MileCalc Reflects New US Airways Elite Non-Earnings

US Airways has recently announced the future elimination of elite level bonuses, among other changes. This earth-shuttering event has been analyzed to death at the various forums and industry blogs, so we will skip the ranting here, even though it's very tempting to do so. But in case you haven't heard, starting with tickets purchased on or after August 6th, preferred members of its Dividend Miles program will no longer earn bonus miles on US Airways flights.

To reflect this new policy, we recently completed the unpleasant task of updating MileCalc, our frequent flyer calculator. So now MileCalc supports two US Airways "modes": one for tickets booked before August 6th, and the second for tickets booked on or after that date.

I must admit: it's kind of addictive - yet painful - to watch the mile totals drop when changing from the first mode to the second.