Premium Awards no longer "Rule Busters"?
Jan 14, 2008, 12:59 pm
#1
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Premium Awards no longer "Rule Busters"?
I was just trying to help a friend plan a trip to Hawaii, and she was going to use US Airways Dividend Miles and they're going to use Premium Awards, but I was surprised to see that availability is limited when using Premium Awards, I'm guessing this is another enhancement from the merger?
Jan 14, 2008, 1:15 pm
#2
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Here's the definition of coach premium award from the US Site:
Coach Premium – Premium awards require you to redeem more miles for a flight, but give you more flexibility with your travel options. In most cases, as long as a seat is available for sale, you will be able to redeem your miles for a flight. Blackout dates may apply.
Guess maybe there's a blackout, a sell out or something else for the dates you want? You didn't say when and where you wanted to fly from/to. I'd call US and ask for help.
Coach Premium – Premium awards require you to redeem more miles for a flight, but give you more flexibility with your travel options. In most cases, as long as a seat is available for sale, you will be able to redeem your miles for a flight. Blackout dates may apply.
Guess maybe there's a blackout, a sell out or something else for the dates you want? You didn't say when and where you wanted to fly from/to. I'd call US and ask for help.
Jan 14, 2008, 1:31 pm
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Here's the definition of coach premium award from the US Site:
Coach Premium – Premium awards require you to redeem more miles for a flight, but give you more flexibility with your travel options. In most cases, as long as a seat is available for sale, you will be able to redeem your miles for a flight. Blackout dates may apply.
Guess maybe there's a blackout, a sell out or something else for the dates you want? You didn't say when and where you wanted to fly from/to. I'd call US and ask for help.
Coach Premium – Premium awards require you to redeem more miles for a flight, but give you more flexibility with your travel options. In most cases, as long as a seat is available for sale, you will be able to redeem your miles for a flight. Blackout dates may apply.
Guess maybe there's a blackout, a sell out or something else for the dates you want? You didn't say when and where you wanted to fly from/to. I'd call US and ask for help.
I didn't realize US had done this, Delta got a lot of flak recently for implementing restrictions on their "Rule Buster" awards, yet there are other airlines that already have these restrictions in place.
Jan 14, 2008, 2:42 pm
#4
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That's easy, it's Spring Break flying out of CLT to Hawaii, so I'm sure they've blacked out the weekends (mid-week flights are available).
I didn't realize US had done this, Delta got a lot of flak recently for implementing restrictions on their "Rule Buster" awards, yet there are other airlines that already have these restrictions in place.
I didn't realize US had done this, Delta got a lot of flak recently for implementing restrictions on their "Rule Buster" awards, yet there are other airlines that already have these restrictions in place.
cheers,
-bp
Jan 14, 2008, 6:10 pm
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Try this approach: Say to the agent "YOU tell ME when to go!" A co-worker of mine did this once when trying to redeem AA miles to TLV.....and the agent had a hard time finding any availability.