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…
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…
American Airlines is giving away 500 miles to 24 winners every day for the next 7 days. It doesn’t appear you have to follow them on Twitter, but you do need to give them your Twitter handle. I do follow American on Twitter and…
Hyatt Has Been Busy Adding Properties To The Portfolio. It’s always great to see my favorite chain adding properties. They added four properties in France. Two new hotels in Paris, one in Cannes and one in Nice (with a casino). All seem like decent…
A quick note on AA’s contest celebrating their new logo. All you have to do is upload a picture (not necessarily one of you, can be anything) to enter. There are some other social media options as well. They’re giving away 1 million miles…
Just a quick note on the poll I put up last night. If you happen to be a United Airlines flier and win the contest I’ll be happy to award a United SWU instead. Don’t forget to vote on how you feel about American…
My family and I are traveling to Great Wolf Lodge (trip report and tips for families to follow later), so I probably won’t be posting much in the next couple of days. There’s been a bunch of buzz in the blogsphere over the past…
According to this link on the AA website, we have just a couple hours left before AA reveals it’s new livery. Obviously, the clock moves on the real page unlike the static image above. 🙂 Tune in at 10am EST to see the new…
Thanks to everyone who decided to follow me through WordPress, Twitter and Facebook and for the over 1,000 comments during the time of the contest. Heck, some of those comments were even logical. 🙂 I also wanted to take a moment and let everyone…
I received a marketing e-mail from AA today. It’s definitely not the type of e-mail I would normally consider, but it did a good job getting my attention with a 60,000 mile bonus offer for booking a cruise. My family likes to cruise, so…