This post won’t be riveting material for many of my readers, but I have been curious for quite some time what American Airlines’ CEO Tom Horton was getting for an exit package as a result of the merger with US Airways. I had been…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
I remember when I started writing this blog a few years ago. I had a big pile of miles and points and I enjoyed helping other people plan their travel. So, I figured I would write about it once in a while. I figured…