US Airways
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I'm just going to paste the communications between myself and US Airways. This case is ongoing.

Mr. Doug Parker,
Once again I write to you as it seems that you intend to ignore my previous email just as you company no longer seems interested in answering my last email despite the auto reply assuring me that they would. Also included is the original complaint by my husband made on my behalf.
In date order you will find copies of all the emails to and from your company and I ask that you at least have the courtesy to reply to this email. I shall expect an answer from yourself within the next three days at which time I shall forward a copy of this complaint to the BBC’s Watchdog Program who seem to enjoy taking on corporations such as yours.
You may phone me on [protected] and you have my permission to speak to my husband or if this is unanswered please contact him on [protected].
Yvonne Maiden

Sent 5th May 2010
I am sending this on behalf of my wife Yvonne Maiden who had horrendous delays on the flights from London Gatwick to Wilmington (US733) on Sunday 2nd May with the take off from London being delayed by close to five hours and then having to wait at Charlotte for the connecting flight for another four hours. Including the check in time at Gatwick this means she did not reach Wilmington until close to 22 hours later. Her return flight is on the 13th of this month and I am wondering whether US Airways would like to compensate her for this. Perhaps with an upgrade of some sort so she can travel in comfort and possibly sleep on the return trip.
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This will acknowledge receipt of your correspondence to the Customer Relations Department. Please be assured your comments and concerns are very important to us, and we are working diligently to provide a personal and professional response to every email we receive. Our current response time is 3-4 business days. A member of our Customer Relations team will respond to your feedback as quickly as possible.

If your question or comment is about an upcoming trip, an unused ticket, or your Dividend Miles account, please call our Reservations Department at [protected]. If your correspondence is regarding delayed, lost or damaged baggage, please visit our website at www.usairways.com and select the link to our Central Baggage Resolution Office for information on how to contact that department directly.

Thank you for your patience. We appreciate your business.
US Airways Customer Relations Team
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Received 7th May 2010
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Dear Ms. Maiden,

Thank you for contacting Customer Relations at US Airways. Please accept our sincere apology for the travel difficulties you experienced on your flight from London.

The only form of compensation that we can offer is an Electronic Travel voucher, we cannot offer any type of complimentary upgrades on other flights.

To convey our apologies and regain your confidence, we have authorized one $100.00 Electronic Travel With Us Voucher (E-TUV). Your E-TUV is valid toward the purchase of travel on US Airways. Please be advised the E-TUV is not valid with Internet bookings and must be redeemed within one year from the date of this correspondence. In addition, please take a moment to read the terms and conditions listed below to receive the full benefit of this compensation. When you are ready to make your future travel arrangements, please call our Reservations Department at [protected] and provide the E-TUV code listed below. The customary ticketing fee will not be assessed at the time of booking with our Reservations Department.

The E-TUV code is: E7RJLX – Yvonne Maiden

Ms. Maiden, feedback such as yours affords us the opportunity to learn where and how we can improve our service not only to meet our customers’ expectations, but to exceed those expectations. Given the privilege of serving you again on US Airways, we look forward to providing you with a more satisfying travel experience.

Sincerely,
Karen LaRock
Representative, Customer Relations
US Airways Corporate Office
US-10MAIDEN-053W6
Sent 17th May 2010

"C Man"

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At the time of this offer I thought it was reasonable but would you please like to check my return flight and the fact that you cancelled the flight that I was supposed to have taken on the 13th - Offered to fly me home on the 18th - eventually tried to reroute me through Dulles which was then closed due to weather and eventually managed to reroute me through Chicago to arrive back at an alternative airport some 65 hours late r during which I was provided with a hotel bed for one night and two vouchers for meals amounting to $20 in total. I had to use a cell phone to stay in contact with my husband which on international roaming charges is not inexpensive while he tried (from the United Kingdom to get things expedited so that I could get home. Can you imagine the stress caused to both of us and the problems caused to my work associates during this period when I had to borrow money from the company to cover additional expenses caused by my delay or my loss of pay due to being unable to return to work within my vacation period.

I feel that an offer of a travel voucher to use an airline in which I no longer have any faith would be adding insult to injury. Please inform me of how you are going to recompense me for the problems, stress and expenses I have had which was none of my doing.

Yvonne Maiden

Received 18th may 2010

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Dear Ms. Maiden:
Thank you for contacting Customer Relations at US Airways and giving us the opportunity to further review your concerns. The travel experience you described is certainly not characteristic of the level of service we strive to provide.

With this in mind, I have reviewed both your original request and your additional request. After careful evaluation, I am unable to discover any additional concerns causing me to change the original compensation issued. Regrettably, US Airways only offers vouchers as compensation.

Again, we apologize for the difficulties you encountered. Your comments have helped us identify areas where our service needs improvement. Please be assured the necessary steps have been taken to prevent a recurrence.

Ms. Maiden, thank you for choosing US Airways. We welcome the opportunity to provide the level of service you expect and deserve on a future US Airways flight.

Sincerely,

Justin Dannels
Representative, Customer Relations
US Airways Corporate Office
Sent 19th May

Mr Dannels,

I am unable to discover any additional concerns Do you actually mean that you cannot find any additional concerns in what happened? I find that hard to believe. I have no doubt that one of the investigative teams from the British Television will have difficulty in believing it either. I find your attitude matches that of your staff on board your aircraft which varied between insulting and total rudeness. I paid my fare in GBP and you offer me a voucher in dollars to travel on an airline which has managed to reach an all time low in customer service and relations. I would like to see how you would manage to feed yourself with $10 in an airport to cover an evening meal and breakfast and a second $10 to feed yourself for the next day.

To be delayed on the flight in one direction is bad but in both directions is unbelievable when the second delay is not measured in hours but days.

Please be assured the necessary steps have been taken to prevent a recurrence. I can give you a guarantee that you will be able to keep your assurance as I will never travel US Airways again.

Considering the length of time US Airways has been operational and in business I am surprised at your statement Your comments have helped us identify areas where our service needs improvement since it would be impossible for any service company with a quality control to have missed it

Please rethink your answer or give me the name address and phone number of US Airways CEO so that I might speak to him/her regarding this matter.

Yvonne Maiden

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This will acknowledge receipt of your correspondence to the Customer Relations Department. Please be assured your comments and concerns are very important to us, and we are working diligently to provide a personal and professional response to every email we receive. Our current response time is 3-4 business days. A member of our Customer Relations team will respond to your feedback as quickly as possible.

If your question or comment is about an upcoming trip, an unused ticket, or your Dividend Miles account, please call our Reservations Department at [protected]. If your correspondence is regarding delayed, lost or damaged baggage, please visit our website at www.usairways.com and select the link to our Central Baggage Resolution Office for information on how to contact that department directly.

