Tag Archives: American

A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Kahului to Dallas-Forth Worth

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Chris

For my return to New York, I took the redeye to Dallas.  Concerned that my upgrade might not clear—especially when booking ten days in advance, I used one of my systemwides expiring February 2013.  If I were flying from New … Continue reading →

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It’s Probably Official

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Chris

The Dallas Morning News reports that the merger between US Airways and American Airlines will be announced tomorrow morning at 7:30AM CST: The plan is to announce the deal in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, followed by a 7:30 a.m. CST … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Kahului

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Chris

As seems to be the tradition at American’s LAX station, boarding started several minutes ahead of schedule. When I made it to the gate at the scheduled boarding time, boarding for group 3 had already been called. American 253 Los … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines Business Class New York to Los Angeles

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Chris

A few minutes after I booked this trip, I called the Executive Platinum desk to apply one of my systemwide upgrades expiring at the end of February 2013 to my reservation to upgrade my OGG-DFW-LGA segments.  At the time, the … Continue reading →

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A Few Miles More: An Introduction

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Chris

Since Hawaiian Airlines entered the New York market, there have been a number of fare wars for flights to Hawaii.  As I got to January 8th without any particular plans for MLK weekend, I decided to go to Maui. While … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Think I Like Change

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Chris

Change is bad.  It’s how you get New Coke, wilted tulips, and other sundry destroyed icons.  American announced their rebranding this morning: It’s been compared to Air France and Cubana. The livery has already been painted a 737. Photo Courtesy … Continue reading →

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My 2012 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Chris

In the tradition of last year, it’s time to summarize where I went and how I got there.  I flew about 217k miles in 2012, approximately 186k of which were revenue miles.  Across my revenue and award travel, all but … Continue reading →

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Buy AA Miles for 2.01cpm

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Chris

From now until December 31st, AA is offering bonus miles on mile purchases.  Additionally, the normal 40k/year cap has been lifted to 60k miles.  Miles cost $29.5625/1k (inclusive of taxes) for purchases of 6k miles or more, plus a $35 … Continue reading →

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I Thought This Only Happened on United…

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Chris

So I just went to check-in for my flight on American Airlines tomorrow.  While I’ve had mystery errors during check-in with United (particularly since 3/3), this is a first for AA: The EXP desk says the reservation is fine (unlike … Continue reading →

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25% Avios Sale for US Originating Itineraries

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Chris

One Mile at a Time and View from the Wing both note that the 25% off sale that I discussed yesterday is applicable to itineraries originating the United States, not just London.  As a US-originating roundtrip is far simpler than … Continue reading →

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