Last week American and Hyatt launched an exciting new partnership. With this new cooperation: -- Hyatt elite members can earn bonus points for American flights, and American elite members can earn bonus miles for Hyatt stays -- American Concierge Key…
Occasionally we see airlines offer award sales, where they discount the number of miles required for a redemption. However, in my experience these types of sales almost always apply to saver level award availability, which are the highly capacity controlled…
American Airlines has gotten a lot of flak for the way in which they've been configuring their narrow body aircraft. This started with the Boeing 737 MAX, as American configured these with more seats than the 737-800. As a result, American's cabins are…
Of the "big three" US airlines, American has the worst IT, in my opinion. I find their website to be fairly usable, though too basic. Their app is even worse, and trails the apps offered by both Delta and United. The lack of functionality of both the…
All airlines have some sort of routing rules when it comes to the type of award tickets they will and won't allow. Every airline has different rules, and I'd say American has among the strictest out there. I've written about American's award routing…
In February I wrote about how US airlines would be getting 12 additional daytime landing slots at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. This came thanks to talks concluding between the US and Japan, which should be available by the summer of 2020, in time for the…
American has been working on revamping their international premium cabin lounges, and in 2017 they opened Flagship Lounges in New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, and Flagship First Dining in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. That's an incredible…
A couple of months ago I wrote about a new partnership between American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt, offering reciprocal status and points earning to members of both programs. What I found interesting was that the two programs announced this new partnership…
Yesterday's American Airlines flight 5523 from Louisville to Charlotte, operated by PSA Airlines (which is a wholly owned American Airlines subsidiary operating under the American Eagle brand), was delayed by nearly three hours. This is because the plane's…
As far as US airlines go, American is in the unique position of having co-branded credit cards with two issuers. This came after the merger of American and US Airways, as American's credit cards have historically been issued by Citi, while US Airways'…
While I give American its fair share of negative coverage, I also like to share positive experiences. I had one this morning that was unlike anything I've had before on any airline, frankly, while flying from Charlotte to Tampa in first class. American…
As I reported late last year, American is flying a 777-300ER once daily between Miami and Los Angeles from May 3 through October 26, 2019. This flight is operating with the following schedule: AA1297 Los Angeles to Miami departing 1:15PM arriving 9:10PM…
In late 2017 we saw the introduction of the AAdvantage Aviator Mastercard from Barclays. This is the business version of the AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard. Historically the card's welcome bonus fluctuated between 40,000 and 60,000 miles after making…
There are lots of things that contribute towards a great frequent flyer program. Obviously award redemption rates and award availability are both important, but there’s also something to be said for the ease with which you can search and book award seats.…
American Airlines has gotten quite a bit of flak for the cabins they've installed on their newest planes, and it looks like the airline may actually be listening to some customer feedback... or so it's rumored. American calls their new cabins "Oasis"…
American has just announced the details of their latest promotion on purchased AAdvantage miles. American's new promotion on purchased miles is valid for purchases through May 31, 2019, so it's valid for the entire month. While American usually offers…
I'll be the first to admit that I give American Airlines a hard time. That's because I do believe that they have a lot of room for improvement, though I continue to largely fly them when convenient given that I'm based in Miami, so options are fairly…
Historically American's mobile app has lagged the Delta and United apps in a countless number of ways. While that's still the case, American has just made a significant improvement to their app which I'm excited about. As noted by @TheForwardCabin,…
We're now well into the second quarter, and almost all US airlines have revealed their first quarter results, and have had their earnings calls. Sometimes it's interesting to take a look at the state of the US airline industry, and how airlines are doing.…
While I’m generally not a fan of American Airlines’ domestic first class catering, the one great thing that American has offered is the ability to pre-order special meals. For a long time I thought American had the worst food of the major…
We’ve written extensively here at OMAAT about American’s Business Extra program, which is their business rewards program. The program is really easy to use, and even small businesses can sign-up for it (you need to register at least two people, and there…
