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US Airways 100% Buy Miles Bonus Through November 30, 2012

November 1, 2012

Just as the US Airways 100% Share Miles Bonus promo comes to an end, the airline has launched a 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles promo from November 1-30, 2012. There’s no need to register, since this isn’t a targeted promotion, and you’ll receive the bonus automatically on the Buy Miles page. However, there are a [...]

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Maximizing the Newest Business and First Class Products on US Airlines

October 31, 2012

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that recently I was disaapointed with getting the old British Airways first class (#firstclassproblems, I know). While it wasn’t the end of the world, it made me think that getting the “old” product was a much worse deal than “new” first class, which is the same price, [...]

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Reminder: 100% Bonus On US Airways Shared Miles Ends October 31, 2012

October 29, 2012

Back when it first launched at the beginning of the month, I wrote about US Airways’ current 100% bonus promotion on shared miles that equates to purchasing miles for roughly 1.1 cents each and why it’s such an amazing deal. This is just a reminder that if you’ve been considering scoring bonus miles this way, [...]

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Consolidated List of Hurricane Sandy Flight Refund and Change Policies

October 28, 2012

The East Coast is battening the hatches as Hurricane Sandy bears down on it, and airlines have already issued travel advisories and cancellation/refund policies. The bad news is that 900 flights have been cancelled up and down the East Coast today already, and airlines expect that over 2,500 will be cancelled for Monday. The good [...]

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My Chicago Seminars Presentation: Transferrable Points Programs and Credit Card Bonus Categories

October 15, 2012

Another year, another great Chicago Seminars! I had a fantastic time in Elk Grove, Illinois (about 20 minutes from O’Hare) meeting and greeting tons of other highly engaged (and slightly obsessed) frequent flyer and points hounds. My talk was on transferrable points programs and credit card bonus categories. In it I covered the big three: [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: Ways To Use The US Airways 100% Shared Miles Bonus

October 14, 2012

Today I’m answering two question from TPG readers Manav and Stratos who both asked about the US Airways 100% Share Miles Bonus. Manav asked: “As a Star Alliance Gold (United 1K) member, would I get access to the the same inventory when booking an award flight on a Star Alliance partner using US Airways Dividend miles through US [...]

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Targeted: US Airways 100% Buy Miles Promotion Until October 31, 2012

October 1, 2012

Earlier today US Airways announced an amazing 100% bonus on sharing miles that equates to purchasing miles at roughly 1.1 cents a piece. I just received a targeted email offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles until October 31, 2012. Normally miles cost 3.5 cents a piece plus tax, but with this promo they come [...]

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Amazing Deal: 100% Bonus on Shared US Airways Miles

October 1, 2012

US Airways is known as the official liquidator of cheap Star Alliance miles and they are back at it again with a 100% bonus on shared miles now through October 31, 2012. Unlike some past promotions, this one isn’t targeted and there is no need to register as you will receive the 100% Bonus Miles automatically when [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Airline Credit Card Perks and Mileage Benefits

September 25, 2012

You don’t have to be a super frequent flyer to get special treatment from the airlines. These days most major airlines are partnered with a credit card company and if you are one of their flyers/cardholders, you can reap special benefits that make your travel experience markedly more enjoyable and your experience earning and redeeming [...]

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Silver Preferred Status for New or Renewed US Airways Club Membership

September 24, 2012

US Airways is offering both current US Airways Club members up for annual membership renewal as well as potential new members trial Silver Preferred status for 90 days when they sign up for a year of US Airways Club membership. You have to enroll by September 30 and mention the promo code CLBTR, and trial [...]

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Double US Airways Miles Using Mastercard

September 18, 2012

Now through December 31, 2012, US Airways is offering double miles on flights booked using a Mastercard, and double elite-qualifying Preferred miles on flights paid for with a US Airways Dividend Miles Mastercard with the promo code MCDM. You must register and book by October 31, and travel by December 31. Unfortunately, this offer does [...]

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Finding Value in US Airways 100% Buy Miles Bonus Until September 30

September 17, 2012

US Airways has launched another 100% bonus on purchased miles now through September 30, 2012. This promo isn’t targeted and there is no need to register. You will receive the 100% bonus automatically when you go to the airline’s Buy Miles page. However, one rule they have when buying miles, is that you must be a [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How to Prepare For a US Airways and AA Merger

September 16, 2012

TPG reader Nancy asks a question about the possibility of a merger between US Airways and American Airlines: “With the possible upcoming merger of US Airways and American Airlines, is now a good time to get both a US Airways and American Airlines credit card to take advantage of the bonus from each before one [...]

