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. When you shop with preferred vendors, not only do you receive special deals, you can also accumulate reward points. Apr 28, 2015 you can earn 4x the miles and save up to 35% on hertz rentals through december 31, 2014. Buying us airways dividend miles for lowcost oneworld.
Us airways has a new 100% bonus for buying or gifting dividend miles by january 31, 2014. Top ways to redeem us airways dividend miles in the next. Jan 07, 2014 today, january 7, 2014, marks the day that us airways and american airlines loyalty programs allow for recriprocal award redemptions. Members can now book us airways or american airlines. One suggestion is to call american airlines 18004337300 and have them transfer you to a dividend miles agent, which may result in a lesser wait time. Plus receive a 10% discount if you purchasegift miles before feb 9 full details bonuses as follows. Us airways offers 35,000 mile roundtrips to brazil and europe and 25,000 mile roundtrips to the caribbean during off peak dates as long as every flight on the award is on a us airways plane. 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. Simply use your aadvantage number to create an aadvantage eshopping mall account. 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. Partner airlines award inventory, including star alliance carriers, cannot be found online. Us airways dividend miles question air travel forum.
Airways dividend miles program, with 30 million members, and the american airlines aadvantage program, with 70 million members, has pros and cons for travelers, said. Rocketmiles us airways 3,000 bonus dividend miles first. First class and envoy class the equivalent of business, and only available on transatlantic flights earn a 50percent mileage bonus. We know you have many choices and since our it department is inundated with tickets we would really prefer you either use orbitz, expedia or any other third party website until we get all the bugs worked out or perhaps youd just prefer to choose another airline. You can access us airways web page for buying miles here, where you can check your eligibility for this offer. Us airways and american airlines legally merged in december 20. 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. Please note you must have a valid email address on file with us airways to redeem this offer.
Jan 27, 2015 until the programs are combined, you will have to use the us airways award chart and book through us airways to redeem dividend miles. 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. For my last award reservation, i spent over two hours on the phone with an agent before it was finalized. Today, january 7, 2014, marks the day that us airways and american airlines loyalty programs allow for recriprocal award redemptions. American airlines us airways frequent flyer merger travel. Here are some helpful tips when redeeming your us airways dividend miles. This offer is valid for bookings made by august 1, 2014. Usairways will charge you round trip miles for a one way flight. I know availability would be rare, would fill fast, and tons of blackout dates would. You can access this offer on rocketmiles website here. Awards on us airways may contain either an stopover or an openjaw. Us airways frequentflier program merging into americans.
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. Tomorrow 32515 is the last day you can book us airways dividend miles awards. 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. In part 1, we will look at the mechanics of the us airways program. 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. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines us airways dividend miles partner awards hi. Us airways dividend miles partner awards flyertalk forums.
Dividend miles was us airways groups frequentflyer program. The amount of miles earned depends on the amount of days the car is rented. Mar 11, 2012 us airways has been very predictable of running continuous promotions for buying, gifting, transferring, or converting, money or points to dividend miles. The chronicle forums will be shutting down and archived as of july 1. Earn 50,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases. In economy you save at least 5,000 miles with us airways miles and potentially up to 30,000 miles compared to delta, and in business, you save 40,00050,000 miles. Use your 5,000 mile us airways award discount while you can. American airlines aadvantage redeem miles for hotel stays. You can access american airlines web page for loyalty program merger here. Us airways, delta frequentfliers vent about mileage options.
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. You must book by december 31 to be eligible for the bonus miles. You can now link your dividend miles account to your american airlines aadvantage accountno mileage transfers or status matching is possible. You have to do some work to get the most out of these miles, but when you learn a few tricks, these miles are incredibly valuable. As noted in the welcome to the new american airlines forum. Thats because it combines the current aadvantage program with the dividend miles frequent flier program of us airways, which american formally acquired last december. Passengers can checkin using their confirmation code, ticket number, or dividend miles rewards number and departure city.
And us airways and delta have the highest percentage of. Move to the next cabin on american, british airways and iberia flights. Feb 10, 2014 members of us airways dividend miles frequentflier program are the most likely to view their hardearned airline miles as worthless. I signed up for my dividend miles account when i started traveling for work, when i got married, i signed up for their credit card to earn some miles. We never done anything like this booking on partner airlines, on the phone on any other. 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. Earn up to 30,000 bonus dividend miles when you buy or gift miles online. To participate, you and the recipient of the shared miles must have dividend miles accounts at least 12 days old. Aadvantage and dividend miles merger what you need to know. Why the us airways dividend miles mastercard is still. Strategies for the last days of us airways 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 recently booked an international itinerary roundtrip buf to lis on partner carriers using dividend miles. Dividend miles storefront has become the aadvantage eshopping mall.
