Tag Archives: American

Off-Peak United Awards to Europe

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Chris

United is offering 20% off the redemption cost of coach bookings made between now and November 15th to Europe for travel dates between January 15th, 2013 and March 13, 2013.  This brings the total for a US-Europe roundtrip to 48k … Continue reading →

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Sheraton Chicago O’Hare

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Chris

Last weekend was an adventure, to put it mildly. I was visiting San Jose on a $233 United fare that I had booked back in June, out Saturday and back Sunday night. Standing in line at LGA to board, I … Continue reading →

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Double Redeemable/Elite Miles on AA

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

I am exceedingly late to the party announcing double redeemable and elite qualifying miles on American Airlines as an apology for recent operational performance troubles, but here goes. For everyone, AA is offering: Double EQMs between November 1st and December … Continue reading →

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What’s in the water at Dallas-Fort Worth?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

American Airlines has been offering significantly discounted first class fares lately.  Last month, The Points Guy advertised this as a great deal that had all the appearances of ending quickly. To put this into perspective, consider flying from JFK to SFO on … Continue reading →

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Routes Have Their Entrances and Exits

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Chris

Yesterday, American added four new/resumed international routes to its Summer 2013 schedule: Chicago – Dusseldorf, resumes April 11, 2013 (discontinued Dec. 1995), 1x daily, operated by a 763. Dallas – Seoul, starts May 9, 2013, 1x daily, operated with a 777. … Continue reading →

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American Airlines Admirals Club Honolulu

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Chris

Having built too much padding into my schedule for getting to the airport, I had quite a bit of time to kill.  Luckily, I had my Priority Pass card on me (making use of it for the second time since … Continue reading →

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Premium Cabin Mileage Bonuses

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Chris

American and British Airways recently kicked off  a promotion for roundtrip travel in premium cabins/near-full fare economy between the U.S. and Europe, September 25th, 2012 through January 31st, 2013.  The promotion has tiers according to the number of trips taken: … Continue reading →

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American Airlines Business Class Brussels to New York

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Chris

With boarding for American’s flight to New York called in the British Airways lounge, it was time to head to the gate. As our upgrades had yet to clear, we asked after having our boarding passes scanned.  One seat was … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: American Airlines Business Class New York to London

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Chris

When this trip was booked in July, I was unable to locate any confirmable upgrade space around the dates we were interested in traveling, so I went ahead and booked the trip with waitlisted systemwide upgrades. While I would normally … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: American Airlines Flagship Lounge New York

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Chris

Ordinarily, when I’m flying American, I use my American Express Platinum card to visit the Admirals Club while waiting for my flight to board. One of the (many) perks of Executive Platinum status with AA is access to the Flagship … Continue reading →

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