Thank you for your patience. We appreciate your business.
US Airways Customer Relations Team
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Received 20th May 2010

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Dear Mrs. Maiden,

Thank you again for your recent email and allowing Customer Relations
another opportunity to readdress your request.

Mrs. Maiden, we apologize our original attempt at resolving this issue
was not to your satisfaction. We have reviewed your request and the
circumstances surrounding your flight concerns and agree additional
compensation is appropriate in addition, we are unable to offer cash
compensation or reimbursement of additional expenses per our policies
and procedures.

We have voided your original vouchers E7RJLX in the amount of $100.00.
These vouchers have been replaced with new Electronic Transportation
Voucher (E-TUV) in the amount of $200.00. Your E-TUV is valid toward the
purchase of travel on US Airways. Please be advised the E-TUV is not
valid with Internet bookings and must be redeemed within one year from
the date of this correspondence. In addition, please take a moment to
read the terms and conditions listed below to receive the full benefit
of this compensation. When you are ready to make your future travel
arrangements, please call our Reservations Department at [protected]
and provide the E-TUV code listed below. The customary ticketing fee
will not be assessed at the time of booking with our Reservations
Department.

Yvonne Maiden - CSS9B1

Mrs. Maiden, we hope the increased compensation is satisfactory to you.
We are pleased to be of service and look forward to seeing you on a
future US Airways flight.

Sincerely,

Ms. Helen Ston
Representative, Customer Relations
US Airways Corporate Office
Sent 23rd May 2010

It seems that we have a language problem.

If I am not going to travel US Airways again what use would a voucher for $200 dollars do for me?

If I were to book a flight the prices quoted on line are nearly twice as much as any British Travel Agent could get the same ticket for so it would cost me more to use your vouchers than their value.

If I were to book a ticket I would expect to pay in some form of currency and if I were to claim a refund I would expect to receive the same currency back.

I paid in Sterling and when you eventually offer recompense for the extra expenses your delays cost me dollars would not be acceptable.

The offers you have made may seem reasonable or even generous to you but to me they are an insult.

Once again I ask for the access details to the CEO of the company such as Name, Address, Email Address and phone number.

I apologise if any of this is incomprehensible for you but unfortunately I do not have to hand an English to American dictionary.

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This will acknowledge receipt of your correspondence to the Customer Relations Department. Please be assured your comments and concerns are very important to us, and we are working diligently to provide a personal and professional response to every email we receive. Our current response time is 3-4 business days. A member of our Customer Relations team will respond to your feedback as quickly as possible.

If your question or comment is about an upcoming trip, an unused ticket, or your Dividend Miles account, please call our Reservations Department at [protected]. If your correspondence is regarding delayed, lost or damaged baggage, please visit our website at www.usairways.com and select the link to our Central Baggage Resolution Office for information on how to contact that department directly.

Thank you for your patience. We appreciate your business.
US Airways Customer Relations Team
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Since this there has been no reply from US Airways so having found the email address of Doug Parker the following email was sent to him.

For the personal attention of Douglas Parker

Mr. Parker,

I am forwarding on to yourself copies of the complaints I have with regard to the delays suffered by myself at your airlines hands. To say I am not satisfied with the answers given would be to diminish my feelings.

The delays I suffered were from my husband's constant checking of your flights to and from Gatwick over the time I was in America hardly ever improved on so you cannot say this was a one off occurrence and the expenses to myself cannot be put aside by the offer of a discount on the next flight I take with your airline since this will not happen.

On most of the flights the attitude of your cabin crew verged between non existent to downright rude and on the flight from Charlotte to Chicago a male steward seemed to be on the point of attacking anybody who spoke to him. On the other hand your airport crew at Charlotte seemed to do all in their power to sort things out and I would heap praise on them.

Unfortunately I do not have a copy of the first complaint made as this was through your automated system but I am sure your staff will be able to access this for you.

I am sure that in the area of Customer Relations your word would be law and therefore I am turning to you to sort out what appears to be your staff being unable to go beyond the Company policy and unwilling to answer the last communication which has gone outside the four day period.

Sincerely

Yvonne Maiden.

I've been flying with US Airways for 25 out of my 26 years and as of late have noticed an extreme decline in the attitudes of their gate agents, and to be more specific of those working at Philadelphia International Airport. I've had nothing but pleasant and helpful encounters with those working at not only my local airport [small with 98% of connecting flights depart from Philadelphia] but at other airports across the US as well. I'm here to share my two latest encounters.

* Two weeks ago I was traveling to Walt Disney World, alone as I'm a single parent, with my daughter. Our flight arrived in Philadelphia at 10:25am and we were scheduled to leave for Orlando at 12:45pm. We arrived at our original departure gate only to learn that it had been moved to another, and once we arrived at that gate there was a notice that it had yet again been moved. No big deal, gate changes happen more often than not. Our flight was listed as being on time but 12:00pm [boarding time] came and went, 12:45pm came and went, and not one gate agent made it known that our flight was delayed until 1:15pm. We were given a boarding time of 2:00pm, that time came and went as well and by 3:00pm my daughter, 15-months-old, was overtired and cranky. She can sleep just about anywhere but the airport proved to provide too much stimuli for sleep. I approached the counter [along with about 50 other travelers] to ask when we were scheduled to depart and the female gate agent was nothing but rude towards me. Instead of an answer or a simple "I'm not sure" I was told, "You'll leave when we have a plane, okay" and the icing on the cake, "Can't you shut that thing up?" in reference to my daughter. I asked to speak to a supervisor to which she pointed to her tag and said, "M-a-n-a-g-e-r. That spells manager. Did you graduate high school?" I don't anger easily but pushed me to the edge and I replied with, "Listen, you're working here while I have my d-o-c-t-o-r-a-t-e of pharmacology, who trumps who?" I agree that comment was wrong of me but I just snapped, and when we finally did arrive in Orlando [at 8:50pm] my first call was to US Airways and the second to a Philadelphia airport. As it turns out I was just one of a long list of travelers who called to complain, and was assured that appropriate action would be taken.

* Five months ago I went on a vacation to Las Vegas with my family, a long-standing tradition with us. My aunt who lives 40 minutes outside of Philadelphia was meeting us at the airport and while she arrived nearly 4 hours before departure she was still deep in the security line a couple of minutes shy of boarding time. My mother approached the desk to see if there was any way that my aunt, her sister, could be expedited through security though we had no real hope of that happening. She was informed that "tons of TSA agents called off", and when she repeated her question was told, "if you don't leave the counter I'll have you arrested". WHAT? As it turned out our flight was delayed by 3 hours [no surprise] and my aunt did make it in time, but "I'll have you arrested" is supposed to be a valid answer to a question?

Despite having over 100, 000 air miles left to use with US Air I've decided to take my business elsewhere from here on out. I can deal with flight delays, canceled flights and gate changes but I refuse to deal with those who chose to be rude, and that seems to be a reoccurring trend with US Air gate agents in Philadelphia.

