At an event at Southern Methodist University alongside former American Airlines CEO Bob Crandall, current CEO Doug Parker defended the move to award miles on the basis of ticket price rather than distance flown. And he did it by attacking the mileage run.
He also said “We’d like to turn AAdvantage miles into Bitcoin so that everything that you buy is with AAdvantage miles”
A man was arrested in Miami’s airport on Wednesday after attacking a homeland security officer at a TSA checkpoint on the airport’s D concourse which serves American Airlines around 12:30 p.m.
The passenger had approached the uniformed officer and began shouting, “You don’t want me! You don’t want me!” and “slapped at the officer’s hands.” The officer took out his baton.
Cayman Airways flight KX620 from Grand Cayman to Kingston, Jamaica was delayed about an hour and 15 minutes on Monday. The plane pushed back but an issue with one of the Boeing 737’s engines forced the flight to return to its gate.
In response to the delay “one male passenger started chanting and praying and was getting louder and louder” and then a woman onboard ‘caught the spirit’.
American has been in the process of renovating several of its lounges. That’s great especially when the clubs are going to be enlarged or offer better seating. But while the renovations take place it’s an inconvenience. I
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Delta is updating mileage-earning on partners effective January 1. Some tickets flown on partners will earn more miles (and elite qualifying credit) and some tickets will earn fewer miles.
This week Barclaycard shared details of their new Uber Visa credit card.
Buried in the Uber coverage is a note about points potentially transferring to airline miles. Barclaycard confirms to me that “we are exploring other travel redemption options for 2018, like point transfers, that could be used for Uber and some of our other card products.”
The American Airlines crusade for the government to take away choices and money from consumers who would choose to buy travel from Middle Eastern airlines and put it in their shareholders’ pockets runs completely counter to their rhetoric on diversity.
Flight MU5762, the daily 11:45 a.m. departure, was delayed until 2:33 pm and flew with a replacement crew member while the injured flight attendant was transported to the hospital according to a statement from the airport. Hopefully the flight attendant recovers quickly.
Flights from Newark and New York JFK or from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur and back from Bangkok start at $287 right now. Travel is on United and Star Alliance member ANA via Tokyo.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
