American has just announced the details of their latest bonus on purchased AAdvantage miles. American's new bonus on purchased miles is valid for purchases through April 30, 2019, so it's valid for well over a month. With this promotion you get a tiered…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn anyway for credit card spend. The number…
In light of Ethiopian Airlines' recent Boeing 737 MAX crash (and the 737 MAX crash months prior), virtually every airline and aviation authority outside of the US and Canada has temporarily grounded the plane. There are strong opinions on both sides…
Over the past year we've seen the major US carriers add several new restrictions to traveling with emotional support animals. It's interesting that these changes have come in several phases, as some airlines have updated their policies three times. American…
American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt have just announced a cool new partnership, expected to launch later in 2019 (no exact date has been given). With this, members of both programs will be able to earn points on a reciprocal basis, and will also have…
A bit over a week ago I wrote about the rumor that American and Etihad may be cutting ties, as Etihad instead pursues a partnership with United. This would be a blow to the value of American miles, as redeeming for travel on Etihad is one of the best…
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. The card's welcome bonus seems to fluctuate between 40,000 and 60,000 miles after making a…
American Airlines has co-brand credit cards from both Barclays and Citi. Historically this is a good thing, since it means the two issuers are competing with one another for our business. You'd think that this would lead to better welcome bonuses, more…
American Airlines has co-branded credit cards from both Barclays and Citi, and historically several of the cards have offered a useful 10% rebate on mileage redemptions. The way this worked:
American and Barclays have just announced some big changes to their co-branded credit cards. As a reminder, American has co-brand credit card agreements with both Barclays and Citi (they market in different channels), which in general is good for consumers,…
This is a rumor I've been hearing for a while now from reputable sources, and in the past 24 hours I've seen several people mention this publicly, so I figured I'd share my take and what I know. Let's call this a rumor for now, since this kind of stuff…
Generally speaking we see a lot of good business class fares for travel from Asia to the US, but good fares from the US to Asia are rarer. Furthermore, when there are good business class fares to Asia, they're typically on mainland Chinese carriers (which,…
American, Delta, United, and Hawaiian, have all just filed with the US Department of Transportation requesting additional flights to Tokyo Haneda. Let's look at what they're requesting, and how we got to this point. Tokyo has two airports -- Narita and…
While I don’t think there will be any immediate impact, this is something to watch over the coming days, weeks, and months, in my opinion. American contract negotiations are ramping up The early stages of contract negotiations are starting between…
JonNYC is extremely knowledgable about everything related to American, and more often than not correctly predicts what's going to happen. Yesterday he Tweeted the following, suggesting that American is considering limiting systemwide upgrade usage to…
American has just announced interesting new partnerships with The Private Suite LAX and with Blade. I wouldn't call this new opportunity a great value, though it certainly has the potential to make the travel experience more seamless, and on the high-end…
This escalated pretty quickly. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents American's flight attendants, is calling for answers after a skit that was performed this weekend was posted online. It depicts four ladies in flight…
A lot of people take issue with the sales pitches that American Airlines flight attendants make for credit cards. Let me give a slightly different take. For the record, yes obviously I also make money through this blog through credit card affiliate marketing,…
Generally speaking I find American Airlines' domestic first class catering to be pretty bad. Not only do the meals mostly taste really low quality, but my issue is how unhealthy most of the dishes are. Don't get me wrong, I like a tasty and unhealthy…
Last week I wrote about how American Airlines will be rolling out new amenity kits shortly. American's current amenity kits are produced by Cole Haan, with products from 3LAB, C.O. Bigelow, and Clark’s Botanicals. American's new amenity kits are more…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spend. The number of bonus…
