US Airways offers the chance to purchase miles which can be used to obtain Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Chairman's status. If you currently have zero miles with US Airways, the costs to obtain the four status levels would be: - Silver (25,000 miles needed) - $1,499 - Gold (50,000 miles needed) - $2,499 - Platinum (75,000 miles needed) - $2,999 - Chairman's (100,000 miles needed) - $3,999 The obtained status will be good through February 28, 2014. Further details and an purchase link are here: http://www.usairways.com/en-US/dividendmiles/preferred/buy-up-to-preferred.html