Grand Hyatt Baha Mar Back On Track
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Cheap Flights Where You Can See 2 Cool Destinations And A Review Of “All You Can Fly” Service
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others. This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.
Expiring Amazon Promos And Are United Employees Deliberately Slowing Operations? The Best of the Rest For Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
Don’t forget I’m giving away two months of your own free travel assistant to everyone and 1 year of a free travel assistant to two lucky winners. The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that…
American-US Airways Merger Moves A Step Closer With Bankruptcy Judge Approval
Things took another step closer to culminating the merger between American Airlines and US Airways yesterday when the bankruptcy judge approved the merger. This was not a surprise, just a necessary mechanism in the process. The next step is for the creditors to formally…
American Airlines Bankruptcy Judge Voids Pilots’ Union Contract
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…
Not A Big Surprise, AA Is Asking For More Time To Control the Bankruptcy Process
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…
American Airlines Union Talks Continue To Evolve
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…
American Airlines Very Close To Deal With Pilots Union
The New York Times is reporting that AA is very close to a deal with it’s pilots union. I may be whistling past the graveyard, but I think this is excellent news. AA and the pilots have been fighting negotiating for virtually 4 years. The…
American Moving Aggresively to Trim Labor Cost
According to this Wall Street Journal article, American Airlines is set to trim about 20% of it’s non-union payroll through job reductions and benefit reductions. I wrote earlier about the closing of the Admirals Club at my home airport, Washington Dulles. While I’m disappointed,…