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Web check-in opens between 24 hours and one hour prior to the scheduled departure time. Not everyone can check in online. Passengers travelling with infants on their laps, unaccompanied minors and those travelling to some international destinations must check in at the airport. For domestic flights, check-in desks close 30 minutes prior to departure. For international flights, check-in desks close 60 minutes before takeoff. Curbside check-in is available at some airports, including Seattle and Washington, and costs $2 in addition to checked baggage fees.
Hand luggage: You are allowed one item plus one personal item, which includes a purse, briefcase, laptop or diaper bag. Items must fit in the overhead compartment or under your seat.
Checked: For flights within the US and Canada, there is a charge of $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second. A third bag costs $125 and the fourth through ninth bags cost $200 each. Bags must weigh less than 23kg.
For international flights to or from Europe, one free bag under 23kg is allowed. The charge for the second bag is $70 at the airport and the third through ninth bags cost $200 each.
For all other international flights, two bags under 23kg are allowed free of charge.
Excess: There is a $90 charge for bags weighing between 23kg and 32kg, and a $175 charge for bags that weigh 32kg and 45kg or measure larger than 158cm.
Seat pitch: 79-81cm
Can be booked online or at check-in.
Changes can be made online. No administrative fee is due if the original ticket was an unrestricted fare. Non-refundable tickets can be altered for the first 24 hours after booking. After that, penalty fees will apply. Name changes cannot be made, but the ticket can be altered for a standby flight on the same day for a small fee. Tickets can also be cancelled any time before or on the day of travel. The cost of the ticket can be used to book another non-refundable ticket with a departure date within a year, but an administrative fee will be charged.
Infants under two years of age travel for free on an adult's lap. Reservations for infants cannot be made online, but must be made via the reservations centre. Children's fares are available on some routes.
Discounts for travellers aged 62 and older have recently been phased out and replaced with the AARP savers discount program.
The number of pets that may be carried in each cabin is limited and reservations are required. There is a $100 fee each way to transport a small cat, bird or dog. Your pet will count toward your hand luggage allowance. You can also travel with your pet as checked luggage.
Travellers may take small musical instruments onboard as carry-on baggage. An extra seat may be purchased. Cellos and bass violas will only be accepted as seat baggage.
Non-alcoholic drinks are complimentary. Snacks and sandwiches are available for purchase.
Dividend Miles, the frequent flyer program for US Airways, allows you to earn miles when you fly with US Airways, members of the Star Alliance (including Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand and United), as well as other partners like Bahamas Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian Airlines.
Visit US Airways' website to see its meal plan, or see photographs taken by fellow flyers of meals they’ve been served and read reviews at AirlineMeals.net.
US Airways Magazine is published monthly and is available on every flight. Read a preview online.
US Airways is a member of the Star Alliance.
US Airways, with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,200 flights per day around the US, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.
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