I listened in on the press conference that Tom Horton (American CEO) and Doug Parker (US Airways CEO) conducted this morning and picked up a few interesting nuggets. In no specific order: This was a theme that came up a number of times…
It looks like the merger will be announced officially in the morning. Wall Street Journal has some particulars on it. And, I think View From The Wing has done a great job of breaking down some of the various components of a merger. I…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about some changes to the credit card offers being shown on American Airlines’ website. It wasn’t great news, the sign-up bonus on the MasterCard looked like it was dropping from 40,000 miles to 30,000 miles. Shortly thereafter,…
Another small data point on purchasing variable amount gift cards from Office Depot using your Ink Bold card to earn 5 points per dollar. There were a few comments on my original update post indicating that some stores still have cards and some stores…
After posting just a couple hours ago about American expanding its codeshare relationship with Alaska Airlines, I ran across a piece of news about expanding codesharing in the Caribbean. American has been slowly pulling out of the Caribbean, consolidating its flights out of Miami…
In the midst of a crazy travel week, I missed the announcement from American that they were officially expanding their codeshare relationship with Alaska Airlines. The codeshare expansion will allow American to place its code on 22 new Alaska routes that provide Bay Area…
If you’re interested in a free drink on a future United flight, don’t forget to enter my giveaway. There really hasn’t been much in the way of real progress since the FAA grounded the Boeing 787 Dreamliner almost a month ago. A bunch of…
I’ve been keeping mostly quiet about the potential American Airlines/US Airways merger. Sure, there was a story recently about how they could announce the merger next week. But, that story could have easily come out a month ago, or a month from now. So,…
Okay, not as sexy as the free airline ticket and Hyatt points I gave away last month, but a free drink still beats a sharp stick in the eye. I have 10 vouchers for a free drink on a United Airlines flight. If you’re…
There’s been a bunch of buzz in the blogsphere about a new program Starwood Preferred Guest had coming out called “Crossover Rewards”. Now, I’m a Platinum member of Starwood Preferred Guest so these discussions perked up my ears. The rumors flying around yesterday were…