I signed up for a US Airways Master Card at the airport. They brochure and agent said that I would received 10, 000 US Air points after my first transaction. I never received the points. They also sent me a brochure and said if I paid a fee of $79.00 I would get a Platinum card with more points that would be credited to my account right away.

They never credited the account with the points. I contacted Master Card and complained and they said they would investigate and gave me a case number around he end of Jan. They said they would give me an answer in 30 days. At the end of 30 days they said they were still looking into the case. When I talked with the agent I said if you're not going to give me the points close my account and refund my $79.00. They closed my account and never refunded my $79.00

Whatever you do, do not fall victim to the US Airways voucher scam. Do NOT give up your seat for vouchers, and don't expect to use them to reduce a ticket price - it doesn't work that way. The first problem is that ticket prices for voucher users are higher than the same flight booked online (you have to call to book if you're using a voucher!) And if you are using a "anywhere we fly" voucher, you can be sure there will be no seats left on the flight you want for a voucher customer.

What other company can charge you hundreds of dollars, PLUS fees, and then maybe deliver what you paid for, maybe not, and be completely unaccountable for that? Airlines can't be accountable for weather, but US Airways is not accountable for ANYTHING!

Just don't buy from them - you're gambling with your money.

On Feb. 16th we had a flight schedule to depart AVP to PHL then to Sky Harbor, AZ.We arrived 1 1/2 hrs early.Went to check in and found that they we putting us on an earlier flight to PHL.That was fine until we went to the gate and found out that that flight was cancelled.Thinking that they would automatically put us back on our original flight but no that did not happen.They booked it up by the the time we got to the counter.SO you guessed it ...no more flights available that day.I was so upset to think that we were left out of our original flight.SSOOOOOO we had to call someone to come back and pick up up and redo it all again the next day..I DID NOT ASK TO BE PUT ON THE EARLIER FLIGHT..I wasn't asked I was told. I think the lady of asian decent working at AVP was new or should not be working in that position..I finally talked to Megan and she got us on a 4 O'clock flight to PHL(on stand by).This worked out to be ok..We made it to AZ that same day..THANK GOODNESS! BUT guess what did not...u guessed it..our luggage! 24 hrs later we finally got it.
We were due to fly back on Feb. 28th.When I went to check in on line, there was a weather advisory so we got to change our flight to March 1. When I scheduled this flight, there was a time that fit our times to get to the airport, etc..I questioned the connecting flight from PHL to AVP.It only gave us 35 minutes to get our connecting flight to AVP. Well...you guessed it again we missed our connecting flight due to arriving late into PHL. Can I say that 35 minutes is not enough time to get to a connecting flight.You seriously need to look into changing this to at least 1 hrs or more to get your next flight.
On this flight from PHX to PHL...I might add that the flight attendents were they most miserable ones I ever encountered. We had decided to get a sandwich once we settled in the flight..Rushing around that morning gave us no time to eat..Welll guess again... by the time they got to our seats they ran out of food. The bad part is... we ask ahead about getting a sandwich and got a VERY rude remark.Like we cannot save u one or everyone else would be back here asking for one. I can't help think they purposely went to the front of the plane to be sure we did not get one..They blamed the airlines on cutting back on supplies.Soooo we went 8 hrs without food...
Lets get back to missing our connecting flight... when it was time to get off the plane in PHL I asked the flight attendent to help us get off the plane so we could try to get our flight home..Again...SHe (Nancy) did nothing to help us..WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR Society no one will go the extra anymore to help anyone.. WE had to WAIT 6 hrs to get the next flight...I am sooo disappointed with US airways...I will think twice next trip on chosing this airlines...I don't know what your PR people are doing but someone needs to have a meeting and regroup. SOme of your employees are not doing there job.
Oh yeah...by the way how did our luggage get on the plane and we didn't..It was waiting for us when WE finally arrived at AVP. A VERY DISAPPOINTED CUSTOMER! This probably won't make a difference but I needed to let you know. Linda Price of Tunkhannock, PA

NEVER FLY US AIRWAYS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. We were on a flight from San Diego to Cancun, Mexico and flew 5 hours with no meals. US Airways was out of food. On our return, Sunday April 26th, flight number 316, departure time 4:07 p.m. Cancun, Mexico to Phoenix, AZ with a connecting flight to San Diego final arrival time 9:40 p.m. Sunday, April 26th we boarded the plane and waited 2 hours on the plane. They finally drove steps up to the plane and had everyone get off. There was something wrong with the fuel pipe. We all sat in the airport for 4 more hours to learn that the airplane wouldn't be fixed. Everyone went back through customs and baggage. They then opened 2 lines up for the entire flight to get new flights and meal vouchers. We were then bussed to a hotel and were told that we should get up at 4:00 a.m. for a 8:00 a.m. flight to go back to the airport. By now, its 11:00 p.m. Sunday night. Everyone gets up at 4:00 a.m. to a welcoming sign in the lobby saying that they would now come get us at 10:00 a.m. for a 2:00 o'clock flight. Everyone waited around for 6 more hours for the buss to come. The bus came at 10:00 a.m. and we were supposed to leave at 2. All the passengers waited all day until 5:00 p.m. at the Mexico airport. There were no representatives from US Airways to tell anybody anything. We also learned that US Airways wouldn't fly another plane to pick us up but they were going to fly a mechanic from North Carolina to try and fix it. They also were going to ship the part. This occurred during the outbreak of the Swine Flu. We were literally held hostage in the Mexico airport. Finally, we boarded the plane and sat on the plane for 45 minutes and left at 5:45 p.m. We then arrived in Phoenix and ran as fast as we could to the connecting flight only to learn that we missed it by 3 minutes. US Airways wouldn't hold the flight for 5 minutes, but they held over 150 passengers over 30 hours in the Cancun airport. US Airways then had us on another bus to another hotel in Phoenix. There wasn't one person from US Airways that offered to help, knew anything or offered any sign of hope. We finally arrived in San Diego at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28th 40 hours and 45 minutes after we boarded our first flight. Hopefully none of my family contracted the Swine Flu while being held hostage by US Airways.

On a U S Airway trip from Mexico last November, I signed up for their frequent flyer program. Subsequently they sent me credit cards. I decided not to use those cards and so never "authorized" them. After receiving a billing for the annual membership fee, I wrote them telling them I wanted to cancel the account.

I am now out of the country for an extended period and the person in charge of my mail tells me that I have a current billing from them for the membership fee. Of course I would assume that if it isn't paid, they will start charging a late fee and that it also could affect my credit. I am not at all happy about this.

What can I do?

Barbara Votava
[protected]@yahoo.com

I arrived 4 hours early for a flight from Puerto Vallarta to Phoenix, AZ connecting to my home in San Diego, CA. I checked into to fly on my scheduled flight which was paid for by a friend who had asked me to deliver a part for his boat in Mexico. I was not sure whether my flight was able to be moved forward to attend a business meeting in San Diego.

