US air versus American???

[gw_lit]

Why would you worry about losing money with USAirways? What are you basing your opinion on?

Whoops... typo... should have been "wouldn't". I changed my post above.

 

[antkim]

Well I have made up my mind and for good reason!!! For the past few days I have been pricing both airlines and they both came out to be right around the same amount and they both had the same flight times. Well today I checked them again and it seemed that AA was $100 more. I panicked and went to US site...they still had the same fare. I decided that I wanted to put it on "hold" but I couldn't do it online so I had to call them. I knew I would pay a $5 fee for booking over the phone....no biggy. WELL when the agent pulled up the EXACT same non stop flights it priced out $265 LESS than the online price even with the surcharge! So I am now paying $383 per person on non stop flights from Boston to Aruba in December! I think "I done good"!! And I have until Monday to pay!

Thanks for all your advice!

 

[DisOrBust]

The merge was described by CNN business reporter as the Titanic and Lousitania(sp?) tying themselves together to stay afloat. I don't thiink it's worth sitting on pins and needles,IMHO.

 

[bicker]

It WILL bring USAir out of bankruptcy protection, since America West is buying USAir in the merger.

That is if the deal goes through. The pundits were already discussing the penalty clauses -- "what happens if the deal falls through..." and even news reports were casing the deal in terms like, "If the combination gets government, shareholder and labor approvals..." It does seem likely, but it is by no means assured.

The real question is, will the new merged company be able to stay out of bankruptcy?

Very true, and that is really what has to be on the minds of those for whom approval of this deal is required: Why risk plummeting a much larger airline into financial distress, especially given the expert consensus that there is too much capacity in the industry for all the airlines to survive, anyway?