At the moment you can score an incredible deal on business class travel to Europe next spring, summer, or fall, by booking through aavacations.com. If two people travel together you can fly roundtrip business class to Europe for under $1,100 per person…
American Airlines has just updated their schedule, and with that we won't see the 737 MAX return to the skies until April 7, 2020, at the earliest. The 737 MAX has been grounded globally since March 2019. Boeing is working on finalizing the software…
If you've flown with American Airlines in the past few years then you've probably heard some of their rather aggressive credit card pitches. American has credit cards issued by both Barclays and Citi, and the two issuers have different channels through…
Unfortunately in the US airline industry we more or less see the "big three" airlines following one another on just about everything. One area where that's especially evident is with their loyalty programs. While American isn't going all-in on following…
I just flew American's 777-300ER first class from Dallas to Hong Kong, which was a roughly 16hr30min flight. This is American's longest route, and also one of their flagship routes, based on the fact that it features upgraded amenities and catering.…
American AAdvantage constantly has promotions on purchased miles. Yesterday their "Black Friday" promo on purchased miles ended, which was the best promo of the year for buying American miles. With that, you could buy miles for as little as 1.78 cents…
If you're a World of Hyatt Globalist member you may want to answer any upcoming phone calls from Hyatt, which might be offering you free American AAdvantage Executive Platinum status. Earlier this year American Airlines and Hyatt launched a partnership,…
American Airlines is in the news once again for threatening to kick someone off over their clothing choice. As reported by BuzzFeed News, Swati Runi Goyal and her husband were traveling from Florida to Nevada on October 30, when the crew advised her…
While domestic upgrades are nice, upgrades on long haul flights are even nicer. Having a flat bed on an overnight transoceanic flight makes all the difference. If not outright redeeming miles for an award ticket, there are sometimes opportunities to…
American has historically been by far the strongest US carrier in Latin America. Over the past couple of years we've seen them cut a fair number of routes, though they've also tried to add some. One of the routes they added was a new flight between Miami…
This post isn't intended to rag on American Airlines. Quite to the contrary, I'm a happy enough American Airlines frequent flyer at the moment. I'm a Miami hub captive, and my flights on American have been on-time and have had functioning high speed…
BankDirect is a bank that has historically allowed you to earn American AAdvantage miles for the balance you keep in your checking account. Over the years the opportunities to earn American miles with BankDirect have become less lucrative, though. Originally…
In late September it was announced that Delta is buying a 20% stake in LATAM, which has huge implications for the industry. American and LATAM had been pursuing a joint venture, so to see Delta invest and now pursue a joint venture with LATAM surprised…
In early August American Airlines announced some exciting international expansion, including new flights from Dallas to Tel Aviv, Philadelphia to Casablanca, and more. The Dallas to Tel Aviv flight is no doubt the most interesting, given that it’s such…
American Airlines and Citi have introduced a new limited time welcome bonus on the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®. In this post I wanted to share six reasons you should consider applying for this card, assuming you don't…
Move over, Michelin-starred restaurants, there's a new hotspot in town -- American Airlines! American has today announced that they'll offer customers "a world-class culinary experience" as part of their "investment in enhancing the premium experience…
American Airlines has today announced the closure of their only Admirals Club in Asia, and one of their (relatively) few Admirals Clubs outside the US. American Airlines has announced that they will be closing their Admirals Club at Tokyo Narita Airport…
I'm not sure how exactly he got this info, but @xJonNYC shares some very interesting statistics about upgrades on American Airlines. According to him, when it comes to American Airlines upgrades: -- 75% of upgrades are 500 mile upgrades (this includes…
American Executive Platinum members receive four systemwide upgrades every year when they qualify for status. These systemwide upgrades are issued when you earn the status, and expire at the end of January of the year where your status expires. Personally…
American Airlines is changing the procedure with which they bump passengers. We're talking specifically about those who agree to be bumped (in exchange for travel vouchers), which is called voluntary deny boarding. This is one of those ideas that probably…
After checking out the Turkish Airlines Lounge Miami this morning, I figured I might as well knock out another review. In this post I wanted to review one of the Admirals Clubs in Miami, which I visit constantly, but haven't yet written about. American…
