Last week I shared about my decision to redirect much of my travel to American Airlines this fall. That remains my goal, but I quickly realized today that old habits die hard.

I had a United e-certificate set to expire and was looking for a flight to use it on. Many destinations were running through my mind--Toronto? Cancun? Lima? Maui? Ultimately, I decided on a more practical trip--my Thanksgiving trip home from Philadelphia.

Off to ITA Software, where I ran my search, and ...

I was recently flying home after some work in the Dallas Fort Worth area.  My original routing was DFW to IAH to MKE.  Flying south to fly north, but it was the only way to get any mainline flights with a decent fare. 

I stayed at the Hyatt Regency DFW the night before my departure, which was a good choice, since the 6:40am departure was painfully early.  The line for security screening in the E terminal was quite long, stretching past the check in desks, but ...

Matthew wrote a great post a couple days ago about how he'll be making the jump to American Airlines for the rest of the year.

His primary reason for switching includes the following:

Frustration with United's IT System Integration More (8 on AA v. 2 on UA) Systemwide Upgrades with the Ability to be Used on Any Fare (United requires at least a W fare) Better Likelihood of Clearing with Domestic Upgrades Being Overall Slighty Disgrgruntled ...

I consider myself a savvy traveler and have turned much of the lemons created by United Airlines' 03 March system integration debacle with Continental Airlines into lemonade. I've run into a fair number of problems and a great deal of frustration, but my record is good--I cannot recall the last time I've been stuck behind the curtain on a flight against my will.

Still, things are not working as they should on United and there are many policies and practices I find downright ...

In the process of cleaning my desk I just found three American Airlines 10% off discount certificates.

These are good for domestic and international as well as one-way or roundtrip travel.

Unfortunately, they have to be used today (May 15th) for travel to be completed by (May 21). 

I have three of them, first come first serve.  Just comment on the blog and I'll email it to you.  I ask that you only ask if you're actually going to use them given the short window of use.

After weeks of repeated denials that it was even considering a merger with US Airways, American Airlines has agreed to "study" the prospects of a marriage between America's third and fifth largest air carrier by traffic.

American Airlines says it is agreeing with creditors to consider potential mergers while it is still under bankruptcy protection.

American parent AMR Corp. says that the company and its bankruptcy creditors agreed to develop "potential consolidation ...