The ability to purchase a Business Class ticket to Europe at a lower cost than some coach tickets is back again. This time US Airways is making the promotion targeted. But there is good news. They run this promotion often and there is a chance you could be targeted for this promotion. The US Airways…
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US Airways planes 12 seconds from mid air collision
On Tuesday around 2 PM, two US Airways commuter jets were traveling directly towards each other at a combined speed of 436 miles per hour. Within seconds the air traffic controller spotted the problem and directed the incoming plane to take evasive action to avoid a catastrophe. The Washington Post has a great two page article…
American Airlines Considers Merging With 5 Airlines
American Airlines is moving forward with merger considerations. They are reported to be considering six options including JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, US airways, Virgin and are even considering themselves. This move comes as creditors have pressed American Airlines on their stand alone restructuring plan. Reuters has a good report with the following high level summary:…
Earn 50% US Airways Miles On Car Rentals & Hotel Stays
Earn a 50% bonus on US Airways miles this summer with all car rentals and hotel stays. Register, book and drive or stay from now through August 12, 2012. The 50% is automatically earned on top of the miles you already earn for car rentals and hotel stays. How To Get 50% US Airways Miles…
e-Miles US Airways Grand Slam Prep – 1,000 to 100,000 e-Miles Giveaway
The US Airways Grand Slam promotion may come up this summer or early fall. To prepare for the promotion, we’re looking at all of our hits from last year and doing what we can to prepare to get a hit. The e-Miles Grand Slam hit requires 500 miles in your e-Miles account, so this one…
US Airways 90% Bonus On Up To 50,000 Purchased Miles
US Airways has a limited time (potentially targeted) 90% bonus on purchased miles. You can purchase a business class fare to North Asia for only $1,881 through this promotion. This can be a great way to pick up enough miles for award tickets at a cost less than the market value of the tickets themselves.…
Avis Extends 3,000 US Airways Mile Promotion
According to this Flyertalk thread, the Avis marketing department has decided to extend the 3,000 US Airways miles promotion. The promotion had expired at the end of March but appears to be back on. The promotion appears to have been extended through February of 2013. Please see my earlier post on how to earn 3,000…
Avis Car Rental’s Corporate Award’s Program – Free 1 Day After 15 Rentals
Owning a business or being a self proprietor has its own set of benefits. Not only are you working for yourself instead of “the man” but airline, hotel and car rental companies have loyalty programs tailored specifically for businesses. The Avis Corporate Award’s program has a special program for small and mid sized businesses. Their…
Releasing My Returns – Points And Miles Game
Readers have called on me to release my returns for a while, so I’m releasing them just like Mitt Romney. But I’m not running for anything, except maybe just a mile or two. In an effort to provide transparency and allow readers to follow along as points and miles are earned, I’m releasing my points…
Airline Merger Chatter – American & US Airways To Merge Because Domains Bought?
Are purchased domain names a sign that US Airways and American Airlines are merging? Last Friday, the same day American Airlines filed a bankruptcy court extension, it was reported that either American Airlines or U.S. Airways purchased multiple domain names that indicate this is the case. Given they were registered with DNStinations (owned by MarkMonitor), suggest these were…
Earn 3,000 US Airways With Every Car Rental
In 2009, I shared how I earned over 150,000 Delta SkyMiles through car rentals. New promotions are here for 2012. As I usually do this time of year I carefully reviewed the HotList, thanks Evan!, and have decided that I will focus on earning US Airways miles through my car rentals. I will earn 3,000…
Earn Double Points Or Miles With Priority Club Rewards
I finally received my 2x points or miles offer in an email from Priority Club. I like staying at InternContinental hotels which is part of the Priority Club hotels program and sign up for all of their promotions. They also announced a Q1 promotion you can see here via DealsWeLike. Below is the double points…
My 2011 Earning And Burning Review
Just like the US government, Mr. and Mrs. WeeklyFlyer ran a deficit this year. We burned more than we earned to the tune of 877k points and miles. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just print points and miles? We burned through a little over 1.734 million points and miles. We took in a…
Star Alliance Flight Options To Seychelles
Recent airline news has altered future award redemption options to the Seychelles. In this post, I’ll cover ways to get to the Seychelles using Star Alliance members or member partners. Additional Star Alliance award flights to the Seychelles will open up with the recent news (via Lucky) that Ethiopian Airlines will join Star Alliance. Back…
Christmas Comes Early With Biscoff Gourmet Cookies
Mrs WeeklyFlyer knows that I love Biscoff cookies as much as I like points and miles. And for those of you who picked up Biscoff’s through the Grand Slam promotion, I”m sure you do to. This week she surprised me with a set of Biscoff Gourmet cookies as an early present. I guess she forgot that…
US Airways Reluctantly Does The Right Thing – Gives Terminal Cancer Patient Refund
After Lynn McKain was cleared of stage 4 cancer Lynn and her family booked a dream vacation to Belize with US Airways in January 2012. Her doctor has cancelled the trip because she is re diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and US Airways is refusing to refund $4,200 to the family. US Airways response…
Man Forced To Stand For Over 7 Hours On Flight From Anchrage
A man flying on US Airways flight 901 was forced to stand for over 7 hours. The flight from Anchorage to Philadelphia did not have a seat for him to sit in. The reason was that a morbidly obese man was sat next to him and was taking up half his seat. You can read…
Get 75% Bonus When Transferring Hotel Points To US Airways Through May 31st
I thought this could be such a good deal I had to post it. From May 1st through May 31st US Airways members who register here then transfer hotel points to their Dividend account will get a 75% bonus*. I placed an asterisk here for a reason, the promotion is not what it seems, there…
Back from Spain. Here is my trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona
Here is my trip report of a two week trip to Madrid, Mallorca, Rioja and Barcelona using points from 3 hotel programs and miles from US Airways to stay completely free and fly first class on Lufthansa. We returned in July from a 2 week trip to several parts of Spain. With my new position I haven’t been…
1500 US Airways Miles For New Sign Up
Us Airways is offering new members who sign up 1500 miles through July 31, 2010. Registration is required and be sure to use promotion code NM15. Registration Registration is required. You can register through this link. Details Become a Dividend Miles member today! For a limited time, all you have to do is sign up…