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Saturday Recap: US Airways and Star Alliance Promotion, Double Southwest Points, New Andaz Properties, 500 Free United Miles

September 15, 2012

Here’s a recap of interesting points and miles news and promos from the week. US Airways offering up to 25,000 bonus miles: Now through December 15, 2012, travelers can earn up to 25,000 bonus Divedend miles (in addition to any regular flight miles) when flying US Airways and any other Star Alliance member carrier. The [...]

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Double Preferred Miles For US Airways Shuttle

September 7, 2012

Now through October 31 when you register for this promo and fly on any US Airways Shuttle flight (between Boston, New York LGA and Washington National DCA), you will earn double Preferred-qualifying miles. Registration with the code SH2X is required prior to travel. Travel on any US Airways Shuttle flight September 3 – October 31, [...]

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US Airways Mileage Multiplier Update: I Bought 49,712 Miles for $599

September 6, 2012

Last week, I posted about US Airways’ Dividend Miles Multiplier, which allows flyers to purchase bonus miles based on actual itineraries for a fee and my plans to try purchasing bonus miles at the Miles Multiplier rates without actually having to fly. As a reminder, US Airways calculates the total miles you’ll earn from your [...]

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American And US Airways Move Closer to a Merger With NDA Agreement

August 31, 2012

The Wall Street Journal published an article back in July about American Airlines’ upcoming attempts to approach possible merger partners in the wake of its bankruptcy late last year. According to the article, the airline was sending non-disclosure papers both to other airlines as well as possibly private equity firms as it starts private talks [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: US Airways Miles for as Little as .8 Cents Each With Dividend Miles Multiplier

August 30, 2012

Like many airlines, US Airways offers flyers a “Miles Multiplier” that allows you to purchase extra miles for a fee. Normally the Multiplier allows you to purchase extra miles for as low as 1.2 cents a piece (which is an amazing deal in itself) and now through September 12, the airline is offering a 50% [...]

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United Domestic First Class for only 50,000 US Airways Miles

August 29, 2012

This past Sunday’s reader question asking whether US Airways miles are useless got me thinking about the airline’s Dividend miles program and interesting ways that to pull value from them specifically as opposed to miles on any Star Alliance carrier. I remember reading a blog comment recently that the US Airways partner award chart lists [...]

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How to Convert Amex Membership Rewards to US Airways Miles at a Decent Ratio

August 29, 2012

Although American Express Membership Rewards has 19 airline partners and three that are in Star Alliance, they no longer have a US based Star Alliance carrier since United/Continental left in October of 2011. Now cardholders must go through another partner such as Air Canada’s Aeroplan, All Nippon Airways Mileage Club or Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer program [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Are US Airways Miles Useless?

August 26, 2012

TPG reader Pierre asked a great question regarding the usefulness of US Airways Miles: “I have 40,000 US Airways miles, but unlike United miles I don’t see a lot of options to use them. US Airways doesn’t allow one-way award bookings, neither on their planes nor on Star Alliance partners.  Do you have any suggestion? [...]

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Maximize Your Points With Back to School Shopping

August 16, 2012

Back to school shopping can be a major expense, but if you play your cards right (literally) you can rack up a ton of miles and points by leveraging online shopping portals. What are these portals? Basically online retailers pay a commission to websites to refer them business – so these portals are simply intermediary [...]

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500 US Airways Miles For Downloading StoreFront Assistant

August 13, 2012

US Airways recently switched the companies running its online shopping portal, and now the airline is offering 500 free Dividend Miles to flyers who download the Storefront Assistant toolbar and use it once.  To qualify for the 500 bonus miles, all you need to do is download the toolbar and do a search, you don’t [...]

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Free Hilton Gold Status and Up To 50,000 Points (Targeted)

August 11, 2012

Hilton HHonors has launched several different offers for members of their airline partners with bonuses of up to 50,000 HHonors points and Gold Status. Each offer is for a targeted group of members of the the following airline partners: American, Delta, US Airways, United, American, Jetblue and Virgin America. All of these offers  include instant HHonors [...]

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