American & US Airways Proposed Merger And Frequent Flier Programs. American Airlines & US Airways are currently in the process of getting the US government approval for the proposed merger and this is expected to come through sometime in the late autumn. Yesterday, Loyalty. Lobby reader left the following question about the miles and status he/she has with both programs. Here’s my prediction what is going to happen with these programs based on what happened with Northwest & Delta and later with Continental & United. Check on US Airways flight status and make your reservations with Expedia. No Expedia cancellation fee to change or cancel almost any hotel. When you are looking for a discount reservation on a US Airway. Connect with us: Privacy policy; Security center; Terms of use; About us; Partners; Careers; News American Airlines is the “surviving” brand and the AAdvantage is going to be the program going forward. This we know for sure as it has been communicated by the airlines in question. Likely time line: – Few months after the merger has been approved, you can link your American Airlines AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles accounts, transfer miles between them and have matching status with each one of them. This should happen by the end of 2. It took United & Continental more than a year before the frequent flier accounts were merged to one. It is likely that American and US would do this in late 2. The miles from linked accounts are merged and the elite qualifying miles are added up.– It is unclear how American will handle the miles coming from the US’ program and how they will calculate them towards the million miles program. Does US count lifetime miles?– After the merger is approved, US Airways and Star Alliance will announce a time line for the airline to be removed from the alliance. Usually this is at least 6 months and with the recent TAM announcement about 1. Conclusion. All the miles and status will be safe during and after the merger. As the American’s program is the surviving one, the lifetime program is safe. Of course, there can be changes to the Gold or Platinum benefits at later date that are the benefits of the one or two million miler status. How to Crack US Airways Dividend Miles Redemption for Rewards Travel. Advertiser Disclosure: The credit card offers that appear on this site are from credit card companies from which Money. Crashers. com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site, including, for example, the order in which they appear on category pages. Money. Crashers. com does not include all credit card companies or all available credit card offers, although best efforts are made to include a comprehensive list of offers regardless of compensation. NOTE: US Airways' Dividend Miles program will begin the process of merging with American Airlines AAdvantage from March 28 2015. As part of this transition, any miles remaining in your Dividend Miles account will be swept.
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