As I've said before, I don't think there's anything wrong with planning travel way in advance, given the deals that are available. However, if you're going to do so, go into it with the expectation that the trip may not materialize, as we don't know…
American Airlines has introduced a worse schedule change policy as of today, April 8, 2020. As of April 8, 2020, American Airlines has updated their conditions of carriage regarding schedule changes. This only applies to new bookings, so doesn't impact…
Several weeks ago it was announced that Alaska Airlines would be joining the oneworld alliance, and as part of that they're also strengthening ties with American Airlines once again. As of April 1 that partnership was improved. This is an update to that…
American Airlines' junior flight attendants are livid at their union, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA). Airlines have greatly reduced their flight schedules for the coming months, and they obviously have way more employees than…
Yesterday United Airlines revealed how they're more or less abandoning NYC for now (including LaGuardia and Newark), and now American Airlines has revealed how they're drastically reducing NYC flying. They'll be offering 13 daily flights to three NYC…
Even though there are lots of empty seats on planes right now (in both economy and first class), don't expect to see many American Airlines employees in first class for the time being. US airlines have generous travel benefits for employees, at least…
In the past few days, American Airlines and Citi have introduced a great new welcome bonus on the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®. I realize many people aren't looking for new travel cards at the moment, but this card does…
We've seen airlines massively reduce their flight schedules, though most of the changes have been relatively short-term, with a focus on cancelling flights in the coming weeks. Well, American Airlines has just massively reworked their schedule, and there…
Look, I'll be the first to call out American Airlines when they do something wrong, but something about this story doesn't add up... Mother Jones has a story about an American Airlines flight attendant speaking out, talking about how American Airlines…
Airlines around the globe are parking planes to react to the huge decrease in demand for air travel. It has become pretty apparent that demand won't just be fully rebounding in a couple of months, but rather a full recovery is likely to take years. As…
US airlines are in the process of getting $50 billion in aid from the government. One of the conditions of accepting that aid is that they have to promise not to lay off any employees through at least September 30, 2020. Therefore the goal for airlines…
Obviously this isn’t the time to buy miles speculatively. However, there are also lots of people planning last minute trips to get home, or planning travel way in advance, so if that applies to you, buying miles at a discount could be worth considering.…
US airlines have just gotten $50 billion in government aid, and now they're already looking for ways to skirt the terms that they agreed to... "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard this American Airlines flight, operated in conjunction with our codeshare…
American Airlines continues to roll back restrictions on their basic economy fares, making them less punitive... For those of you not familiar with basic economy, this is something we've seen become increasingly common among US airlines the past few…
I'm going to write about an airfare deal not because I think people should take advantage of it (quite to the contrary, they shouldn't -- stay home, people), but rather because I find this pricing strategy to be rather unusual. With demand for travel…
We haven't seen much communication directly from American Airlines CEO Doug Parker in the past couple of weeks, and that's apparently because he has been in Washington fighting for government aid for airlines. American Airlines has just released a video…
It's no surprise that airlines have been grounding many of their planes. The major US carriers are literally parking hundreds of planes as demand for air travel has more or less dried up. The extent of groundings and flight cancellations is basically…
About a week ago I wrote about how United Airlines is helping people social distance. The airline started asking gate agents to proactively reseat people on empty flights to maximize space between people (and based on the looks of it, flights are empty).…
Earlier I wrote about how Southwest Airlines is suspending all inflight service. Now American Airlines has revealed some significant cutbacks to inflight service. @xJonNYC has the scoop on how American Airlines will be significantly cutting back service…
If you have an upcoming reservation on American Airlines, there may be a good reason to select to keep a future travel credit with the airline rather than get a cash refund. I've received several reports from readers who have told me that American Airlines…
Oh American Airlines... As if employees aren't already concerned enough about job security or their safety, now they also have to worry about being punished for wearing face masks. As noted by View from the Wing, American Airlines seems to be disciplining…
