Mar 24, 2015 us airways dividend miles program will fade into history as members miles are automatically transferred into americans aadvantage program beginning saturday march 28. American airlines and us airways merged back on december 9, 20, and introduced benefits for each others frequent fliers in 2014. Check americans site for the full lineup of benefits. As a result, many us airways dividend miles members have been wondering whats going to happen to the miles. Us airways frequentflier program merging into americans. The amount of miles earned depends on the amount of days the car is rented. Redeem your us airways dividend miles now for magazine rewards at absolutely no cash cost to you. You earn 40,000 us air dividend miles after the first use. Use your miles for travel on american airlines, american eagle, one world airlines and partner airlines on flights to nearly 1,000 destinations worldwide. Mar 12, 2015 american airlines and us airways merged back on december 9, 20, and introduced benefits for each others frequent fliers in 2014. Aadvantage and dividend miles merger what you need to know.
Discount of 5,000 dividend miles on award tickets for travel on us airways not available with partner redemptions airline. Mar 24, 2015 for example, using dividend miles for a roundtrip business class ticket tofrom africa costs 110,000 miles versus 150,000 aadvantage miles. Earn more miles, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines buy, gift or transfer miles, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines aadvantage credit cards. Read how we use and protect your personal information. For my last award reservation, i spent over two hours on the phone with an agent before it was finalized. In part 1, we looked at the mechanics of the us airways program. The reliable rumor is that american airlines and us airways plan to combine their mileage programs on march 28, which is this saturday.
Many of the benefits of this card are set to change in 2015, but even if you cant take. Dividend miles was us airways groups frequentflyer program. Book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. It is easy to imagine why us airways makes it so difficult to redeem awards with their partners. United states us airways dividend miles help i have saved for years to go to hawaii free with us airways, and now they have dropped all of their partners and say i can not use my miles to go. Us airways miles have become american airlines miles nerdwallet. There has been several posts with speculation on when the two programs will be merged, and the general consensus is that us airways dividend miles will be ported over to american aadvantage miles on march 28, 2015. How to get 4x us airways miles use the following to book and include your dividend miles number.
How to book dividend miles award travel to australia. Log in to your aadvantage or dividend miles account and youll be. Merging two corporations comes with some challenges, among them reassuring your most loyal customers that they can still depend on you. Us airways dividend miles will merge into american airlines aadvantage. This has to be one of the most incredible redemption values in the. Top ways to redeem us airways dividend miles in the next.
American to absorb us airways frequentflier accounts. Over the last week, tpg looked at the value of american airlines elite status, while i examined the value of elite status with delta and united. The us airways premier world mastercard with 30,000 dividend miles after first purchase. Dec 24, 2008 according to the us airways website, you are allowed to book travel on united or any star alliance partner with your dividend miles there are fees that must be paid for the award ticket, as shown on the page below. Throughout the weekend many people reported issues with their american airline advantage accounts, such as having issues logging in, seeing miles, accessing reservations, etc. To add on to the 50,000 miles you can earn through this promo, there are two personal credit cards that earn us airways miles. The us airways site will show availability on american flights.
Us airways dividend miles help fodors travel talk forums. When us airways merged with american airlines, it became the largest airline in the entire world. To participate, you and the recipient of the shared miles must have dividend miles accounts at least 12 days old. Top 10 uses for us airways dividend miles travel codex. Its now officially, american airlines and us airways are merging their frequent flyer programs during the first two weeks of april.
Simply use your aadvantage number to create an aadvantage eshopping mall account. Dec 22, 2006 us airways and united are part of the star alliance so hopefully they can share miles to book a trip. The chronicle forums will be shutting down and archived as of july 1. I know availability would be rare, would fill fast, and tons of blackout dates would.