The gate attendant advised me to wait and someone would speak with me. Before she began processing passengers for an earlier flight to Phoenix, I approached her 2 more times before the plane left the gate and as it left the terminal I raised my voice and asked her if she could please get someone who could speak English as the plane taxied away from the terminal. She threatened to call the police.

Before I knew what was happening, airport security officials, then Federale Police officers began arriving at the gate. A US Airways spokesman came over to me and insinuated that I may not be allowed to travel at all and asked for my boarding pass. I assured him that all I wanted was to inquire about flying earlier than my scheduled flight. All I wanted was to speak to someone with the authority to make a decision and she immediately escalated the issue to a police matter.

All she needed to do was have someone come over to speak with me. The fact that she left me sitting there in her immediate line of sight was what made me so upset. She never gave me the coutresy of checking my boarding pass or even engaging me in a discussion of my flight options. The other woman at the gate behaved as though she couldn't speak English and until I heard her speaking English to other passengers, I had assumed she could only speak Spanish. I was shocked that she completely ignored my repeated requests concerning an earlier flight where seats were clearly available.

Moreover, they had not followed international flight regulations in terms of searching all passengers until the next flight and when my flight finally was boarding and proceeded to search my belongings (along with the belongings of all the passengers) with a diligence reserved for terrorists. The US Airways representative had asked me to wait until all other passengers had boarded and generally heightened my anxiety further by his brusque and rude manner. There was not even a hint of courtesy for a paying customer in their demeanor nor in the actions of any person associated with US Airways. I am registering a formal complaint with the FAA.

To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to registrant a complaint concerning a US Airway experience, my name is DL Smith of OKIC Travel Agency. OKIC Travel along with Donna Sistare (Tour Conductor) planned and organizes a group trip (42 Passengers) to the world famous Las Vegas.
Donna Sistare (Tour Conductor) will summarize the events from start to finish.
In March of 2009, OKIC Travel planned and booked a five day, four night trip to Las Vegas, Nevada for forty-two passengers. The trip was scheduled for September 10, 2009 through September 14, 2009.
Specifically, we were scheduled to leave on Thursday, September 10, 2009 on US Flight 48. US Flight 48 was scheduled to depart DCA at 8:30 p.m. and arrive at LAS at 10:52 p.m. Our return flight, on US Flight 49, was scheduled to depart LAS on Monday, September 14th at 11:55 p.m. US Flight 49 was scheduled to arrive at DCA on Tuesday, September 15th at 7:16 a.m.
On June 23, 2009, OKIC Travel received a “Schedule Change Notification” via fax that indicated that my previously scheduled flight had been change to an earlier time with connecting flights. OKIC Travel declined the change because the group preferred direct (nonstop) flights. Subsequently, OKIC Travel went to the US Airways website and found a morning flight from DCA to LAS. This flight was US Flight 873 (nonstop) which was scheduled to depart from DCA at 8:35 a.m. and arrive at LAS at 10:47 a.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The return flight was US Flight 872, which was scheduled to leave LAS on September 15, 2009 at 12 noon and arrive at DCA at 7:34 p.m. Please find the original travel itinerary and the revised itinerary attached. (See Attachments).
Later that day, on June 23, 2009, OKIC Travel received a second “Schedule Change Notification” via fax which indicated the changes that OKIC Travel made with the new times and flights that OKIC Travel booked for the trip.
On September 3, 2009, while reviewing the room manifest, I discovered that one passenger’s name was incorrect. OKIC Travel then contacted US Airways Vacation and spoke to Ms. Patti Huish and was told that because it was considered a name change there would be a charge of $150. The money was paid and an updated rooming list was sent to me; however, this time I found that two passengers’ names were incorrect. OKIC Travel informed Ms. Huish again of this error and the names were corrected. Although the names were corrected for the airlines, the names were not changed at the hotel. OKIC Travel was told by Ms. Huish that the charge for the name change would cover both the flight, and the hotel.

On September 10, 2009, when the group arrived at DCA, we were told that our flight was not scheduled for September 10, 2009. Instead, US Airways claimed that our flight was scheduled to leave on September 11, 2000. Mr. John B., Supervisor, told me that it did not matter what my itinerary stated because the computer showed our group was to leave on September 11, 2009 and that there was nothing he could or would do for us. He was very nasty, uncooperative, and rude. After numerous discussions with other staff members, our group was separated and placed on four different flights, all of which were connecting flights. As a result of this mishap, there were sickly and elderly members of the group who did not want to continue with the vacation they had planned for 5 months, including myself. It was devastating for me and the other group passengers to have to get on one plane, then another, only to find out that the first plane was so tiny. It caused, Mary Parker, Kristy Fisher, and I to have panic attacks. For Ms. Parker, it was more devastating because she had never flown before, and was separated from her friends.
Once passenger Kristy Fisher saw how small the first plane was, she was so stressed and disappointed that she did not travel to Las Vegas. As a result of the stressful flights, I had a migraine headache, which made it impossible for me to attend the show (Cirque de Soleil “O”) which I reserved in advance for $170. In addition, 41 people were yelling and screaming that I needed to fix this problem.
The group paid for a 5 day, 4 night vacation, which we did not get. At best, we got 3 days and 4 nights. We were scheduled to arrive in Las Vegas at 10:30 am on September 10, 2009, but we did not arrive until later that day. Furthermore, members of the group arrived in Las Vegas at four different times: 2:30 p.m.; 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. As a result, I was unable to enjoy my first day, because as the coordinator, I was at the hotel, with room keys, waiting for the entire group to arrive. We only had 3 full days in Las Vegas, not the 4 full days that we paid for.
In addition, on September 9, 2009, OKIC Travel spoke with Ms. Huish at US Airways Vacation about the charge for luggage because one of the group members discovered that the price had increased from $15 to $20. Ms. Huish assured OKIC Travel that because we booked our trip in March, the price change did not affect us. However, at the airport, we were told that our group was not booked until July and the price increase applied to us. According to a US Airways attendant, the date change was switched on September 3, 2009 by Ms. Patti Huish.
Ultimately, OKIC Travel requests that all passengers be reimbursed $250 for the inconvenience, time lost and the stress that was caused by the flight error. Further, I am requesting to be compensated $170 for the price of the ticket of the show that I was unable to attend due to being stressed out, which caused me to have a migraine. Finally, OKIC Travel requests that all passengers be reimbursed for the baggage fee (copies attached) increase because our trip was not booked in a timely manner by Ms. Patti Huish.