Aug 04, 20 the us airways app allows users to easily display a boarding pass. The us airways site will show availability on american flights. Rocketmiles first booking offer of 3,000 bonus us airways dividend miles has returned. Going forward, each airlines threetier systems are giving way to five choices in each.
Something very odd is going on right now at us airways with dividend miles agents unable to see any of lufthansas inventory, unless travel. American airlines has airline tickets, cheap flights, vacation packages and american airlines aadvantage bonus mile offers at. Sep 30, 20 the us airways 100% bonus on shared miles promotion runs fromnow through october 14 and offers an outstanding value at a cost of 1. Earn more miles with the citi aadvantage platinum select card. Since it has started merging with american airlines, now is likely the best time to earn us airways dividends to book award flights because once the merger is complete you will not be able to take advantage of us airways generous award routing rules. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines using us miles to book aa award travel as this pertains to the premerger us airways operation and ability to use dividend miles, it is being moved to that forum. Last chance to redeem american airlines aadvantage miles at. Book cheap tickets and check on us airways flight status when you make reservations with. Jan, 2015 the information here applies only if you are using dividend miles to book an award ticket. Over the weekend american airlines and us airways merged millions of frequent flyer accounts as the two companies sunsetted us airways dividend miles. Mar, 2015 the ability to redeem us airways miles will go away this month, several days in advance of the actual merger of miles. 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. However, the combined program will have fewer than 100 million because of overlap between the two. 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.
Weve had 4 reward flights in the last 3 years one wasa flight to london. Its now officially, american airlines and us airways are merging their frequent flyer programs during the first two weeks of april. Top ways to redeem us airways dividend miles in the next 30 days. Marriott rewards has 1,000 bonus miles promotion with us airways dividend miles for stays between november 10 and january 31, 2015. 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 may not meet. If you cant snag a qantas award, you could always fly to australia via asia instead and even plan a stopover there for the same amount of miles gotta love those lax. 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. Us airways mastercardcompanion tickets flyertalk forums. We know that you have many choices and we thank you for choosing us airways.
Offpeak awards, which have an even lower mileage cost, are. American airlines has airline tickets, cheap flights, vacation packages and american airlines aadvantage bonus mile offers at aa. Us airways dividend miles many people bash us airways dividend miles because it is not a very userfriendly award program. American airlines airline tickets and cheap flights at. As a result, many us airways dividend miles members have been wondering whats going to happen to the miles. Rewards canada us airways dividend miles bonus mile offers. If you wanted to fly south african airways specifically, united is your next best option since the two are both star alliance members. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines how to book dividend miles award travel to australia. However, dividend miles isnt superior across the board. Us airways dividend miles to american airlines aadvantage. Last chance to redeem american airlines aadvantage miles. Us airways is one of the most recognizable airlines based in america and many international routings that you can book awards on.
Using us airways miles to book south african airways. May 16, 2014 on its european routes, us airways also currently has an offpeak level, 35,000 miles round trip. How to crack us airways dividend miles redemption for rewards. Us airways and american airlines have merged since the publication of this post so it is no longer valid. The benefits change to align more closely with the citi aadvantage cards, including. 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. In late 20, us airways and american airlines made their plans to merge official. There doesnt seem to be a deadline for completing the stay, but this mus be your first time of using rocketmiles.
That means american airlines members can redeem their aadvantage miles on us airways and us airways members can redeem their dividend miles on american airlines. Us airways dividend miles will merge into american airlines. In part 3, well value specific dividend miles awards. A stopover is defined as more than 24 hours in one city. Us airways dividend miles las vegas forum tripadvisor. Now that youre familiar with the basic strategy to redeeming us airways miles on partner airlines, here are some additional tips to keep in mind. Throughout the weekend many people reported issues with their american airline advantage accounts, such as having issues logging in, seeing miles, accessing reservations, etc. Us airways miles have become american airlines miles nerdwallet. Oneway flights and multicity flight itineraries must be booked by calling their reservations department. Use your miles for travel on american airlines, american eagle, one world airlines and partner airlines on flights to nearly 1,000 destinations worldwide. This means you need to take advantage of the amazing us airways chart now. We are looking to book 2 flights to rome next year. Simply complete this form to view your dividend mileage balance and to choose your magazine titles. The ability to redeem us airways miles will go away this month, several days in advance of the actual merger of miles.
What us airwaysamerican airline deal means for passengers. Us airways dividend miles program will begin the process of merging with american airlines aadvantage from march 28 2015. Dividend miles members can search for and redeem miles for us airways award flights only online. It is easy to imagine why us airways makes it so difficult to redeem awards with their partners.
