It looks like American Airlines plans to lay off about 30% of management and support staff over the coming weeks, as the airline prepares to shrink significantly. Airlines received a total of around $50 billion in grants and loans through the CARES Act.…
American Airlines has scheduled its flagship Boeing 777-300ER on a route I would have never expected. Nothing really comes as a surprise in the airline industry anymore, but this has still caught me off guard a bit... American Airlines flies to London…
A while back American Airlines and Citi introduced a great 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 have an excellent…
A couple of years ago we saw the introduction of the American Airlines AAdvantage MileUp℠ Card, which is a no annual fee co-branded credit card being issued by American Airlines and Citi. While there are lots of airline credit cards out there, historically…
In this post I wanted to take a detailed look at the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®, which has an exceptional limited time welcome bonus. While most people aren't traveling at the moment, this is a card that you can get…
It appears that American Airlines tried to get rid of their (superior) old award search tool once and for all, but there continues to be a workaround. As many people may already know, since last year American has had two different AAdvantage award search…
American Airlines -- or American Eagle, more accurately -- has just launched what's the shortest flight in the country operated by a major airline. As of now the flight is in the schedule through June 1, though presumably it has the potential to be extended…
Within the past week major US airlines have introduced a policy requiring all passengers to wear face masks or some sort of face coverings on flights. While the messaging seems strong, flight attendants and pilots are being told that they shouldn't actually…
Travel brands finally seem to be getting creative when it comes to generating revenue now for travel later. Earlier I wrote about how Marriott is selling discounted gift cards, and now American has a promotion as well, though it's not quite as lucrative,…
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 spending. The number of bonus…
While this is way in the future, it does represent an interesting precedent that I suspect we'll see more of from American. As a result of the current pandemic, American Airlines is greatly simplifying their long haul fleet. American has: Retired 757-200s…
I think we could all use a feel-good story right about now, and American Airlines and Hyatt have given us exactly that. American Airlines and Hyatt are awarding more than 4,000 healthcare workers in New York City with free vacations later this year.…
Several months ago it was announced that American and Gol would launch a partnership, and reciprocal mileage earning and redemptions are now live. In late 2019 it was announced that Delta would be investing in LATAM, causing LATAM to cut ties with American,…
Mad respect to Doug Parker... I think? According to Forbes, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said that United Airlines is violating the CARES Act due to the way in which they're cutting employee hours. This is according to at least two sources who listened…
In light of the current pandemic we’re seeing card issuers add some more perks on select cards, in particular on cards with a travel focus. It goes without saying that consumer behavior has changed a lot, and this also impacts our credit card spending…
American AAdvantage constantly has promotions on purchased miles. Yesterday American's previous promotion on purchased miles ended, and today they've launched a new promotion. Before I talk about this promotion specifically, it's worth noting that nowadays…
Following the lead of JetBlue and then Frontier, American Airlines has become the third US airline to require passengers to wear face masks (and the first of the "big three"). As of May 11, 2020, American Airlines will make face coverings over the nose…
Obviously the timing of this isn't ideal, but in the past few weeks American Airlines has taken delivery of two new 787-8s, and they feature a modified business class product. In early 2018, American Airlines announced an order for an additional 47 Boeing…
At the moment the major US airlines are reporting their first quarter results. We've already seen the results from Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines, and now American Airlines has reported their first quarter results as well. American…
American Airlines has announced some updates to how they'll be cleaning their planes, and also to how they'll be protecting passengers and crews. Starting May 1, 2020, American Airlines flight attendants will be required to wear face masks during every…
If you're not a member of American's Business Extra program and plan on taking a flight by June 30, there's an incredible promotion at the moment. For those of you not familiar, Business Extra is American Airlines' small business rewards program. This…
