Frequent Fliers Not Booking Pitt. Flights

[BoeingBoy]

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Frequent fliers not booking Pitt. flights

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Doubts about the future of US Airways have prompted some of its frequent fliers in Pittsburgh to cash in their miles and book flights with other carriers, according to customers and travel agents. Travel agents in Pittsburgh say they've seen dozens of customers dumping their frequent flier miles and choosing other carriers to avoid being left with nothing if a recent round of cost-cutting by the Arlington, Va.-based airline doesn't keep it flying. Others appear to be boycotting the airline, which controls 80 percent of all traffic out of Pittsburgh, for demoting Pittsburgh International Airport from a hub to a "focus city."

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Jim

 

[BoeingBoy]

On the other hand, there's this....

Test shows frequent-flier seats not hard to come by

By Dan Reed, USA TODAY

Travelers cashing in frequent-flier miles for free tickets have nearly a 3-in-4 chance of getting the trip they want when they want it, contrary to the perception that airlines have tightened up on the availability of free award seats.

Article

Jim

 

[bobcat]

Oh yeah!

Try taking those DM calls that go on and on for up to an hour sometimes, searching every day and alternate city for months for award seats with no positive results.

Award seats to most popular destinations are very hard to come by unless you book eleven months in advance and in a lot of cases even if you try to book that far out, inventory has those seats unavailable.

That article is very deceptive.

 

[TomBascom]

That article is very deceptive.

Most are.