Under the us airways goawards program, dividend miles members can choose from three award levels, low, medium and high. Jun 26, 2008 however, miles for any given flight may be earned in only one program with the exception of the us airways operated shuttle flights that allow you to earn both dividend miles and mileage plus miles. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines us airways mastercard companion tickets i am brand new to the game of ff miles and such, and i have a brand new citi aadvantage 75k miles card and a usa dividend miles cc. How to redeem aadvantage miles for flights on us and our partners. Jan 22, 2019 its now officially, american airlines and us airways are merging their frequent flyer programs during the first two weeks of april. Another strategy is to call the spanishspeaking phone line to get an agent more quickly. 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 travel increases. How to crack us airways dividend miles redemption for. You can earn 4x the miles and save up to 35% on hertz rentals through december 31, 2014. American, us airways revamp baggage fees, mileage rewards. Redeem your us airways dividend miles now for magazine rewards at absolutely no cash cost to you.
But starwood also gives you an additional 5,000 bonus dividend miles when you transfer 20,000 starpoints to dividend miles. How to book dividend miles award travel to australia. Us airways dividend miles preconsolidation with american airlines how to book reward travel for world mastercard holder. Feb 14, 20 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. Top 11 awards to book with us airways miles now that it is. How to book reward travel for world mastercard holder. Book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. American to absorb us airways frequentflier accounts. Please note that according to the terms and conditions you can only earn the conversion bonus once.
You can book travel with your us airways miles on their web site. Members of us airways dividend miles frequentflier program are the most likely to view their hardearned airline miles as worthless. Even then i had to book a firstclass ticket for 50k miles. I was told that the restriction remains in place to book only on us airways aircraft, there hasnt been a liberalization allowing them to be booked. Mar 24, 2015 american airlines just confirmed that us airways dividend miles and american airlines aadvantage accounts will be combined starting on saturday, march 28, 2015.
Mar 12, 2015 american airlines and us airways merged back on december 9, 20, and introduced benefits for each others frequent fliers in 2014. I would like to book some award travel and get the 5000k discount, but need to know how to do this. American airlines tuesday said us airways dividend miles members will now be able to book flights using their dividend miles yearround, without blackout dates. Members can now book us airways or american airlines flights. Us airways dividend miles program goes away saturday. Time is running out for the us airways dividend miles program, and the ability to book oneworld award tickets using your dividend miles balance will soon disappear with it. Ive booked dividend miles award travel on domestic trips before but want to take a trip to australia. 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. I think a lot of us airways dividend miles members are wondering when. Their latest offer is 50% bonus for points conversions from number of hotel programs.
Us airways dividend miles combined with american 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. Log in aadvantage account login and password american. Find cheap alternatives to us airways flights on edreams us. And, youll still be able to redeem miles for flights, upgrades on american and us airways, car rentals, hotel stays and more. 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.
Aadvantage and us airways dividend miles have separate award charts and both offer. How to get 4x us airways miles use the following to book and include your dividend miles number. In part 2, well look at its award chart and rules to find valuable awards. Aadvantage and us airways dividend miles have separate award charts and both offer unique sweet spots.
American airlines has confirmed that the integration of aadvantage and dividend miles will begin, though the process could take several days tomorrow 32515 is the last day you can book us airways dividend miles awards. The award booking tool has a calendar view displaying awards for a month at a time and showing the lowest mileage amount for each day. Mar 24, 2015 us airways generally offers more flexible routing and stopoversopen jaws, whereas american does not allow stopovers on awards. This offer seems to be targeted to those that purchased miles in 20. For example, using dividend miles for a roundtrip business class ticket tofrom africa costs. Unfortunately, trying to book online will only give you access to roundtrip flights operated entirely by us airways. As part of this transition, any miles remaining in your dividend miles account will be swept across to aadvantage on a 1. The reliable rumor is that american airlines and us airways plan to combine their mileage programs on march 28, which is this saturday.
Can i transfer miles between united and us airways accounts. So i just got an acceptance email for the us air matercard. Its a better value to book through us airways instead of aa because aa would charge you 125,000 miles roundtrip while us airways charges just 110,000 miles roundtrip. This offer is valid at 270 participating hotels in the united states and canada. While 8004284322 is us airways dividend miles s best tollfree number, there are 4 total ways to get in touch with them. With over 950 stores to choose from, earn miles every time you shop online with the aadvantage eshopping mall. This is going to be a sad day for all points and miles enthusiasts, as us airways has traditionally had lax routing rules. For example, you can still book awards to australia or south africa in business.
The reliable rumor is that american airlines and us airways plan to combine. Agents forbidden to manually request award space us airways has not left star alliance yet, but if you are trying to book a lufthansa award next year it might as well have. I will not say it has been an unproductive week, but i have spent a great deal of time around the deathbed of dividend miles this week, trying to book one more trip of trips as i reflect upon what has been a dependable and faithful friend for many years. The program has given many travelers the ability to book dream itineraries for relatively few miles.
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