American Airlines and Porter Partner to Expand U.S.–Canada Travel Options American Airlines and Porter Airlines have announced a new codeshare partnership that will give travelers more options when flying between the United States and Canada. Effective today, customers can book… Natalie DiScala , September 30, 2025
American Airlines Passenger Sues After Bag Full of Drugs Checked in Her Name If you subscribe to my newsletter, then you know I’m a huge proponent of not checking a bag. I always say you can show up late, go straight to the… Johnny Jet , September 26, 2025
FAA Halts Departures at Dallas Airports After Equipment Malfunction About an hour after sending my daily travel tip newsletter (you can sign up for free here) I learned about a technical issue at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)…. Johnny Jet , September 19, 2025
American Airlines Passenger Restrained With Duct Tape After Mid-Flight Disruption on Las Vegas-Bound Flight A soon-to-be-viral video shows one of the most obscene midair tirades ever caught on film. A cross-country flight from Charlotte to Las Vegas turned chaotic when a passenger allegedly assaulted… Johnny Jet , September 17, 2025
American and Delta Respond to Employees Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Death Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was gunned down last week during an outdoor speaking appearance at Utah Valley University. Kirk was a conservative activist, which prompted a… Johnny Jet , September 15, 2025
Labor Day Travel Chaos: Frustrated American Airlines Passenger Grabs PA After Staff Nowhere to Be Found Travelers hoping to get an early start on Labor Day weekend at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) were met with frustration this morning when American Airlines’ 8:30am flight to West… Johnny Jet , September 1, 2025
Donate to Stand Up To Cancer and Get American Airlines Miles Here’s a great way to do something good and get some frequent flier miles. When you donate $25 or more (up to $10,000), American Airlines will award you 25 AAdvantage… Johnny Jet , August 26, 2025
American Airlines Passenger Gets Busted Vaping in Lavatory and Accuses the Flight Attendant of Assault I’m not sure how flight attendants can do their job with passengers like Peter Nguyen. On August 4, Nguyen foolishly decided to vape in the plane’s lavatory and when the… Johnny Jet , August 8, 2025
Video Shows American Airlines Passengers Evacuating With Luggage From Burning Plane Onto Denver Runway On Saturday afternoon, an American Airlines flight from Denver to Miami turned into a full-blown emergency. The video (embedded below) of the evacuation, left me and many flight attendants stunned…. Johnny Jet , July 27, 2025
Flight Review: What You Need to Know Before Flying American’s New 787-9 Greetings! We just got back from one of our most epic trips ever. We left on June 9 and flew from LAX to Naples, Italy via Chicago (here’s the flight… Johnny Jet , July 26, 2025
American Airlines Passenger From Hell Delays Flight With Outrageous Behavior If you thought the American Airlines passenger who claimed she saw ghosts and kept dropping F-bombs on a flight from Dallas was bad… just wait until you see this guy…. Johnny Jet , July 18, 2025
How to Reach an Airline’s Reservations Agent Without Waiting Do you remember Microsoft’s CrowdStrike global IT outage and Delta’s complete meltdown? What a mess. This summer’s travel season has been pretty smooth so far but road warriors know that… Johnny Jet , July 13, 2025
Roaches On Red-Eye: American Airlines Passenger Describes ‘Absolute Horror’ at Finding Two Cockroaches on Flight A disturbing in-flight discovery left one passenger sleepless on a recent American Airlines red-eye: cockroaches (two of them!) were spotted crawling near their seat in first class. The flight, which… Natalie DiScala , July 10, 2025
We Now Know What Former President Joe Biden Wrote in Birthday Card on American Airlines Flight (And It Will Bring You to Tears) Last week I wrote a story titled American Airlines Passenger Bumped From First Class—Turns Out It Was for President Biden. It turned out to be one of my most popular… Johnny Jet , July 7, 2025
Trip Report: Los Angeles to Naples, Italy via Chicago on American Airlines This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , July 3, 2025
