While the European Union has plans to welcome vaccinated Americans in the near future, we don't yet have a firm timeline for when that will happen. We have seen individual countries already open to Americans, including Croatia and Greece. You can now…
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If you're flying in the coming days, in particular in the Southeast of the United States, this is something to keep an eye on. Over the weekend a group that calls itself DarkSide hacked the Colonial Pipeline, causing it to shut down its network, including…
American Airlines is today introducing new amenity kits, though they don't look like anything to get too excited about, if you ask me. American Airlines is rolling out new onboard amenity kits for premium cabin customers, thanks to a new partnership…
We're currently vacationing in Hawaii (which requires pre-travel testing), and in this post I wanted to review our flight here. Specifically, we flew American Airlines from Tampa to Dallas to Maui, with the second segment being operated by a Boeing 777-200.…
File this under "something that won't impact 99.999% of American AAdvantage members, but which I find to be fascinating nonetheless." My awesome colleague Jordan at PointsPros was helping a client who was trying to redeem American AAdvantage miles for…
American AAdvantage constantly has promotions on purchased miles, and the program has just launched its latest promotion. Through Monday, May 31, 2021, American AAdvantage is offering a bonus on purchased miles. The bonus is tiered, and you receive a…
As if gate agents weren't already under enough pressure during the boarding process, here's something else they can add to their duties... View from the Wing reports that American Airlines has a new policy for gate checking bags. Effective immediately,…
Last week American Airlines announced plans to add yet another long haul route, and it's an interesting one. Well, this flight is now for sale, so we now know what the schedule will look like. As of October 31, 2021, American Airlines will launch a new…
American Airlines has today announced a significant product upgrade on one transcon route, in addition to announcing a new route between New York and Delhi. As of November 2, 2021, American Airlines will begin exclusively flying A321Ts on flights between…
American Airlines has today announced plans to resume more inflight service on domestic flights. Delta recently made a similar announcement, and it looks like American is largely following, so let's go over what's changing. First I should mention that…
Every time I think that American Airlines couldn't possibly add more 777s on domestic routes out of Miami... American adds more 777s on domestic routes out of Miami. With this weekend's schedule update, it sure is nice to be an American Airlines flyer…
American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt have a partnership, and many members are being targeted for a fantastic new offer (my guess is that it's primarily targeted at members with status). Select American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt members who have…
In December 2020, American Airlines announced it would launch a seasonal Charlotte to Honolulu route, which would be the carrier's longest route to Hawaii. Initially this route was supposed to operate for just a few months over the summer, but it has…
American Airlines has just revealed its latest premium cabin cost cutting measure... American Airlines has historically served espresso-based drinks in three cabin first class, on Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A321Ts. As someone who is a bit obsessed…
We've seen most airlines reduce inflight service due to the pandemic, to minimize contact between people, and also to maximize the amount of time that people have their masks on. Recently Delta announced that it would improve inflight service as of April…
Alaska Airlines joined the oneworld alliance recently, and to coincide with that, Alaska Mileage Plan and American AAdvantage rolled out limited reciprocal upgrades for elite members. Well, this has now been taken to the next level, with a temporary…
American Airlines has been operating wide body aircraft in all kinds of interesting markets (given the lack of demand for international travel). A few weeks ago I wrote about how American will fly a Boeing 787-9 between Dallas and Anchorage this summer.…
American Airlines operates a network of nearly 50 Admirals Clubs globally. Some of these have been temporary closed in recent months due to the pandemic. Most have reopened, but those still closed should be reopening in the coming weeks and months. There's…
In this post I wanted to share why I think American Airlines will change its approach to elite upgrades in the not-too-distant future. I mentioned this in passing in a post a couple of days ago, so wanted to expand on my thought process a bit. Let me…
A couple of months ago American Airlines announced updates to its lounge access policy. This is a reminder of that, as these changes kick in as of today (April 1, 2021), and apply for a "limited time." Unfortunately the changes are a bit worse than we…
While the biggest update today is that Alaska Airlines is joining the oneworld alliance, there's another exciting development with Alaska's most important partnership. Alaska Airlines and American Airlines have a close partnership that goes way beyond…
While we know that passenger numbers are increasing in the United States every week, an American Airlines executive has just painted a very optimistic picture of how demand is recovering. Maya Leibman, American Airlines' Chief Information Officer, has…
A tiny but vocal minority of readers have asked why I haven't written about the John Kerry mask incident from this week. When I say "tiny" and "vocal" that's exactly what I mean -- it's like three people, but they've left a handful of comments each.…
Fortunately no one got hurt, but this is terrifying... View from the Wing reports on an incident that occurred early Tuesday morning to the crew of American Airlines flight 1204, which was a Boeing 737-800 scheduled to operate from San Jose, Costa Rica,…
