Bankruptcy has been tough for all the legacy airlines to navigate. American has had it’s fair share of troubles to this point, but I didn’t think things would get even worse so quickly. Again, it’s the pilots. Scott McCartney of the Wall Street Journal,…
Cruising through IAD on Tuesday, I took another peek to see if Pre-Check was open yet. They had originally announced the security lanes upstairs would be re-opened in early September. They blew past that deadline and there didn’t seem to be a lot going…
Nothing major, mind you. Just something I hadn’t come across in my many flights. I had somewhat forgotten about it until a friend mentioned to me today he got diverted on a flight today. It was a couple weeks ago, a pretty hot day…
Some days, everything comes together exactly the way you need it to. But, to even have that chance you need the right tools. I had to use two of mine this week to make a flight I was running very late for. Hertz Platinum…
Boy, that was fast. Mere days after the bankruptcy judge ruled that American Airlines could void the pilots’ union contract, AA started tackling one of the issues they’ve been trying to solve for quite some time. AA has inked a contract with SkyWest Airlines…
As reported by View From The Wing, Frontier is making some changes to it’s booking procedures. Going forward, unless people book on the Frontier website, they won’t be able to select seats ahead of time and they’ll earn half the miles. Since View From…
Previous posts about our trip to Toronto: Sheraton Centre Toronto We didn’t have a ton of time in Toronto but did manage to squeeze in a few fun activities. Rogers Centre/Toronto BlueJays: A short walk from a bunch of downtown properties, Rogers Centre is…
I blogged last week that Dulles Airport had announced the arrival of TSA Pre-Check. At that time, they told me that the actual security checkpoint would open as a regular checkpoint upstairs a few days later and Pre-Check would arrive on September 25th. Unfortunately,…
I currently use the American Airlines and United Airlines apps on my iPhone. And, while those apps are serviceable, I wouldn’t label either “award winning”. But good news appears to be on the horizon. There’s been news leaking like crazy for a while about…
It’s official, though I think it was just a matter of time. Late yesterday, the bankruptcy judge in the American Airlines bankruptcy case gave AMR permission to void the pilots’ union contract. This goes back a few weeks ago, when the judge rebuffed American…