My negative experience and the negative experiences of the group have tarnished our image of U.S. Airways. OKIC Travel and I are hoping we can settle this because I’ll group and I are looking forward to travel back to Las Vegas trip in September 2010 with a larger group OKIC Travel and I would like very much to travel with your airline. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at DL Smith [protected], e-mail @ [protected]@AOL.COM

Sincerely,
DL Smith

Cc: Better Business Bureau
American Society of Travel Agents
Office of Consumer Protection
State Office of the Attorney General
U.S. Department of Transportation: Consumer Affairs
Federal Aviation Authority: Consumer Protection Division
Aviation Consumer Action Project

This is a 3 or 4 part series of complaints and information based letters we wrote after being delayed, delayed again, had our flight cancelled, etc...

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We paid for First Class passage on a flight that was suppoosed to take off at 4:15pm on the 9th, land in Phoenix, pick up passengers, then fly to KC. THIS is what we paid good money for. What we got was:
Delayed in the airport for an hour due to a service issue with the plane. Then told our flight was cancelled and we had to stand in line for another hour and a half where we were told we wouldnt be able to fly out on that day, we checked and Southwest Airlines could have got us on their plane, but US AIRWAYS wouldnt do it because they didnt have a deal with them...clearly, satisfaction of their customers wasnt a priority. We even listened to the "customer service" person next to us make rude comments about a guy who was upset about the situation he was in, who wouldnt be upset...but making that comment after he walked away was unfrofessional. Anyway, we were shuttled to a hotel after standing outside in 48 degree temperatures waiting for a van. We were put in a room together instead of getting seperate rooms, we have to leave the hotel at 4am to get back to the airport we were in yesterday, go through security again for a flight that is gonna put us in Phoenix where we now have A FOUR HOUR LAYOVER and we have to change planes and get home a day later and too late to get to our job where were gonna lose pay. THIS is what we we ended up getting for our money and First Class booking. We paid extra money for basically a nonstop flight and First Class seating to KC. We did not get what we paid for so why are we being charged full price for this unprofessionally managed disaster? I even watched the lady at the counter tell a guy she would take care of his refund, 20 minutes later when we asked for some type of refund for all of this, she said she didnt have anything to do with compensation or refunds...we just watched her do it. Bottom line is that we were delayed, cancelled, lied to, treated like we didnt matter and charged full price for something that isnt even close to what we paid for and not one person gave a darn during the entire ordel...which, by the way, were still dealing with because were still awaiting our flight at the hotel now. We are tired, upset and through all of this were gonna have no choice but to sit in the same clothes for two days.

2.
ok, we are now at the airport, we got here 2 hours prior to our flight as we were told to do and guess what, there was nobody at the ticketing counter when we got there and we are still traveling first class so we stood in the first class line. when somebody did show up, he sarted taking care of the other people while us first class passengers stodd in a line with no attention given to us until we finally spoke up. now were at the gate and theres nobody here either. this airline cant even follow the guidelines they gave us. Why should we be here 2 hours early if they'e not gonna be here? we also found out that we arent even sitting together which is something else we paid for and are not gonna get. weve noticed alot of bad things with this airline including not following their own written procedures. theres a big sign on a RESTRICTED area door that say each person must swipe their I.D badge before entering, no piggy backing, no exceptions...they were following each other in and out of this door all the time, half the people never swiped their badge. this doesnt instil a feeling of security with this airline. i will continue topost everything that happens including taking pictures and video of all of these rules vilations, code violations, etc... im sure theres gonna be somebody who works for the airline that gonna slander us or talk bad of us for posting this stuff, but the truth is the truth and if they're gonna cost me time, money and aggravation, im gonna report it.

3.
we just arrived in Phoenix...and only about 17 hours later than we were supposed to be here. After all the headaches, the delays, the cancellation, being shuffled aroud, being lied to, etc...etc...the airlines finally saw fit to compensate us for out trouble...they gave us a $5 meal voucher...yes, hats right, $5...FIVE BUCKS! Wow, their generosity overwhelms me and surely that $5 makes up for everything, were trying to decide if we shold get a pack of gum or share a coffee at the airport while we sit here for the next FOUR HOURS waiting for yet another flight that we have been told we may or may not get onto. I hope someone reading this uses our experience to make the decision NOT to fly US AIRWAYS, maybe if it costs them some money, they'll stop doing this to people. I can back up and prove everything i have been writing. id be glad to contact anybody who wishes to know all the details. They keep telling us that we have simply been slightly inconvenienced but it has not cost us any more than it would have cost us before. To everybody whos read this so far...are you doing the math? we lost a days pay, we had to spend the night in a hotel and buy 2 meals at hotel rates, we have to pay another days parking rate at an airport parking lot and we stil havent got what we paid for in the first place which was a simple, first class flight to kc with one stop and no deboarding. were getting the shaft by this airline and have even had a few employees laugh when we tell them how bad we feel about whats happening.

4.
We are now home, we have lost wages, been charged extra parking fees, had to pay for meals we wouldnt have had to pay for if we had been given the flight we were supposed to have, the female in our party had to walk almost a mile through airports on a knee that she had surgery on and is considered partially disabled (we werent even supposed to deboard at all but had to, as well as walk through the whole airport and wait for over 4 hours for our next flight) and now this is a direct copy and paste from the email they sent us:

We understand our decision to decline your request for additional
compensation is not what you anticipated and are sorry we cannot honor
your request.
Sincerely,
Athena Monroy
US Airways Customer Relations
Corporate Office

i dont think weve ever been so politely @$#!#ed over in our entire life. To state a fact, we are only asking for the amount that we paid for the 1st class upgrade on our tickets and only the portion of the return trip and nothing more, simply because we endured so much during this series of headaches, delays, cancellations, wages losses, etc.. I should also mention that we booked the return flight so that we would not have to deboard the plane or have an extended layover or gate change because the female in my party is partially disabled and has had knee surgeries and can not deal with walking across airports. as mentioned, we got none of that, we had to deboard, we had a 4+ hr layover, we had to walk a huge distance across the airport. theres tons more to this story than were writting but were gonna leave it at that. We appologize if we garbled up a few things or got some stuff out of place but we wrote most of this while sitting in airports, parking lots and other places. Im sure they're spelling errors and a few things that may seem out of place, please chalk it up to being us frustrated and tired while trying to keep all the times, dates, monies and other facts as stright as we could. If we made any errors in this series of letters, we will do our best to correct them at a later date.

