Comments on: Miles for not flying? What’ll they think of next?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:46:24 +0000

early warning for US liquidation? wonder if UA is far behind?

By: Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:26 +0000

Other airlines have offered various bonus mile incentives, but not all of them have pulled away air travel mileage earning opportunities at the same pace as US Airways has. My point was that airlines, US Airways in particular, are passing mileage expenses to their partners and selling miles as quickly as they are pulling them away from legitimate air travel. That is because it costs them more to award miles based on air travel. These mileage earning and selling promos are another way to boost their bottom line, much akin to selling drinks and adding fees for luggage, award trips, etc.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:46:00 +0000

I believe Delta has also offered bonus miles on top of mileage purchases (or transfers).

By: Matthew B

Matthew B — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:56:56 +0000

Don’t pony up with your hard earned cash unless you are going to immediately use the points to purchase a ticket on one of US Air’s more financially sound Start Alliance Partners (say Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, or government owned Air New Zealand). Not much fun having a bunch of points that crash with the airline. I lost 60,000 points when Ansett Airlines of Australia went belly up, and I have friends who lost hundreds of thousands of points. We got nothing in the liquidation of Ansett, so don’t imagine you’ll get anything if any of the US airlines go into liquidation.

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