I’ve been flying quite a bit this year on United, and can’t say I’ve been that happy. United’s been going through a bunch of changes as part of the Continental merger. Despite that, I’ve had a few instances (including a 5-hour 2 plane delay)….
I’ve been a Hertz guy for a number of years now, and pretty much 100% Hertz since getting Hertz Platinum (their quasi-unpublished level with pretty cool benefits) a few years ago. For the longest time, I credited my rentals to Southwest. Under the old…
Some of this is not necessarily new info, but AA has now organized a bunch of it on their website. The 777 announcements were made back during the oneworld MegaDo in January, but the Airbus info is new. The A321 that flies transcon (NYC-LAX/SFO,…
Less capacity is both a blessing and a curse. Every time the airlines shrink capacity it gets harder to redeem awards, but it does mean they’re thinking about the bottom line and how to be sustainable (at least I like to believe so). A…
USAirways announces it’s now a creditor of American Airlines’ parent AMR. Talk about a tale of two articles. The first one makes it sound like US Airways might change it’s “support” of AMR in the bankruptcy process if it doesn’t consider a merger. The second…
Definitely a bit of a surprise to me. WSJ is reporting that AMR (parent of American Airlines) will look at merger and investment opportunities in the next few weeks. It’s even more surprising considering AA won the right last week to continue to control…
I know. Fascinating stuff. For the few that may actually be interested…. Traveling through DFW today and I saw these new signs being assembled at one of the gates. The one thing I thought that looked like a good change was the notation of…
I had a last-minute flight I needed to book for this upcoming week on AA and a revenue ticket was disgustingly expensive. So, I looked at award seats. Unfortunately, there was no “saver” inventory for either economy or first. I went ahead and plunked…
Sources are reporting that AMR, the parent of American Airlines, will ask for more time to exclusively file a reorganization plan. This comes as absolutely no surprise to me since the airlines are still negotiating with the unions. I’m happy to see the unions…
A couple of recent developments appear to add complexity to AA’s push through bankruptcy: The pilots union has agreed to put AA’s latest offer out to it’s members for a vote. Because of this, the bankruptcy judge has delayed his decision until August on…