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Carter keeps her $800,000 award against Southwest. She also keeps her $300,000 punitive award against TWU 556. And she’s entitled to reinstatement and back‑pay. And the union still owes a penalty for religious freedom violations.
Now that JetBlue is a clear competitor, American is going after their best customers with a limited-time status match offer. Through June 30, American is more generous in the status they’ll offer to TrueBlue members. In fact, Mosaic 3 and 4 members can get Executive Platinum status.
American Airlines is testing a change to see whether customers will abide losing bread in economy class and premium economy.
You can earn lifetime oneworld sapphire elite status just from credit card spending. That’s mid-tier status like American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum or Alaska Airlines MVP Gold, and allows you to access American and Alaska lounges even when flying domestically on those airlines (and includes access to American’s Flagship business class lounges).
I absolutely loved this discussion amongst flight attendants of ways they can go above and beyond in providing domestic first class service. It isn’t required of them. They aren’t going to be penalized for not doing it (or rewarded by their company foe going all-out). They just want to be proud of their performance, each and every day.
The teamsters want to end outsourcing, get substantial raises and increased overtime while contributing less to healthcare, and obtain more job guarantees. The airline has offered pay increases, which the union calls disgraceful and insulting.
Flight attendants served a three-year-old boy wine instead of water on Cathay Pacific flight 255 from Hong Kong to London a couple of weeks ago. The child’s mother complained online after she found the airline’s response insufficient, and sharing concerns about her child’s long-term health from drinking alcohol so young. But the boy took only one sip, complaining to his mother that it was “too sour.”
I finally had a chance to try them. They were good, not great, but I like having them as an option. And it’s a much better choice than what’s available on my hub-to-hub lunch flight next week. They’re also tastier than the pre-pandemic American Airlines burger that was offered in domestic first class and better than United’s burger.
United Airlines has fired back at the American Airlines lawsuit which seeks to block Chicago from redistributing gates away from American and to United. United’s message came in the form of a letter to employees from airline President Brett Hart.
Awards for new American Airlines business class suites are wide open between Chicago and London Heathrow this summer as well as between Philadelphia and London. The new American Airlines 787-9s debuts June 5. That’s when the first plane flies Chicago – Los Angeles and back and then on to London. Come July all three of American’s Chicago – London flights transition to this new aircraft (“789P”). It features business class suites with doors, including an enhanced bulkhead row, as well as new premium economy seats. The plane is also equipped with ViaSat wifi which is far more functional than the Panasonic installs that have been featured on all of American’s wifis prior to the ‘block 2’ 787-8s which were delivered after the pandemic. American has these flights available for a variety of points prices, for…
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 »
