I had Star Alliance Silver with US Airways and Silver Elite with Delta probably for the past 2 years, just lost both last year because I didnt travel.
My problem was I would fly a lot between my town and Pheonix, LA and Vegas so those were the only two options I had. I wish I could of taken US Air the whole time and would have had at least Gold status, but had to keep switching because of the flight times
Right now you can get double miles with US Airways if you buy them. Most people dont like the option, but if you think about the cost, its well worth it. On a US flight it costs 15,000 miles to upgrade to first class (if available). So normally, your talking $375 to buy the miles which isnt really worth it IMO. However, you can now get a round trip upgrade for $375
As well, you can buy round trip first class seats if you plan ahead for 50k miles which would only cost you $1,250 compared to the hefty $2k price tag they normally ask or go to Hawaii and Europe in business class for 60k miles. the thing is you just have to really be able to plan ahead, but would be well worth it
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Originally Posted by 12clicks
Usair- chairman
it's hard to fly any other carrier out of my airport and I can get non-stop to just about everywhere in the US.
Food sucks but oh well.
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want to nominate me for silver status
