American Airlines will only sell basic economy fares directly, not through traditional or online travel agencies. There are some cheaper fares that they reserve to their own channels as well. But generally speaking there are two sets of fares depending where outside of American Airlines that you book.
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Google Now Offers Airfare Price Guarantee, They’ll Pay You The Difference If Price Drops
Google has just introduced a price guarantee for airline tickets. If you buy a flight they say is at the right price, and the fare drops later, they’ll give you the difference. This should bring more attention to the generally-excellent Google Flights.
Take One Trip, Friends Fly With You Free On Southwest Airlines For Six Weeks
Southwest is offering six weeks of a companion pass – bring someone with you when you travel on points or cash for just the taxes – after you take just a single trip.
Register, purchase one roundtrip or two one way flights by April 5, and then travel by May 24. Your companion pass will be valid August 15 – September 30, 2023.
Passenger Pours Out $100 Whiskey After His United Checked Bags Are Tampered With
The seal on a $100 bottle of whiskey was “obviously cut” and one-third of the bottle was drained when it was collected at baggage claim. It didn’t spill. And it was packed by an industry professional. Who could have taken the precious Glenmorangie?
Delta Rebooks Passengers On Lyft When There’s No Airline Seats Available
A Delta Air Lines passenger reported that they made it to Detroit on Friday, but couldn’t get the last mile home to Cincinnati. There were strong thunderstorms in the area in the evening and that was wreaking havoc with flights. Delta, though, didn’t blame weather and say there was nothing they can do. Instead they rebooked passengers on short-distance final segments using their partner Lyft.
Customers Spending 3+ Hours On Hold To Reach Delta: How To Get Through Right Away
In recent years, Delta has offered the worst customer service by phone with the longest hold times for customers, although of course all airlines have challenges. Fortunately there is a workaround for all of this!
How Starbucks And Uber Are Now Driving Airline Credit Card Signups
When airlines partner with third parties so that customers earn miles for transactions outside of travel, we normally think of the non-travel partner renting the frequent flyer program to help sell their product. The partner buys miles and is paying for the reward they give to customers, for access to the airline’s customers, and for use of the frequent flyer program’s intellectual property.
But there’s a benefit to the loyalty program beyond the direct revenue for the miles sold.
Delta Jet Forced To Reject Takeoff As Another Aircraft Crosses Taxiway
Delta flight 1482 from New Orleans to Salt Lake City was cancelled Friday evening after being told to reject takeoff when another aircraft crossed the taxiway. The Delta Airbus A321 was already accelerating down the runway for its takeoff roll.
New Campaign Tells Southwest Airlines To Drop ‘Woke’ Politics, “Shut Up And Fly”
A new billboard along Interstate 35 near Fort Worth highlights website SouthWoke.com calling on Southwest Airlines to ‘shut up’ about liberal politics and focus on flying.
New Airline “Recline Alert System” So You’re Ready When The Passenger In Front Of You Leans Back
KLM is out a few hours early with their April Fool’s joke: the world’s first airline to offer a beeping ‘recline alert system’ to notify the passenger behind you that you’re about to encroach on their space.