In part 3, we valued specific dividend miles awards. With all us airways dividend miles participants now being a part of the american airlines aadvantage rewards program, members now have new ways to earn miles and save money. In part 2, we looked at its award chart and rules to find valuable awards. More importantly, there is no minimum spending required to get the signup bonus. The most important thing for new american airlines elites to understand is the 500mile. Us airways dividend miles the basics frugal travel guy. Earn more miles with the citi aadvantage platinum select card. Us airways and american airlines have merged since the publication of this post so it is no longer valid. Us airways dividends miles mastercard summary abroaders.
Over the weekend american airlines and us airways merged millions of frequent flyer accounts as the two companies sunsetted us airways dividend miles. Sep 23, 2014 even if this ultimately isnt the systemic award availability problem it appears to be, and somehow a more skilled us airways agent would be able to find the availability or do a manual sell, the sheer amount of time involved does make me look forward to when dividend miles become aadvantage miles, so that ill be able to use aadvantage call. You can log in with your aadvantage number or username and password. Members earned one mile for every mile flown on us airways on any published fare paid flights taken in first class or envoy received a 50% mileage bonus. American airlines has airline tickets, cheap flights, vacation packages and american airlines aadvantage bonus mile offers at. Feb 10, 2014 members of us airways dividend miles frequentflier program are the most likely to view their hardearned airline miles as worthless. You can earn 4x the miles and save up to 35% on hertz rentals through december 31, 2014.
Even then i had to book a firstclass ticket for 50k miles. Redeeming dividend miles on united flyertalk forums. I think a lot of us airways dividend miles members are wondering when. I have some christmas travel sfobos that id prefer to do on the ua nonstops. All dividend miles balances, preferredqualifying activity, and million mile balances will be merged into a new or existing aadvantage account, depending whether you already have one. What us airwaysamerican airline deal means for passengers. Log in aadvantage account login and password american. Until the programs are combined, you will have to use the us airways award chart and book through us airways to redeem dividend miles. In case you didnt realize there was an alternative, the best phone number for us airways dividend miles customer support is 8004284322. The us airways dividend miles tax game live and lets fly. The airline has previously announced that the us airways dividend miles program would merge to american airlines aadvantage sometime in the second quarter of 2015. The next best way to talk to their customer support team, according to other us airways dividend miles customers, is by calling their 8003277810 phone number for their website support department. In part 3, well value specific dividend miles awards. With over 950 stores to choose from, earn miles every time you shop online with the aadvantage eshopping mall.
For example, you can still book awards to australia or south africa in business class for only 110,000 miles roundtrip, and us airways has extremely. Log in aadvantage account login and password american airlines. The ability to redeem us airways miles will go away this month, several days in advance of the actual merger of miles. There are 4 ways to reach us airways dividend miles across 3 communication modes. While 8004284322 is us airways dividend miles s best tollfree number, there are 4 total ways to get in touch with them. Enjoy the benefits of secure 24x7 online account access, online transfers to and from other banks and direct deposit to make saving simple and easy. Aadvantage only has three elite levels versus us airways four, so the 75,000mile us airways platinum members will get lumped into the 50,000mile aadvantage platinum level, something many us. Hotels, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines cars, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines activities, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines vacations, opens another site in a new window that. With only a few weeks left before us airways dividend miles are folded into american airlines advantage miles, there are a few award bookings you should consider cashing in for before dividend miles disappear and the cost of award. You may also have to pay taxes and airport fees on the ticket as well, depending on your destination. Us airways and american airlines legally merged in december 20.
Tomorrow 32515 is the last day you can book us airways dividend miles awards. Buy, gift or transfer miles, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines. Simply complete this form to view your dividend mileage balance and to choose your magazine titles. If i purchase a roundtrip ticket from dublin to philadelphia and book an internal flight using miles phlmia am i contravening any rules attached to the dividend miles program. How to crack us airways dividend miles redemption for. First class and envoy class the equivalent of business, and only available on transatlantic flights earn a 50percent mileage bonus. American airlines privacy policy by logging in, you accept the aadvantage terms and conditions. How to crack us airways dividend miles redemption for rewards. And us airways and delta have the highest percentage of. When you shop with preferred vendors, not only do you receive special deals, you can also accumulate reward points. Mar 15, 2014 what this means is that all of us will have 921 months to use the rules of these respective airlines to our advantage. Us airways dividend miles combined with american aadvantage.