My 2 year old son and me were supposed to fly with the above mentioned itinerary from USA to India;

"13Oct, Tue US Airways Flight 2640
Airline reservation ID: E5N5D6 Operated by US Airways Request Seat PNS - Pensacola Mcpl 10:44am-13Oct, Tue CLT - Charlotte 01:20pm - 13Oct, Tue Nonstop Econ

13Oct, Tue US Airways Flight 704
Airline reservation ID: E5N5D6 Operated by US Airways Request Seat CLT - Charlotte 04:20pm-13Oct, Tue FRA - Frankfurt 07:00am - 14Oct, Wed Nonstop Econ

14Oct, Wed US Airways Flight 5684
Airline reservation ID: E5N5D6 Operated by Lufthansa Request Seat FRA - Frankfurt 11:55am-14Oct, Wed BLR - Bangalore 12:10am - 15Oct, Thu Nonstop Econ

Total Trip Time: 26hr 56min Return Date Flight Depart Arrive Duration 08Dec, Tue Lufthansa Flight 755

Airline reservation ID: X6OLCW Operated by Lufthansa Request Seat BLR - Bangalore 03:30am-08Dec, Tue FRA - Frankfurt 08:45am - 08Dec, Tue Nonstop Econ

08Dec, Tue US Airways Flight 705
Airline reservation ID: E5N5D6 Operated by US Airways Request Seat FRA - Frankfurt 11:40am-08Dec, Tue CLT - Charlotte 03:40pm - 08Dec, Tue Nonstop Econ

08Dec, Tue US Airways Flight 2555
Airline reservation ID: E5N5D6 Operated by US Airways Request Seat CLT - Charlotte 08:15pm-08Dec, Tue GPT - Gulfport/Biloxi 09:16pm - 08Dec, Tue Nonstop Econ
Total Trip Time: 29hr 16min

I was traveling with the below listed documents;
1) Valid Indian passport
2) Valid Employment Authorization document (EAD card)
3) Valid Travel Document (Advance Parole)

First of all US Airways rescheduled our flight to 14th Oct from Mobile to Charlotte, Charlotte to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Bangalore due to delay in their flight on 13th Oct where in myself and son waited for 5 hours in the airport. Then we started our travel the next day where in they let me travel from Mobile, Al to Charlotte, NC, but they denied me to board on flight from Charlotte to Frankfurt saying I did not have proper travel documents to travel, they said that with the above documents I need an airport transit visa in Germany. Also they have denied us to refund money or re-schedule the flights. They harassed me in the airport from 3:00 pm till 9:35 pm with my 2 year old son, and finally they put me on the 10:35 pm flight back to Mobile.

My husband emailed the German Consulate General, Miami about the whole scenario sending them the flight details and below is their reply;

"Dear Mr Gowda,
we reviewed the flight schedule and do not understand why the airline refused your wife, the present travel documents (valid Indian Passport + Letter of Parole) are legal to pass through Frankfurt airport for up to 12 hours as a transit passenger on her way to her home country India .We do have a publication on our website at www.miami.diplo.de /Airport transit visa information, exemption Nr 4 applies exactly for your case .You may print it and submit with your complaint to Lufthansa Airline.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincerely

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Visa department
100 N. Biscayne Blvd, Ste. 2200
Miami FL 33132

Tel.: [protected]
Fax : [protected]
e-mail: [protected]@miami.diplo.de
Internet: www.miami.diplo.de

When I told this to the US airways international reservations person about the German Consulate's reply, they are telling that as per their data I did not produce the Advance Parole at the time of travel which in reality, I had produced and they had mentioned that I needed a transit visa for Germany with the advance parole. It is very clear that they are covering up their mistake by tampering with the data. Please help us as we have been harassed and cheated blatantly. I know that I am right and that my son and I have been harassed because of our brown skin color (as the US Airways supervisor on floor duty at gate D3 in Charlotte airport who denied me to board on flight said “I will see how this brown skin lady will get on this flight”).
We need help as our hard earned money of $2600.00 has been stolen from us by the US Airways.

I am writing this letter as a last resort after having two days of traumatizing experience in the airport. As we believe in my culture that when the world turns its back on you, turn to God. My family and I are trying to make this country our home and you are the only person to voice our bitter experience in public and bring awareness to of what is happening.
We need justice,
Shruthi
[protected]@gmail.com

My new husband and I had an absolute nightmare experience dealing with US Airways. We left for Las Vegas for a short wedding weekend and flew out on American with NO problems...they were wonderful. When returning, we unfortunately were flying US Airways. We had no clue how horrible of an experience we would be dealt and the lack of respect or concern on the part of the airline was beyond appalling.

We arrived at the Las Vegas airport 3 hours prior to our flight and were the second and third persons to check in and get to the gate. We were told the flight was overbooked by several people and offered first class seats if we transferred to the later flight, leaving at 7PM. Since the later flight was direct we would have made it home sooner than the one with the layonver so we said we would be glad to do that and were told to confirm an hour prior to departure. When we went to confirm, a VERY rude and snide male with dark, scruffy facial hair (I only give this description b/c I didn't get his name); told us there was no way he would be putting us in first class on any flight and this one was not overbooked. He made it sound as though we had asked for the transfer when in fact they had asked us! Obviously, someone at US Air thought lying and misleading us was okay, and he felt comfortable treating us like second class citizens.

When we finally boarded the plane, we walked to the back and the flight was full. My assigned seat was being occupied by another person who did not budge or blink an eye when I told the flight attendant about the error. The flight attendant had no problem moving me to the last row and seating me next to strangers even though I had a RESERVED seat that was paid for, next to my brand new spouse. She did not even ask to check the man's ticket who was in my seat and did not give one single thought to honoring what we had PAID for and purchased! Meanwhile the man and his girlfriend made out the entire flight and relished in their new seats next to each other. The unprofessionalism on the part of the airline was over the top.

Now the story gets even better (insert sarcasm). We pulled out onto the runway...(each of us seated apart), when the pilot said "we are number 45 in line to leave". What? Turns out there was only one lane open for the planes at the airport. The flight itself was horrendous with many passengers certain it was going to crash-an obviously untrained pilot that added physical terror to the emotional battering we were already experiencing.

By the time we landed in Phoenix our connecting flight was in the final stages of the boarding call...on the OTHER side of the airport. Again, the attendants did not even consider rising to the occasion and no priority was given to those on the plane to depart first if they had a connecting flight. They even commented on the overhead that many would be missing their connections. Of course, they did not offer an apology for this. We ran to the gate and got there just as they were closing the door. We were told we would be separated again and they were going to check our bags and that's just how it was. We said "NO" because everything up to this point was at the fault and inconsideration of the airline and it's staff. We were certainly not going to give them the opportunity to screw up another matter.

When we walked down the jetway leading to the plane yet another rude staff member promptly told us our luggage had to be checked and began taking my husbands luggage out of his hand. I told her (an African/Jamaican woman with a thick accent) that we were not checking our luggage as it was the airlines fault we were late and mistreated up until this point. I got on the plane and was physically shaking with a red face and almost in tears because of the flight attendants we had already encountered. At this point I was offered a glass of water and the first decent gentleman attendant said he would make room for the bags...which he did. I was back on the jetway waiting with my spouse when the woman took my husbands luggage from his hand, handed it to the man on the ground and said "IT WILL BE CHECKED"! Right after, the male flight attendant came and asked for our luggage to which we told him she had taken it anyway and had completely disregarded our wishes and his statement that he had made room. She did not care at all and continued giving an ugly look with a sense of satisfaction that her mission had been accomplished...and that was the last straw.

