Tag Archives: American

Los Angeles. the Transatlantic Way: An Introduction

Back in July, a brief fare war broke out across the domestic US carriers for travel from the United States to Ireland in the fall.  Around that time, I wrote a post discussing the process of finding an itinerary to … Continue reading

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Anatomy of a Cheap Roundtrip

Until recently, American had a NYC-DUB fare priced at $51 (with $202 in additional fuel surcharges).  While prices have gone up slightly (the base fare is now $151), sub-$500 roundtrips to Europe are nothing to scoff at. My starting point … Continue reading

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American Airlines Business Class New York to San Francisco

Outside of my hastily put together award trip to Australia and New Zealand and a very brief visit to Montreal, roughly 134k of the 144k miles I flew last year were domestic, primarily flying to Los Angeles and the Bay … Continue reading

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AA International First Class Lounge Los Angeles

As an additional perk to those of us flying home on American, they gave us access to the International First Class lounge at LAX.

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AA Flagship Check-in LAX

American gave us a tour of their newly opened Flagship check-in area at LAX.  While normally reserved for Concierge Key members and passengers traveling in international or transcontinental, 3-cabin first class, they permitted us to come back to use the … Continue reading

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ETOPS: Engines Turn Or…

…passengers swim.  In the weeks leading up to OWMD, there was an auction to participate in a water evacuation while at the AA training facility.  Having had the luxury of watching from dry land, I’m pretty sure I never want … Continue reading

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Some People Are Insane

Nearly two weeks afterwards, I still haven’t started posting my photos from oneworld MegaDo (besides the Cathay Pacific 777 masthead for this blog). At Dallas, American gave us some statistics about their customers (and us). As it turns out, some … Continue reading

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Free Wifi on AA

Based on my flight last night, there’s a joint Citi-AAdvantage promotion offering 30 free minutes of wifi per flight until February 16th.

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My 2011 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

I traveled just over 144k miles this year, approximately 125k of which were revenue flights: I wound up with four redemptions: 2 nights at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas as part of Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion. 1 upgrade … Continue reading

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AMR Files for Bankruptcy

AMR, American Airline’s parent company, filed for Chapter 11 protection this morning.

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