US AIRWAYS AT the bottom of ANOTHER LIST

[gizmo_sc]

Rank U.S. rank Airline Program % Total Availability 2011 vs. 2010
1 GOL SMILES 100% New for 2011
2 1 Southwest Rapid Rewards 99.3% No change
3 Air Berlin topbonus 96.4% -2.2 pts
4 Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards 91.4% +1.4 pts
5 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer 90.7% +13.6 pts
6 Lufthansa/SWISS/Austrian Miles & More 85.0% -0.7 pts
7 Air Canada Aeroplan 82.1% -11.5 pts
8 2 JetBlue TrueBlue 79.3% New for 2011
9 LAN LANPASS 75.7% New for 2011
10 Qantas Airways Frequent Flyer 75.0% +2.1 pts
11 3 United Airlines Mileage Plus 71.4% +2.8 pts
12 4 Continental Airlines OnePass 71.4% No change
13 Iberia Iberia Plus 70.7% -5.7 pts
14 Cathay Pacific Asia Miles 66.4% -0.7 pts
15 Air France/KLM Flying Blue 65.0% +8.6 pts
16 5 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan 64.3% -10.7 pts
17 6 American Airlines AAdvantage 62.9% +5 pts
18 British Airways Executive Club 61.4% -3.6 pts
19 SAS Scandinavian EuroBonus 52.9% -11.4 pts
20 Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles 49.3% +14 pts
21 7 AirTran Airways A+ Rewards 47.1% -20.8 pts
22 Emirates Skywards 35.7% -0.7 pts
23 8 Delta Air Lines SkyMiles 27.1% +14.2 pts
24 9 US Airways Dividend Miles 25.7% +15 pts

 

[dash8roa]

Also charging to redeem mileage awards makes the program less attractive.I have found AA the best for getting the dates of travel I want.

 

[Onestep2flt]

Also charging to redeem mileage awards makes the program less attractive.I have found AA the best for getting the dates of travel I want.

Don't forget about the inactivity fee. You can now pay a fee to get back miles that expired. Of course the cost of doing so you can just buy another ticket! Reminds me of the UA program. The miles NEVER expired until they went into bankruptcy. I went to redeem some miles and was told I did not have enough. What? I had over 60,000 miles! Turns out they wiped all but the most recent out in their bankruptcy. They would gladly reinstate the now expired never expiring miles for $175.00. Of course in that case it made since to pay the fee for that many miles but they were not suppose to expire to begin with.

 

[john john]

Turns out they wiped all but the most recent out in their bankruptcy.

Sounds familiar

 

[signals]

Parker is a genius! Last gets noticed as much as the first!

 

[crazystnic]

Parker is a genius! Last gets noticed as much as the first!

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"we are running a great airline"

Bullshit

 

[SparrowHawk]

US Airways - Driving Loyal Customers Away Since 2005

US Airways - We're not happy until you're not Happy

US Airways - Could it be worse?

The above were advertising slogans I thought up that accurately describes the Company