in my e-mail, i received an offer from american airlines. for every us airways flight that you credit towards the aadvantage program, you will receive a 50% bonus on the base mileage (or minimum mileage, if applicable). this is only for flights operated by us airways and its subsidiaries. it is also good for flights marketed by american airlines but operated by us airways. registration prior to march 2, 2014 is required. the bonus is applicable for flights taken between january 13, 2014 and march 2, 2014. so it's best to register anyway just in case.
on the us airways website, there is a reciprocal offer for crediting american airline operated flights to the us dividend mileage program. same terms and conditions. registration is required and can be done so here.
what this means is that until march 2, 2014, when flying on either of these carriers, you get a 50% bonus. i think it's a great deal if:
- you currently have no status and will likely not achieve status for the year
- you currently have star alliance status and have enough travel planned to be able to safely divert some star alliance miles into the aadvantage
- you do not receive much of a elite bonus when flying us airways
Hi, just want to let you know that your site is awesome! You provided really good tips! Do you always book your flights and hotel separately? I always just booked them together through expedia and I would like to know your tricks on double dipping.
ReplyDeletethanks for the feedback!
ReplyDeletei don't typically book my flights and hotels together. there are a few reasons for this:
1) air tickets are typically non-refundable whereas hotels are. booking it as a package would make you lose the refundable aspect of the hotel
2) if you book your hotels through a third party supplier, then you do not get stay credits or hotel points for them. you will get your airline points no matter where you book them (provided you look at the booking code)
3) if you book it as a package, you typically get a lower rebate from sites like bigcrumbs.com than if you were to book the hotel alone. you can always book the airline ticket on its own (and get a rebate from that too!)
4) if you book as a package and want to use best rate guarantees (like with expedia), you can only claim the BRG once. this means you only get 50$ back once. if you book a string of hotel nights, all at the same hotel, you can submit a string of best rate guarantees, thus saving up to 50$ each and every single night if you do it correctly. this works better for independently owned and operated hotels.
in a sense, by not booking air and hotels separately, i get to double dip in all sorts of ways ...
i hope this helps!