News and notes from around the interweb:
- United is bringing back economy and premium economy pre-arrival meals on long haul flights
- American Airlines will sell bus-bus connections without having to fly.
Not that you should, but you COULD book ACY-PHL-ABE exclusively on @ridelandline buses via @AmericanAir tickets but it seems the pricing is a little confused by that 😯 https://t.co/m1eSqMehIE pic.twitter.com/49Fd9BzL2s
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) April 28, 2022
- Impact of Russian Airspace Sanctions on Flight Routes and Flight Times
- Things you didn’t know you couldn’t bring through TSA checkpoints
- There will be a Brian Eno documentary. You know him from “Music for Airports”
ENO the forthcoming documentary by @gary_hustwit
announced today. To be released in 2023. More information here:https://t.co/pVtBVTTEsZ pic.twitter.com/LtmU9gIxgD— Brian Eno (@brianeno) April 27, 2022
- Austin will add 3 new gates at the west end of the main terminal, with construction slated to start at the end of next year.
- Everyone should aspire to this.
i dont simply go through airport security. i have a goal. i want everyone in line to be blown away by my efficiency. i want to be celebrated as i push my belongings across the table. i want TSA to offer me a job (i’ll decline). i want people talking about me at their gate. glory.
— shelby wolstein (@ShelbyWolstein) April 26, 2022
For years AA has been treating flyers like they’re riding a bus, so this should be easy.
Nice. New hidden city options out of PHL.
Hop on the bus, Gus,
Do bus “flights” count as segments for your loyalty choice rewards?
If they don’t check that you actually show up for your bus “flights”, maybe that’s an easy way to get the segments (although, if you’re putting that much spend on an AA card or other means of earning loyalty points, without flying at least 30 segments on the airline, what are you doing?!)
Since you can earn loyalty points through CC spend now, it probably wouldn’t be useful for “status run” trips? Maybe for an easy mileage run with other OneWorld partners if you need a small number of miles to hit a status threshold, and don’t have time to fly?
Interesting either way.
I hope they’ll bring DUI Dougie back from the bar errrr retirement to oversee the installation of oasis interiors on the buses. Just don’t let him drive any of them.
Due to the shortage of qualified pilots and flight crews, American Airlines (ACY-PHL-ABE) 5-hour, 30-minute travel connecting through Philadelphia using exclusive bus service from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Allentown/ Bethlehem/ Easton, Pennsylvania is only $1,971 each way on June 3, 2022. So if you love the smell of diesel fumes in the morning, long bus rides, and want to squander your time and travel money, you will adore this new service from American Airlines.
https://ibb.co/kQ6D4QK
It doesn’t surprise me at all, many of us AA employees already call AA Greyhound Airlines. What a shame that from a First Class airline we are last in every survey, thanks Dougie and his USair management for destroying a good AMERICAN AIRLINES.
Make a new plan Alan.
OK, so I ad libbed.
Wait! There’s a first class on a bus!!??
Oh, and the jokes just write themselves!
Who the heck eats a cracker with gunpowder inside?
Oh, the British!
This adds so much extra time to a trip. While I understand that the AA bus can funnel people from communities they dont serve, I dont understand what this replaces as there are many ways one can get to & from any airport. I do understand bus service to small towns out west where there aren’t many options but to drive. They should call it AB not AA.
$3,942 per pax for ACY-PHL-ABE and return!