June 12, 2013 American Airlines initiated nonstop service from San Diego to Miami, reopening a route that has not been served in over 20 years! The relaunch of this route will not only connect point-to-point travelers, but open up a slew of markets via 1 stop to the Caribbean, Latin America, and ...
American has updated their iOS app to show PreCheck status, better integration with Passbook and more direct integration with Twitter for support from the social media team. Once boarding passes are added to Passbook you'll get updated flight and gate information automatically sent to your ...
Sources say that the new American Airlines will be keeping its contract with Citibank and be ditching US Airways Barclay’s card. Although this may not be surprising, AA is keeping with Citibank due to the fact that in 2009 Citibank advanced AA $1 billion for miles.
Citibank ...
For me, travel shopping generally is a long, thought-out process that involves hours of brainstorming, planning and creative thinking in order for me to produce the perfect, optimal itinerary that suits my needs. Overthinking doesn't even begin to describe my traditional approach to designing the ...
Almost two years ago, American Airlines announced a major fleet renewal initiative, most of which was aimed at replacing their aging MD-80, Boeing 767-200, and Boeing 757-200 fleets. Though these aircraft had provided reliable service to American for many ...
Edited: 14:20 PM US CMT to include AZ seasonal flight to LAX, which was omitted at time of publication
This one has been circulating the rumor mills for the better part of a decade now, but at least the news is official: beginning November 21, 2013, American Airlines will fly nonstop from ...
There has been lots of buzz recently surrounding Philippine Airlines (PAL) and their latest plans to launch flights to Brasil.
Last week, the Philippine Flight Network, a Filipino-based airline and aviation news source, revealed that the two countries just signed their ...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about new global airline liveries, logos and paint scheme redesigns over the past year, and assessed the good and not-so-good appearances which have been adopted and applied.
Recently, I stumbled across a thread on airliners.net titled, "Air ...
Earlier this year, I departed on a mileage run from San Diego to Hawaii to New York and back again with American Airlines. Although the flights didn’t stand out as anything extraordinary and I never wrote an actual trip report since it was all domestic flying, there was one incident that ...
After arriving into Honolulu on my American Airlines mileage run, I wandered aimlessly through the open plan terminal looking for my next gate and club lounge. Along the way there is some great plane spotting as there are no windows clouding your view. I just wish I had brought my camera with me ...
I needed about 20,000 elite qualifying miles at the end of last year to re-qualify for Executive Platinum. Luckily the end of year double elite qualifying promotion along with $460 fares to Hawaii from New York made qualification much easier. I booked a flight departing Saturday morning and ...
A JFK-LAX American Airlines flight made an unscheduled stop in Kansas City on Friday after a woman refused to stop...singing Whitney Houston songs.
AA quickly issued a statement stating, "The woman was being disruptive and was removed from the plane for interfering with the flight ...
With the impending merger of US Airways and American, I'd speculate that the new combined airline will move to US' larger terminal and abandon American's older terminal. That means the recently renovated Admirals Club probably has only one more year of service.
Along the windows are the ...
A few weeks ago I received an email from American letting me select my meal for my upcoming trip to Easter Island. I loved this but was disappointed that my trip to London this weekend didn't have it.
Today I logged in and pulled up my reservation for this weekend to see the Entree Selection Option.
Definitely a cool little bonus.
It's airline food rumble time! Which egg breakfast is the best?
Our first contestant hails from MCO-LAX. Scrambled eggs with corned beef hash. The eggs were actually tasty, light and fluffy, the corned beef and potatoes were dry and stiff. It was accompanied by fruit and either a bagel or ...
In one of my airline analysis posts a few weeks ago, 'A Tail of Three LCCs,' I assessed the competitive positions and strategies of America's three most high-profile low-cost carriers: Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue Airways. These ...
Many network, hybrid and low-cost carriers around the world have reinvented their paint schemes over the past few months, or have at least unveiled new design patterns, logos and brands to replace their current ones in the near-term future. The most notable carrier to recently announce a major ...
This morning I woke up to a lovely email from American Airlines telling me that I deserved FREE Platinum status! This year I have flown about 25,000 EQM since January and have already attained Gold status through 2014. Yet now, with this promotion I am ...
American Airlines has announced their Elite Rewards for 2013, giving extra gifts to everyone who flies a certain amount of points, miles, or segments in 2013. Straying from the 2012 requirements, this year frequent fliers will be rewarded for flying based on all three status tiers instead of the ...
United Airlines may be the most beefy guy at the party, and the one who always arrives on-time.
But relative to its major peers, United is also the odd-man-out for one glaring reason: it is in the worst financial shape of all of the party attendees.
Even more ...
