Historically, US Airways has flown from Charlotte to
London-Heathrow on Flight 730 with a return on Flight 731. They still do but
you would never know. Actually, US flew to Gatwick until last year. I loved
Gatwick and will miss it.
Looking at a flight from 1 September with a return on 8
September (as an example) I found that:
From Pittsburgh I cannot make a RT journey that way I had
been doing so for many years. Yes, Flight 730 does go to LHR but no longer
direct as it stops in Raleigh-Durham. Flight 731 does fly back direct to
Charlotte but I have to assume that if you originated in Raleigh you would have
to transfer in Charlotte on the return.
I can find no flights originating in Pittsburgh via
Charlotte or Philadelphia. All flights go to a different city even if they stop
in Philly along the way. Going from Pittsburgh to Charlotte or Philly no longer
is offered despite being available.
The US Airways website shows that all flights departing the
US are British Airways with only a few being American Airlines despite being
married to one another.
Many of the flights offered from Pittsburgh take me to
Orlando. What was once a seven-hour flight is now over 17 hours. It seems that
my planned trip for May 2015 is in turmoil. I can see how US Airways was made
to drop their flights as American is the major airline in this merger. But why
cut flights to have BA add more. Obviously there is a lot of information I do
not know and it is confusing. And
don’t even get me writing about price. I see that flights that were $1,200 RT
are not $1,900. YIKES!
I was going to write US Airways and have them explain this
to me but what has happened is done and in place. The merger may be very well
better for them but as a customer it is making flying less enjoyable. Is this a
conspiracy? Well, I am still going. It will be more money and I am not sure if
I can use my miles. But I do have more options to fly out of different cities
and flying BA makes you feel that you’re one step closer to London. If anyone
has something to say or add to this please send me an e-mail to edvidunas @
gmail dot com.
Cheers, Ed
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