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American’s Fleet Upgrade

American Airlines announced their order for 460 new planes, 260 from Airbus and 200 from Boeing, this morning to modernize its domestic fleet.  This weekend, I had the “joy” of riding in two MD-82’s slated to be replaced by these … Continue reading

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Airlines, Codeshares, and Passengers

Someone at work was looking to get to Europe later this summer and asked my advice for how I find cheap fares.  I pointed out ITA in addition to my paid ExpertFlyer account.  A quick search later turned up an … Continue reading

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AAdvantage Email Promotion

AA sent me a link to their email “Appraiser,” which offers bonus miles for subscribing to various email lists.  My address appraised for 2k miles after being offered signups for mailing lists I thought I was already on.  If the … Continue reading

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A Quick Jog to Los Angeles

Otherwise expensive summer airfares ended up being on sale for the Fourth of July weekend.  Yesterday, I took another American Airlines flight from JFK to LAX. I was originally booked on AA33, the 7:45AM departure to LAX, but I managed … Continue reading

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New York

As mentioned earlier, I trekked out to Los Angeles in coach on American Airlines. This time, I managed to snap off a predeparture photo of the plane: Once again, I was seated in 20A, providing a view of the sun … Continue reading

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Los Angeles

I’m visiting Los Angeles this week, traveling by way of American Airlines nonstop to and from JFK. As only a midtier elite, upgrades require using 500-mile stickers. I’ve been slow to accumulate them this year as most of my flying … Continue reading

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