Earn 50,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases. Jan 22, 2019 over the weekend american airlines and us airways merged millions of frequent flyer accounts as the two companies sunsetted us airways dividend miles. Best features of the us airways dividend miles program. Still, if you were thinking about using your dividend miles to travel with a star alliance partner that wont be retained when us airways moves to oneworld, youll need to do so before march. Using us airways miles to book south african airways. But starwood also gives you an additional 5,000 bonus dividend miles when you transfer 20,000 starpoints to dividend miles. Us airways dividend miles program will fade into history as members miles are automatically transferred into americans aadvantage program beginning saturday, march 28. We helped us airways do just that by refreshing the dividend miles program used by members around the globe.
Us airways formerly usair was a major american airline that ceased to operate independently when the federal aviation administration granted a single operating certificate soc for us airways and american airlines on april 8, 2015. Please try again or use the links below if youve forgotten your mileageplus number or password. Ive booked dividend miles award travel on domestic trips before but want to take a trip to australia. American airlines us airways frequent flyer merger travel. American airlines aadvantage redeem miles for hotel stays. In late 20, us airways and american airlines made their plans to merge official. If im an american flier or us airways flier, id burn all my miles now so i dont have miles at risk, said joe brancatelli, editor of joesentme, a business travel website. You can access american airlines web page for loyalty program merger here. Move to the next cabin on american, british airways and iberia flights. Us airways, delta frequentfliers vent about mileage options. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines how to book dividend miles award travel to australia.
So, those are a lot of miles and points to give up for 15,000 bonus us airways dividend miles, but if youve already got all these cards, arent working toward any other credit card minimum spend, or simply have high credit card spend, earning the bonus 15,000 us airways miles could make sense for you, giving you a total of 55,000 us airways miles per card, assuming you get this email offer. The last day to share us airways dividend miles is march 25, 2015. For example, you can still book awards to australia or south africa in business. Can i transfer miles from us airways dividend miles to.
Please note you must have a valid email address on file with us airways to redeem this offer. Us airways dividend miles to american airlines aadvantage. Starwood preferred guest us airways is also a member of the starwood preferred guest program and you can exchange starpoints for us airways dividend miles in a one for one ratio just like membership rewards. How to redeem aadvantage miles for flights on us and our partners.
Earn 5% back in uber cash for every ride and every uber eats order. American airlines just confirmed that us airways dividend miles and american airlines aadvantage accounts will be combined starting on saturday, march 28, 2015. Us airways dividend miles question air travel forum. In part 2, well look at its award chart and rules to find valuable awards. Earn more miles, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines. With 50,000 us airways dividend miles, you have enough in theory to fly in coach roundtrip to hawaii 40,000 miles or to europe if you travel. Us airways dividend miles program will fade into history as members miles are automatically transferred into americans aadvantage program beginning saturday march 28. Aug 14, 2014 the us airways dividend miles tax game matthew august 14, 2014 2 comments while charging fraudulent government taxes on dividend miles transfers appears to be a nefarious policy choice by us airways, another equally distressing issue is just as concerning agent incompetence may mean you pay a lot more taxes on your us airways award. American airlines airline tickets and cheap flights at. Publicly, the two carriers appeared to merge when their reservations systems and booking processes were merged on october 17, 2015.
Apr 28, 2015 you can earn 4x the miles and save up to 35% on hertz rentals through december 31, 2014. This means you need to take advantage of the amazing us airways chart now. In part 1, we will look at the mechanics of the us airways program. Like other legacy carriers, dividend miles offers members one mile per mile flown, and elite members and all members flying us airways shuttle earn a minimum 500 miles per segment. Dividend miles storefront has become the aadvantage eshopping mall.
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