Just yesterday I published a post with my valuation of various points currencies. Whenever I share my valuation of points, I always mention that there's no absolute correct ways to value points. There's generally a floor and ceiling for valuing points,…
Gosh, I just dream of one trip on American where they're not a disaster. I guess the whole "new year, new me" fad hasn't extended to the airline with which I'm basically in an arranged relationship, thanks to being based in Miami. I don't want to spend…
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 several months now we've seen an increased welcome bonus on the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®. This is a really spectacular welcome bonus, and personally I consider it to be the second best credit card bonus out there…
One of my major lounge pet peeves (both in airline lounges and hotel lounges) is when they have TVs on with the volume on loud. Personally I watch very little TV, and for matter watch very little "news" (I'd rather read online). I far prefer a lounge…
American Airlines has just sent out a round of targeted status challenge offers. American seems to send these out a couple of times per year. We'll never know exactly what targeting techniques they use, though I imagine: -- In some cases they're probably…
American's latest bonus on purchased miles ended yesterday, and today the airline is launching a new promotion on purchased miles. American's new bonus on purchased miles is valid for purchases through January 31, 2019, and offers up to 50,000 bonus…
I've had a lot of negative things to say about American for the past several months, and I've been talking about how I'm planning on switching my business away from them. I promised I'd provide an update on my situation, so in this post I wanted to share…
I know at the moment there are a lot of people trying to get back and forth to Asia (in particular to Vietnam), so maybe this will be useful to some. ;) About a month ago I wrote about how American had published some great business class fares for travel…
Some American Airlines flyers traveling after the new year had a very unlucky travel experience. On January 2, AA10 from Los Angeles to New York was scheduled to depart at 9PM. This flight was operated by one of American's swanky A321T aircraft, featuring…
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…
With 2018 now behind us, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on what status I've earned in the past year with both airlines and hotels. I love miles and points every bit as much as I did a decade ago. What has changed for me over the years is…
A couple of days ago American Airlines sent out a "2018 year in review" email. At first I assumed this would just be generic stats about AAdvantage members, or something, though as it turned out, they did a pretty good job customizing it to give each…
This is an update to a post I wrote yesterday based on a Chicago Business Journal story (you can find the original post below). American Airlines tells me that this story isn't true, and that American Airlines hasn't introduced a new "service analyst"…
At the moment American Airlines has some excellent business class fares for travel originating in Hong Kong. Specifically, you can fly from Hong Kong to several destinations in Mexico for well under $2,000 roundtrip in business class. This includes flights…
While American's top tier status with published qualification criteria is Executive Platinum, there's actually an official tier above that -- Concierge Key. For those of you not familiar, Concierge Key is American Airlines' invitation only status. As…
At American Airlines' investor and media day last October, Doug Parker made two bold statements: -- He insisted that shares of American Airlines stock will reach $60 by November 2018 -- He proclaimed that the airline will never again have a year where…
While I don't think we'll see a full blown award chart devaluation from American anytime soon (they've done enough damage to the program in the past few years), American has announced some (fairly minor) updates to their award pricing, which involve…
American Airlines is an operational mess. On top of that, I have really bad luck. In the past two months I've taken fewer than 10 flights on American. Of those: -- I had a flight on a 737 MAX from Miami to Quito that was delayed by around four hours…
American Airlines has recently made two interesting updates to their aircraft scheduling: -- American will fly the 777-300ER between Los Angeles and Tokyo Haneda between June 6 and October 26, 2018, replacing the 787-9; this represents the introduction…
American's A321Ts are probably the swankiest planes in their fleet, as they're A321 aircraft in a three cabin configuration. First class features 10 reverse herringbone seats with direct aisle access from all seats.
