{"id":3140,"date":"2014-04-30T11:06:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T15:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2016-02-14T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:18:22","slug":"better-us-airways-mastercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/04\/30\/better-us-airways-mastercard\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better US Airways MasterCard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0The US Airways Mastercard Increased Sign-up Bonus<a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/04\/US-A3302.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3142\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/04\/US-A3302-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"US A330\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-A3302-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-A3302-560x355.jpg 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-A3302-260x165.jpg 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-A3302-160x101.jpg 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-A3302.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Much of the news flying around the blogs these days is the fact that <strong>US Airways<\/strong> is not charging exorbitant fuel charges for redemptions on British Airways awards. This was covered pretty extensively in a piece written by <a href=\"http:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2014\/04\/using-us-airways-miles-to-avoid-british-airways-fuel-surcharges\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Points Guy<\/a>. Basically what he did was to price out an award by looking at American Airlines and British Airways and compared the results to US Airways redemptions. \u00a0For the present, it appears that US Airways redemptions are far more reasonable and affordable than either British Airways or\u00a0even American (which is still better than BA).<\/p>\n<p>With all of that in mind, it may be time to revisit your thinking on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/?campaignId=1894&amp;prodidreq=CCMWC56744&amp;cellNumber=11&amp;referrerid=CKSPP862700221\" target=\"_blank\">US Airways MasterCard<\/a> if you do not already have one. The basic offer has just increased to 40,000 miles on first spend. The $89 yearly fee is not waived&#8230; but 40,000 miles for $89 is a good deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/?campaignId=1894&amp;prodidreq=CCMWC56744&amp;cellNumber=11&amp;referrerid=CKSPP862700221\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3141\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/04\/US-Airways-MasterCard.png\" alt=\"US Airways MasterCard\" width=\"537\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-Airways-MasterCard.png 537w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-Airways-MasterCard-300x163.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-Airways-MasterCard-260x141.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/04\/US-Airways-MasterCard-160x87.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #545454\">There&#8217;s a whole package of US Airways benefits you can only get with the card including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000\">\n<ul class=\"standard\" style=\"color: #545454\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit\">Enjoy your first bag checked free<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0on eligible bags for you and up to 4 companions on domestic US Airways operated flights\u00a0<a class=\"tooltipper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #184076\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/#\"><span class=\"trigger\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #b5121b\">more \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: inherit\">Get one companion certificate<\/span>\u00a0for up to two guests to travel with you on US Airways operated flights at $99 each, plus taxes and fees\u00a0<a class=\"tooltipper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #184076\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/#\"><span class=\"trigger\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #b5121b\">more \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: inherit\">Take advantage of priority boarding Zone 2<\/span>\u00a0on US Airways operated flights\u00a0<a class=\"tooltipper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #184076\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/#\"><span class=\"trigger\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #b5121b\">more \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: inherit\">Relax with a complimentary US Airways Club day pass<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"tooltipper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #184076\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/#\"><span class=\"trigger\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #b5121b\">more \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: inherit\">Check in at the First Class counter<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"tooltipper\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #184076\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mostmiles.com\/us-airways\/bold\/#\"><span class=\"trigger\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #b5121b\">more \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><strong>Earn 10,000 miles toward 2015 Preferred Status<\/strong> when yhou spend $25,000 or more in 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, the benefit I like the most is that when you are booking an award ticket on US Airways, the card gives you a 5,000 mile discount off the amount of award miles needed.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you are wanting to take advantage of a\u00a0BA award flight that is affordable and have a great credit card in your wallet&#8230; then the US Airways MasterCard might be just the one you need!<\/p>\n<p>[The US Airways Premier World MasterCard\u00ae]<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #444444\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Disclosure: I do receive a commission if you are approved for a credit card using one of my affiliate links. \u00a0Thanks so much for your support.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The US Airways Mastercard Increased Sign-up Bonus Much of the news flying around the blogs these days is the fact that US Airways is 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