Award processing fee + Quick ticketing fee?
Mar 25, 2012, 7:05 pm
#1
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Award processing fee + Quick ticketing fee?
I just booked a Mexico trip.
Taxes and fees $87
Quick ticketing fee $75
Award processing fee $35
Total $197.00 (of which $115.00 is total bs fees - booked online w no live assistance).
How are they able to get away with this?
Was there a mail campaign that I missed? (FWIW I did do a 'search'.).
Taxes and fees $87
Quick ticketing fee $75
Award processing fee $35
Total $197.00 (of which $115.00 is total bs fees - booked online w no live assistance).
How are they able to get away with this?
Was there a mail campaign that I missed? (FWIW I did do a 'search'.).
Mar 25, 2012, 8:02 pm
#2
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It's been in the US website for months... Sorry.
Mar 25, 2012, 9:18 pm
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Mar 26, 2012, 7:41 am
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Mar 26, 2012, 7:46 am
#5
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I believe if you have the US Air Mastercard, and are Dividend Miles Select with it, they waive the award processing fees. If you are Gold status or above, they waive both the award processing and quick ticket fees.
Mar 26, 2012, 7:51 am
#6
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Given that most of the time, award inventory worth having isn't released until it becomes obvious to the revenue management gnomes that they won't sell every last seat, the "quick ticket fee" is purely a revenue grab on silvers and general members actually USING their miles.
Mar 26, 2012, 8:03 am
#7
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The Premier Mastercard does not offer the benefit of waiving the $35 fee. Perhaps it did in the past?
Mar 26, 2012, 8:44 am
#8
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http://www.usairways.com/EN-US/DIVID...CARDS/DMS.HTML has the info
Mar 26, 2012, 8:50 am
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I just booked a Mexico trip.
Taxes and fees $87
Quick ticketing fee $75
Award processing fee $35
Total $197.00 (of which $115.00 is total bs fees - booked online w no live assistance).
How are they able to get away with this?
Was there a mail campaign that I missed? (FWIW I did do a 'search'.).
Taxes and fees $87
Quick ticketing fee $75
Award processing fee $35
Total $197.00 (of which $115.00 is total bs fees - booked online w no live assistance).
How are they able to get away with this?
Was there a mail campaign that I missed? (FWIW I did do a 'search'.).
Mar 26, 2012, 9:02 am
#10
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Mar 26, 2012, 10:59 am
#11
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Thanks LowlyDLsilver! Good catch: And, if you spend $25,000 or more a year on the card, we'll waive your award processing fees
Mar 26, 2012, 11:55 am
#12
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Mar 26, 2012, 2:19 pm
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My bad... perhaps. I guess technically, all I did was price / hold inventory.
But back to the purpose of the tread, this double stacking is pretty pathetic!
But back to the purpose of the tread, this double stacking is pretty pathetic!
Mar 26, 2012, 11:21 pm
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OP, if you had experienced Starnet blocking this would be nothing.
Mar 27, 2012, 8:45 am
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On the other hand, there are certain partner flights that plainly exist that US agents simply can't see (try booking an award for OZ KIX-GMP or GMP-SHA). Oh well, you win some, you lose some.