I don’t have the exact time that this offer will be pulled, but I’ve learned that it will end soon. And we haven’t seen an offer like this in nearly four years.
American Airlines flight attendants negotiated to get boarding pay, like Delta pioneered for its flight attendants and to get Delta’s profit sharing formula. The goal of flight attendants in negotiations at American Airlines was to get paid like Delta’s. Yet after years of negotiations, tremendous drama, and multiple attempts to get permission from a Biden administration-dominated National Mediation Board to strike Delta flight attendants still earn more. There is much confusion over this. Yesterday Delta announced a 4% pay increase for flight attendants effective June 1: Delta’s new pay scale! Thoughts? byu/No_Telephone4961 inflightattendants The airline provides pay increases every year. When flight attendant union contracts expire (‘become amendable’), cabin crew at unionized airlines go years without an increase. There’s a claim, though, that come October 1, American Airlines flight attendants will be earning more than…
American Airlines has taken delivery of its first two ‘block two’ Boeing 787-9s from the order for 25 of them placed in 2018. These planes are equipped with 51 business class suites as well as a new premium economy.
Here are the first photos from inside the newly delivered aircraft.
Suddenly United Airlines is banning customer-facing employees from wearing any pin other than an American flag pin. They are currently allowed a choice of 18 approved pins on their uniform.
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A a result of United’s planned partnership with JetBlue, United could takeover 20 slot pairs at New York JFK and if “conditions are favorable” United could eventually acquire the smaller carrier. United could gain access to two of JetBlue’s gates at JFK, operating up to 20 total daily departures. The report suggests a partnership that rolls out in three phases.
Another spring, another shutdown. The Bangor, Maine airport is going to close Monday mornings through Wednesday afternoons this spring, and customers that may have booked tickets are out of luck. So are any flights that need to divert – Bangor is a regular diversion point.
American Airlines is eliminating the ability to put an award ticket on hold for five days, reducing allowable hold time to just one day.
The United-JetBlue deal is going to be bigger than many expect, even if it isn’t announced that way on day one.
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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 »
