In late August JetBlue raised many of their fees, including checked bag fees. Among other changes, they raised the cost of a first checked bag on a domestic itinerary from $25 to $30. It’s interesting to see JetBlue be the first US airline to raise the…
When I got an email from American letting me know of some updates to AAdvantage, I was immediately worried and expected the worst. So I was relieved when I actually read through the changes and realized that they're not really bad. They might even be…
For several months now, the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® has been offering a phenomenal increased welcome bonus of 70,000 miles after spending $4,000 within four months. The card has a reasonable $99 annual fee that's…
American has just launched their latest promotion on purchased miles. Through September 30, 2018, American is offering up to 35% off when you purchase AAdvantage miles. With this promotion you get a tiered discounted based on the number of miles you…
Delays are a fact of life in airline travel. Of course they are frustrating, but they happen. How an airline responds to a delay can either make the delay better or worse. And this week comes a story about a delayed flight I would have actually liked…
Starting around the middle of last year, American introduced the Flagship First Dining concept. These are essentially lounges within lounges. American has Flagship Lounges in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, and they have Flagship First Dining…
American Airlines has announced today that they've activated free live TV on their first 100 narrowbody aircraft, and they plan to extend live TV to their entire narrowbody fleet of over 700 aircraft by the end of 2019. American already offers live TV…
If you read my rundown on the best credit cards for earning American AAdvantage miles, you already have a good understanding of how to take advantage of bonus categories on your everyday spending. However, we all know that the welcome bonus that comes…
American Airlines has announced today that they'll be closing three Admirals Clubs as of October 15, 2018. Specifically, they'll be closing the Admirals Clubs in Hartford, CT (BDL), Greensboro, NC (GSO), and Caracas, Venezuela (CCS). American says that…
Reader Spencer shares with me what seems like a pretty screwed up situation. Basically he was issued a $600 bump voucher from American for involuntarily being denied boarding from a flight, and then they revoked it. He has shared his back-and-forth emails…
Last November we saw the introduction of the new AAdvantage Aviator Business Mastercard from Barclays. This is the business version of the AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard. At the time the card had a welcome bonus of 40,000 AAdvantage miles after making…
American Airlines has just announced some major changes to their international route network, including several new transatlantic routes, as well as the cancelation of transatlantic and transpacific routes. Let's look at what's changing: I feel like…
Last year American made some significant improvements to their lounges for international premium passengers. Specifically, they've refreshed four of their Flagship Lounges, starting with the New York Flagship Lounge last May, the Chicago Flagship Lounge…
Yesterday I got to attend this awesome event at my local airport that I know a lot of you would appreciate. It's organized by AirlineGeeks.com, an aviation news website maintained by young AvGeeks. This was their third annual AAviation Day, and as you…
Nowadays we frequently see cheap business class fares to China on mainland Chinese carriers, though seeing cheap fares on US carriers isn't quite as common (at least for travel originating in the US -- they often have cheap fares out of Canada). At the…
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…
For years, if you wanted to earn American AAdvantage miles, then you were likely going to use one of the Starwood Preferred Guest cards from American Express. Sure, you could get bigger welcome bonuses with co-branded cards from Barclays or Citi, but…
While you'll often find great one-way international fares to the US (especially in first and business class), it's exceedingly rare to find cheap one-way fares from the US. That's simply because of how airlines price tickets, and they assume they can…
American has just launched their latest promotion on purchased miles. Through August 31, 2018, American is offering up to 85,000 bonus miles plus 10% off when you purchase AAdvantage miles. This promotion comes just a day after American's previous promotion…
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, allowing members to double dip rewards. This is…
A few weeks ago I wrote about how American and Citi are introducing a new no annual fee credit card, called the American Airlines AAdvantage MileUp℠ Card. This card is now open to new applicants, and is potentially an interesting option. I'm rarely impressed…
