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This appears to be a targeted offer I received from AA today,  but it won't hurt to try signing up yourself if you already have a AAdvantage account.

Dear Matthew, 

As one of our most valued American Airlines AAdvantage® members, we are sending you this reminder of an exclusive offer to earn up to 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles. 

Simply refer your friends, family and colleagues to join the AAdvantage ...

Last month, United altered their meal service program in North America. For the most part, the changes were good, but one sore spot was the elimination of fruit and cheese plates from flights between Chicago and IAD, DCA, PHL, HPN, BWI, EWR, and LGA.

The elimination of meals on the ORD-LGA route was particularly questionable considering American and Delta had ramped up service on the route, even offering full meals on their regional jets in First Class.

In ...

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Last month, Delta introduced the following promotion for flights originiating and terminating in the following cities: Raleigh-Durham (RDU), St. Louis (STL), Pittsburgh (PIT), Nashville (BNA)

5,000 bonus miles plus double MQMs when you fly to Delta hub cities—Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York/JFK and Salt Lake City 10,000 bonus miles plus double MQMs for flights to all other cities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the ...
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The cancer continues to grow.

United Express is expanding to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport next month. Two flights a day are transitioning from mainline to E-170s operated by Shuttle America between Chicago and National.

United has not addressed these changes, but a likely explanation for the shift is the war going on right now between Delta, American, and United on the ORD-LGA route. UA has pulled UX from LGA and is offering hourly mainline service, at least for ...

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Although AA is spinning the announcement that they will be suspending non-stop service between San Francisco and Boston, claiming that they are simply focusing on their hubs in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Miami, any astute observer can see that AA has lost the war against JetBlue, Virgin America, and United on this competitive route.

As Scott McCartney points out, the story of SFO-BOS is a familiar one the last decade in the airline business. Low-cost carriers move in, ...

Yesterday, I flew LAX-DFW-JAN with my wife. On the LAX-DFW flight (on the dreaded 737-800, which has only 16 seats in first class), my upgrade didn't clear. My wife and I were seated in 14F and E. 

When the flight attendants came around to do drink service, I asked about what snacks they were stocking on the cart and then requested the chocolate chip cookie (a healthy breakfast to be sure). After handing my diet coke and cookie to me, the FA then whipped out the credit card ...

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