When I sat in my AGAIN newly appointed seat on the last row, I was placed next to a gentleman with horrible body odor and a woman who was sick with the flu. The point again is that I was never to be in this seat placement anyway. When we finally arrived in DFW after midnight, my husband's luggage was the last bag off even though it was the last one put under the plane so abruptly. Not one apology was made during the entire course of our experience with US Airways and not one individual cared that we had been misled, given false information, had our money virtually stolen and our honeymoon trip home absolutely ruined. These are experiences I wish upon no one.

FROM MY NOTE TO US AIRWAYS: I am an avid flyer and have NEVER witnessed anything of this magnitude. While you may think we do not matter and our business is small in comparison to how many customers you have, we will do our part in informing everyone we know not to ever utilize this airline. A repsonse acknowledging the many errors and rude treatment given would be appreciated as well as a refund or something this airline deems appropriate for the situation. The response we recieve will be taken into play as far as our next step goes. We will not stop here if nothing is done and the company where we purchased our tickets from will also be notified.

You can contact us at the phone number or the address provided. We hope this matter will be given serious attention. Please note that with the state of our economy the way it is, one would think a company would be concerned with their reputation and ability to maintain customer care and retention. How sad it is that so many businesses operating under a model of integrity are failing while a company with such poor service and rude employees is still surviving. What a terrible shame.

In my 52 years I have never experienced such a lack of respect.
With the unemployment at 10%, why would you employ the rudest of the rude for customer service?

Long 47 hour trip (should have been 10) in short:

1. WRONG NAME ON RESERVATIONS
2. WRONG FLIGHT INFO ON TICKET
3. LATE FLIGHT CAUSED US TO MISS CONNECTING FLIGHT
4. NEXT FLIGHT CANCELLED, BUT WE WERE TOLD ALL WAS ON TIME 5 MINS BEFORE WE GOT TO THE GATE!
5. STAY AT SEEDY RAMADA INN
6. FIGHT IN MORING CANCELED (AFTER GETTING TO AIRPORT AND 4 HOURS SLEEP)
7. NEXT FLIGHT OVERBOOKED
8. NEXT FLIGHT OVERBOOKED
9. FINALLY DID GET ON A FLIGHT, BUT WAS TOLD WITH OUR ATTITUDE (WHICH WAS RELATIVELY CALM) WE WOULD NOT GET ON A FLIGHT. LUCKILY HER SUPERVISOR WAS THERE AND WE GOT A TICKET!

From the many stories I have heard now about US Airways, it is amazing to me they are still in business. Hope we aren't going to be bailing them out and supporting their deliberate mismanagement and incompetency’s.

I will never fly with US Airways and I will make sure my friends know what took place last Wednesday on a flight to Toronto, Canada. My niece was traveling with her 3 kids. She was told that there would not be a problem with finding seats on the plane and that the Stewardess would be able to help her. She has a 7yr, 5yr old with Down Syndrome and a 3yr old. When she got on the plane, no one helped her, they told her all of them had to sit in separate seats. Imagine a child having to sit between strangers and also another child with other strangers. The children got scared and started to cry, the Airline stewardess started yelling at the 7 year old and telling him to get his act together. The mother was so embarrassed because the stewardess started yelling at her and told her that if she doesn't control her kids they will be off the plane. This is their first time flying from Canada to GREAT OLE USA. Apparently that woman had no kids. she failed to see the dilemma these kids were in. The mother cried all the way home, no one was nice to her, the service was terrible. She paid money for her tickets and was told that her child could not sit at the window because the customer paid extra for his window seat, To me that is hogwash,
This was my niece's horror flight back to Canada on US Airways, I understand after 9/11 but these Airline stewardess have no authority to treat customers this way, the others on that airline had no backbone to tell her that she was rude and wrong, I am an American Citizen and I will never fly with US airways and I am telling all my friends what happened.
Putting children to sit between strangers are not safe, we have no clue who are child molesters on a plane. I am not happy with this airline and I hope people have the nerve to stand up for their rights and not let these airline stewardess bully them. Granted there are times when they have to be tough but yelling at children and then embarrassing the mother in front of passengers, that is uncalled for and unprofessional.

We scheduled a last-minute wedding based on my father's ability to walk his daughter down the aisle. We booked a flight to Las Vegas and utilized their "TEXTUS" program to check flight status throughout the morning in which it listed our flight as being "on-time". Upon arrival to the airport we were notified of a minimum 1 hr delay due to mechanical problems. Upon learning of this we asked for assistance to ensure we would arrive to Las Vegas on time and were told we would have to speak to a manager. In the mean time we contacted customer service via phone in an effort to make other arrangements and were told the best they could do was change our flight to one at a different airport. Considering we were flying out of Sacramento, the closest airport was 1 1/2 hours away and we had been dropped off at the airport and were without transportation. After waiting for over 30 minutes for the manager to arrive, we again approached the gait crew and and were told they had forgotten about us and the manager had been there for approximately 10 minutes already as we watched her arrive. We were ultimately placed on a flight to Phoenix ( and weren't even allowed to sit next to each other as nobody wanted to switch to either of the middle seats we had been given) where we had to transfer to a flight to Vegas with only 5 minutes to spare. As were were running to our gait, my fiance twisted his ankle which slowed him down considerably and when I approached the gait which had just called for final boarding, I explained the situation and told them he was approximately 3 minutes behind me and was told they would only wait for 2. Fortunately he arrived in time and we arrived to Las Vegas 1 1/2 hours after our wedding was scheduled.
In an effort to gain some compensation for our emotional and financial damages, we have been offered 2 $75 vouchers for future flights. Are you kidding? Had US Airways "TEXTUS" system been accurate, we could have made alternate arrangements. Even the departure board at the airport listed that flight as being "on-time", even after the flight had been scheduled to leave. Had a manager gotten there a little sooner and not forgotten about us, we could have possibly boarded a Southwest flight which would have gotten us there in time. Had US Airways lived up to their Customer Service Policy as is stated on their website, they could have perhaps gotten us to our wedding in time. US Airways is SOLELY responsible for ruining my wedding and they think $150 is adequate compensation-I THINK NOT!

I took a 9 hour flight from Rome to Philadelphia where near the end of the flight I was served some sort of sandwich wrapped in plastic. I ate part of it and shortly after I started to feel nauseated. So then about 2 hours late immediately before I boarded my second flight I started to vomit. I continued to vomit throughout the whole 5 hour flight. I asked the flight attendant if I could have a blanket because I was getting the chills and she just informed me that I could buy a nap sack. The flight attendant also asked me if I could limit my vomiting to just one bathroom, which I found absurd considering my condition, and rude. While we were landing I had again used another barf bag and hit the service button to ask for some water. Before the flight attendant had a chance to come my friend gave me some of theirs. When the attendant arrived I told her what I had wanted and in a rude tone of voice that suggested she wouldn't have even attempted to help me in any way shape or form said "well good because we were landing anyways".
I'm sorry but are they really too cheap to spare a blanket and some sympathy to someone who was vomiting for 5 hours straight because she ate some tainted food on her last flight by the same airlines? Needless to say I will never fly on US airways again.

