I booked ORD-PHL-TLV-PHL-YYZ back in August for $302. Thank you Dan!
I just landed back in PHL on Tuesday morning (Dec. 10)
My flight to YYZ was supposed to be a few hours later, which I obviously had no intention of taking!
(Special Thank you to "Jaywhy" for reminding me to remove my luggage tags at the carasoul...)
An hour or so after I landed I got an email from US Airways that my PHL-YYZ flight had been canceled, due to the bad weather on the east coast...
So I call 'em up...and they offer me to either reschedule my flight to YYZ, or receive a refund...!!
I obviously chose the latter!
The refund didn't post yet, but rep said it should be about $160.
Sooo in the end: I got myself a round trip direct flight to Israel for Chanukah , 13,000+ miles, and star alliance gold status (Aegean), all for about $140!!