US Airways World MasterCard Launches With Faster Free Trips, Fifty Cent Fares, Fifty Percent More Miles and No Annual Feetitle
US Airways and Barclays Kick off the New Year with
the Most Rewarding Card for Consumers
America West Airlines Credit Cardholders Need to Reapply
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC)
and Barclays (NYSE: BCS) today launched a new co-branded US Airways Dividend
Miles World MasterCard offering unparalleled rewards. The card, issued by
Barclays, gives new cardmembers an opportunity to earn a roundtrip ticket on
US Airways immediately by awarding 15,000 bonus miles upon activation and up
to 10,000 bonus miles for balance transfers. In addition, cardmembers have the
chance to purchase fifty cent tickets to some of US Airways more than 200
destinations throughout the month of February.
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The US Airways Dividend Miles World MasterCard, one of the most generous
rewards cards in the U.S., also features a 0% interest rate for the first six
months on balance transfers and no annual fee for the first two years.
Additionally cardholders earn 50% more miles during their first year using the
card -- three miles for every dollar spent on US Airways purchases and 1.5
miles for all other purchases.
Todays new card launch coincides with promotions across the country
designed to give away over 150 additional free trips during the month of
January.
Customers can sign up at the US Airways website at
http://www.usairways.com or by visiting http://www.lotsmoremiles.com. All
cardmembers get 15,000 bonus miles upon activation of their new card. A trip
on US Airways can be earned immediately with balance transfers worth up to an
additional 10,000 miles.
Barclays will also be giving new US Airways Dividend Miles World
MasterCard cardmembers the chance to purchase fifty cent tickets throughout
the month of February. Fifty cent flights will be available on a limited first
come-first serve basis and only to US Airways World MasterCard cardmembers.
Consumers must sign up for the US Airways Dividend Miles World MasterCard
during the month of January to qualify, and can visit
http://www.50centflights.com for destinations and detailed instructions.
US Airways will continue to support its current portfolio of US Airways
credit cards, making US Airways the only airline to offer consumers a choice
between two great credit card partners. However, customers who previously
used America West credit cards no longer earn FlightFund miles with those
cards. To continue earning FlightFund miles, America West customers must
apply for the US Airways World MasterCard. America West customers may also
earn Dividend Miles by applying for any of the other US Airways credit cards.
In Spring 2006, FlightFund and Dividend Miles will be combined into one
program and miles earned in either program will be combined into a single US
Airways Dividend Miles account.
Barclays has more than 40 existing card partnerships with U.S. travel,
entertainment, consumer, automotive and educational institutions, including
Best Western, Carnival, Harvard Alumni Association, TiVo, Gulf Oil, Mazda, UBS
and many more.
About US Airways
US Airways and America Wests recent merger creates the fifth largest
domestic airline employing nearly 35,000 aviation professionals. US Airways,
US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express operate approximately 4,000 flights
per day and serve more than 225 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the
Caribbean and Latin America. This press release and additional information on
US Airways can be found at http://www.usairways.com or
http://www.americawest.com.
US Airways is a member of the Star Alliance(R) network, which was
established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer
customers global reach and a smooth travel experience. The Star Alliance
network has been voted Best Airline Alliance by Skytrax in 2003 and 2005. The
other members are Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian,
bmi, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore
Airlines, Spanair, TAP Portugal, THAI, United, and VARIG Brazilian Airlines.
South African Airways and SWISS will be integrated during the first half of
2006. Overall, the member carriers offer more than 15,000 daily flights to 790
destinations in 138 countries. (LCCG)
About Barclays
Barclays PLC is one of the worlds largest global financial services
providers primarily offering banking, investment banking and investment
management services. Present in over 60 countries, Barclays is a leading
provider of global services to over 20 million customers and employs more than
110,500 people worldwide.
With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays PLC has
six major divisions:
* Barclaycard is one of the largest global credit card companies with
14.9 million credit card customers around the world.
* Barclays UK Banking delivers banking products and services to more
than 14 million personal customers and 762,000 businesses in the UK.
* Barclays Capital is a leading global investment bank which provides
large corporate, institutional and government clients with solutions to
their financing and risk management needs.
* Barclays Global Investors, a leading provider of investment management
products and services is one of the worlds largest asset managers.
* Barclays Wealth Management has over #74 billion of customer funds under
management.
* International Retail and Commercial Banking - Barclays provides a range
of banking services, including current accounts, savings, investments,
mortgages and loans, as well as services to corporate customers across
Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Africa and the Middle East. Barclays
operates over 800 international branches under its own name. It is also
responsible for Barclays stake in FirstCaribbean International Bank and
Barclays majority stake in Absa, South Africas largest retail bank,
with over seven million customers.
