American Airlines Will Piss Off Customers with Its New Basic Economy Fares It’s official: American Airlines is continuing its downward spiral. The airline just announced that it will indeed begin selling Basic Economy fares, essentially copying similar fares introduced by United Airlines,… Johnny Jet , January 18, 2017
American Airlines Drops the Hammer on Its Soon-to-Be-Former Award-Winning Mileage Program After Delta Air Lines announced miles would be based on ticket price instead of distance flown back in February 2014, and five months later United essentially copied and pasted their… Johnny Jet , June 6, 2016
New Uber-American Airlines Partnership Brings Convenience, Discounts A new partnership between American Airlines and Uber marks a step toward a more streamlined travel experience—and it includes a few worthwhile perks for the crowd with AAdvantage status. First up:… Ian Livingston , February 12, 2016
How to Get Free Checked Bags and Priority Boarding Bliss with American Airlines Are you not having fun anymore when you fly? Often the hassles begin when you’re charged an extra fee to check your bag, and then you have to scramble to… Jason Steele , February 12, 2016
How To Make Hawaii Happen With SPG Amex We receive compensation from our advertising partners for links on the blog. Here’s our full Advertiser Policy. People are constantly griping to me how expensive travel has become and how difficult… Johnny Jet , December 30, 2015
American Airlines Introducing Charter Service to Cuba from LAX As soon as Cuba and the US reach an agreement, American Airlines stands ready to offer service to Havana, Cuba’s José Martí International Airport (HAV) from LAX. The airline just announced… Caitlin Martin Marker , December 14, 2015
American Airlines Launches International Premium Economy Yesterday, American Airlines announced that it will begin offering a premium economy on its international wide-body fleet. With this news, American becomes the first US airline to offer this cabin class internationally. The company… Caitlin Martin Marker , December 10, 2015
American Airlines Follows Delta and United With New 2016 AAdvantage Program Almost every travel and points expert predicted that American Airlines would follow Delta and United’s unpopular move of awarding miles based on ticket price rather than distance flown. And now they… Johnny Jet , November 17, 2015
American Airlines Flight Attendants and a Passenger Attacked According to airlive.net three American Airlines flight attendants and a passenger were attacked by a female passenger on a Chicago bound flight from Miami. The plane forced to land at… Johnny Jet , September 14, 2015
10 Crazy Things I Saw on My Last International Flight The other night, my wife and I flew from Los Angeles to London on American Airlines (story). We were seated in the first row of economy so it gave us… Johnny Jet , August 18, 2015
American and United Join Delta Air Lines in Banning the Transport of Big Game Hunting Trophies American Airlines and United Airlines have just joined Delta Air Lines in banning the transport of big game hunting trophies. Yesterday, Delta Air Lines issued the following statement: “Effective immediately,… Johnny Jet , August 4, 2015
American Airlines Unadvertised Fare Sale! Flights from NY to Dallas for $75 Round-trip and More Thanks to TheFlightDeal.com for alerting us of American Airlines unadvertised fare sale! With an array of deeply discounted flights like NY to Dallas for $75 round-trip! –American – $75: New… Johnny Jet , July 29, 2015
American Airlines Announces New Flights From Los Angeles to Sydney and Qantas Adds San Francisco Earlier today I attended a joint press conference by American Airlines and Qantas Airways at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It was there that both airlines announced they plan to… Johnny Jet , June 9, 2015
British Airways & American Airlines offering up to 115,000 bonus miles for transatlantics through August 7 Now through August 7, British Airways is running a promotion in which executive club members can earn up to 115,000 bonus miles (Avios) on qualifying transatlantic roundtrips. If you aren’t a British… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 9, 2015
NYC and Los Angeles to Europe for $325 on American Airlines in Summer O/W! (UPDATED: February 13, 10:15am EST) Thanks to Abraham Lora for alerting me about American Airlines $1 fares (+$324 in taxes) to fly one-way from Los Angeles to Copenhagen via LHR… Johnny Jet , February 13, 2015
