerary, I am sure you can have the fee waived, just be nice.
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"Fly me to the moon and let me earn alot of miles."
Oct 3, 2001, 12:32 pm
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Get On Board America
- Up to 40% Off Dividend Miles Award Travel
- Washington Reagan National Airport Re-Opens
- Flight Schedule Update
We are proud to announce that America is flying again with over 1.1 million
customers traveling on US Airways and the US Airways Express carriers over the
last two weeks. US Airways would like to welcome you back on board, so we are
offering you up to 40% off award travel for October.
DIVIDEND MILES AWARD DISCOUNTS UP TO 40% OFF
Coach and/or First Class discounted awards are being offered for travel
originating and ticketed October 3, 2001 through October 27, 2001 and with
return travel valid through October 31, 2001.
- 15,000 miles (USZ915) - Coach Class within the continental U.S. and Canada
- 30,000 miles (USD930) - First Class within the continental U.S. and Canada
- 20,000 miles (USZ910) - Coach Class between the continental U.S. or Canada and
Mexico or the Caribbean
- 40,000 miles (USD910) - First Class on a 2-cabin aircraft or Envoy Class on a
3-cabin aircraft between the continental U.S. or Canada and Mexico or the
Caribbean
- 35,000 miles (USZ935) - Economy Class between North America and Europe
Seats are limited, especially to/from Reagan Washington National Airport, Las
Vegas, many Florida and select Caribbean destinations.
To book your discounted award, please contact US Airways reservations at
1-800-428-4322 for travel in the U.S and Canada, or call 1-800-442-2784 for
international travel. European members should contact their local US Airways
reservations office. Please reference the award code you are using.
For more information about how to claim a discounted award, visit
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...s/discount.htm
Need more miles for the award you want? With the new Mileage Purchase Option,
you can purchase up to 25% of the miles you need to redeem an award ticket for
just 3 cents per mile. For more details, visit
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...o/buymiles.htm
- Up to 40% Off Dividend Miles Award Travel
- Washington Reagan National Airport Re-Opens
- Flight Schedule Update
We are proud to announce that America is flying again with over 1.1 million
customers traveling on US Airways and the US Airways Express carriers over the
last two weeks. US Airways would like to welcome you back on board, so we are
offering you up to 40% off award travel for October.
DIVIDEND MILES AWARD DISCOUNTS UP TO 40% OFF
Coach and/or First Class discounted awards are being offered for travel
originating and ticketed October 3, 2001 through October 27, 2001 and with
return travel valid through October 31, 2001.
- 15,000 miles (USZ915) - Coach Class within the continental U.S. and Canada
- 30,000 miles (USD930) - First Class within the continental U.S. and Canada
- 20,000 miles (USZ910) - Coach Class between the continental U.S. or Canada and
Mexico or the Caribbean
- 40,000 miles (USD910) - First Class on a 2-cabin aircraft or Envoy Class on a
3-cabin aircraft between the continental U.S. or Canada and Mexico or the
Caribbean
- 35,000 miles (USZ935) - Economy Class between North America and Europe
Seats are limited, especially to/from Reagan Washington National Airport, Las
Vegas, many Florida and select Caribbean destinations.
To book your discounted award, please contact US Airways reservations at
1-800-428-4322 for travel in the U.S and Canada, or call 1-800-442-2784 for
international travel. European members should contact their local US Airways
reservations office. Please reference the award code you are using.
For more information about how to claim a discounted award, visit
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...s/discount.htm
Need more miles for the award you want? With the new Mileage Purchase Option,
you can purchase up to 25% of the miles you need to redeem an award ticket for
just 3 cents per mile. For more details, visit
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...o/buymiles.htm
Oct 3, 2001, 12:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ThisFlightNoFuel:
From the T/C of this offer:
Service fees will be waived on these awards.</font>
From the T/C of this offer:
Service fees will be waived on these awards.</font>
I called the International Awards Reservations desk... this offer is for new bookings only. What they offered to do -which is what I thought they would- was to redeposit the 70K miles for a fee of $50 ($25 per ticket), then reissue the ticket at the lower mileage level without paying the "ticketed-less-than-3-days-in-advance" $75 fee. The rub is that when I originally ticketed these on Tuesday I already paid $50 to get the e-tickets within the 3-13 day window. So if I go through with the exchange to the lower mileage award, I would've paid $100 for what should be free tickets.
I know that 30K Dividend Miles are worth more than $100, but come on...
Thoughts?
Arrzee
Oct 3, 2001, 2:00 pm
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My advice is to call again, and perhaps several times, until you get someone helpful. I called today five times to have an award ticket adjusted. Three of the five people had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned this promo. One wanted to charge me the redeposit fee and reissue the award at the reduced mileage level. The last one redeposited the award for free, issued a new one at the reduced level, and even refunded the fee that I had been charged for ticketing within 14 days. Now, I just issued the original ticket yesterday, so maybe this had something to do with it. On the other hand, one person I talked to said the offer was valid for tickets issued on or after October 1st, even though they didn't publish it until today. Good luck!
[This message has been edited by ThisFlightNoFuel (edited 10-03-2001).]
Now, I just issued the original ticket yesterday, so maybe this had something to do with it. On the other hand, one person I talked to said the offer was valid for tickets issued on or after October 1st, even though they didn't publish it until today. Good luck![This message has been edited by ThisFlightNoFuel (edited 10-03-2001).]
Oct 3, 2001, 2:04 pm
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Just FYI, I called the DM Gold Service Center after my chat with reservations. They instead suggested that I contact them after I make my trip and they'll adjust the miles to reflect the lower award levels. We'll see.
Oct 3, 2001, 6:06 pm
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Arzee...fyi, also...the first person I talked to referred me to the DM service centre, and the person there told me that reservations should fix the award level and redeposit the miles, or I could contact them after travelling and they would make the adjustment. I was skeptical about the adjustment after travel proposal, but maybe that's just me... 