US Mastercard is offered with the promotion that you will get two $99 companion tickets to fly US Airways. What they don't tell you is that the certificates come in August and you have to book within 2 months. If they had told me that somewhere in the information before I signed up at least I would have been forewarned. The ad said only that you got the companion tickets... I was stupid enough to think that they were good for the year.

I complained about it and they sent me another certificate. I wrote them and told them that the certificate they sent me had expired. Their answer was that a new one would be coming as soon as my year was up. No attempt to make the customer happy whatsoever.

This $99 companion fare is being misrepresented. They need to be upfront about what the program is and what the offer is so you don't feel scammed.

Shame on US Airways for allowing Barclays to do this!

This is the absolute worst airline every. I flew from San Francisco to New York and had a connecting flight in Philadelphia. Well to start a flight was delayed a hour and twenty five minutes. Then while on the flight the flight attendents were no help or even compromising. To make matters even worse by the time I reached Philadelphia I had missed my connecting flight by 45 mins and had to spend the entire night in the Philadelphia airport. When I talked to US Airways Customer Service they told me that I was already rescheduled on a flight at 7:30am in the morning the next day. This was completely unacceptable. I tried to get a food voucher from this airline for the inconveinence but was told that they were not responsible. No one from the airline wanted to help. This was my first time flying US Airways and it will be my last. This airline sucks.

I was promised a free airline ticket at the phoenix airport last year all i had to do was sign up and i have been fighting this ever since and recently i took a trip and they are still doing the same thing at the airport. I have many emails i sent and talked to usairways they refuse to help. They won't investigate who signed me up, they send response that have nothing to do with my question and when you call they can only state did you read the cardmember agreement let me see NO i did not have the agreement when i signed up ...

I FIND THESE RESPONSES INTERESTING ::::
> >Thank you for contacting US Airways. > >We are sorry to hear of the difficulties you encountered when you >attempted to use your companion certificate. > >Availability continually fluctuates, so it's not possible to know what >fares might have been available when you were trying to make a >reservation and use your companion certificate. > >In answer to your question, the discounted websites buy airline seats in >bulk, and they determine the rate at which a seat will be sold and the >terms and conditions of the ticket purchased, which is why a discount >vendor may occasionally have a seat open at a lower fare than the >airline. > >The tickets you purchased from Travelocity (confirmation ****) are >non-refundable, and we regret to advise you that we are unable to refund >any portion of the tickets you purchased. > >Thank you for being a member of our Dividend Miles program. > >Best regards, > >Cheri >US Airways >Dividend Miles Service Center > > > >Original Message Follows: ------------------------ > > > > >I did call to use companion tickets, I am so upset with this i was told >i purchased the tickets but since i spent 240 which total cost was >279.80 per ticket I did purchase the ticket on my usairway credit card >, they said no and also travelocity which is through uswest part of >uswest i was told i could not use through them but when i called to make >reservation it was going to cost me out of pocket to go to oregon june >3rd to june 6 sunday 800.00 and then i can use companion ticket for >99.00 and so i asked how much would i need to buy more point 1100.00 i >need 5000.00 points okay this is a ripoff again all i am asking was to >use the ticket, I am so disappointed in this company, i knew as soon as >you said call them this would happen i am talking about going to oregon >wednesday through sunday 5 days, (( I can purchase through a company >travelocity that is part of uswest for 279.80 total cost with tax, how >is it that your company charging me these high prices, you are a >affiliation of travelocity, ..I called customer service usairways all the >Representative told me did i read the cardmember agreement over and over >like i was stupid. .. I am asking please i have charged the total >tickets on my uswest card why can't i get you too credit atleast >$180.00 then truly i already purchased 2 tickets 279.80 Total 559.80 >-99.00 would be a credit from your company 180.00 on my credit card. >180.00 I am not asking for anything more I am asking for what is fair >on this i have worked on this for 2 years i have been so frustrated when >it is so simple .. Please let me know what can be done . you can see the >charges on my card the tickets i purchased > > > > >> > > >

Example from USairways :
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:44:01 -0700 >>From: [protected]@usairways.com >>To: om >>Subject: Re: DividendMiles >> >>Dear Ms., >> >>Thank you for contacting US Airways. >> >>Companion certificates cannot be used on line at this time. Please call > >>US Airways at [protected] to make a reservation using your companion >>certificate from your credit card company. >> >>Qualifying companion tickets must have a 14 day advance purchase with a > >>2 night minimum stay. The maximum stay is 30 days or travel must be >>completed within 30 days, whichever comes first. Black out dates apply. > >>The minimum base fare of the original ticket is $250.00. The >>certificate is valid round trip on any published route for any city >>served in the contiguous US or Canada. This excludes Alaska and Hawaii. > >>The companions must be booked in the same reservation as the credit >card >>holder listed on the certificate. >> >>Certificates must be sent to US Airways and postmarked within 24 hours >>to guarantee the ticket. Please include the record locator or >>confirmation code, the name of the passengers, flight number and date >of >>travel. US Airways is not responsible for lost or stolen >>coupons/certificates. Mail the certificate to the following address. >> >>US Airways >>Attn TBM >>799 Hanes Mall Blvd >>Winston-Salem, NC 27103 >> >>Thank you for being a member of our Dividend Miles program! We look >>forward to assisting you with any future needs. >> >>Best regards, >> >>Jaymie >>US Airways >>Dividend Miles Service Center >> >>Original Message Follows: ------------------------ >> >>Since i applied for the dividend miles card i have not received my free > >>ticket companion, now again this is not free ticket it is a 99.00 >>companion please let me know. >> >> >> >> >>

THE PERSON SIGNING PEOPLE UP THEY ARE GETTING COMMISSION SO THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT AND ARE STILL DOING THIS TYPE OF PRACTICE... JUNE 2009 STILL AT PHOENIX AIRPORT SELLING CUSTOMERS FREE AIRLINE TICKET...

I don't have much to say other than that the people working at US Airways Mastercard are among the rudest and most unprofessional I've encountered in dealing with credit cards. They treated me like I was a child and after the phone call I wrote and mailed a letter. They responded with 2 sentences which was pretty much a slap in the face.

I cannot wait to pay this card off so I can close the account and be done with them forever. Be careful if you're considering signing up with them. They get you with the bonus miles and then you're left out to dry when it comes to customer service.

These companies can get away with anything and there's nothing we can do about it.