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American Airlines changed its travel credit expiration policy, but by following three key strategies, frequent flyers can maximize the value and duration of their credits.
The takeaway isn’t just “don’t book codeshares in the first place” it is to remember that if an airline is rebooking you because your flight has been delayed or cancelled, and another airline is involved, don’t let them rebook you onto the codeshare if you can possibly avoid it!
American Airlines is dropping out of the S&P 500 before market open on Monday, September 23rd. It will move down to the S&P MidCap 400.
That’s not S&P’s judgment about the airline’s performance and prospects… but it is the market’s judgment.
American Airlines wants you to check your bag. Fewer carry-on bags speeds up the boarding process, since passengers don’t take a few seconds each to stow their bag. And at the very end of boarding they don’t find that they’re out of bin space and have to race to gate check carry-ons. Anything they can do to reduce that time before departure is a win.
American’s approach to international flying, broadly, is to fly to their close partner hubs and to operate seasonally to other destinations.
Having seen Starlink perform first on JSX and more recently on Hawaiian I can say that it really is the best inflight wifi product by a lot. Beyond faster speeds, it just has very very low latency. The technical aspects of it are outside my area but signals just don’t have as far to travel with the satellites in low earth orbit. Installations can be done in a single overnight period.
JetBlue’s seat back entertainment map now displays the Palestinian territory, and it does so in “significantly larger text” than Israel “to the point where it is overlaid on the entire state of Israel.”
Vasu Raja has been giving interviews after being let go as American Airlines Chief Commercial Officer. American’s financial results have been poor, and at some level either he needed to go, or the CEO did. It’s not surprising which decision got made.
This is a pretty good offer for Southwest and for customers. They’ll give you a free companion to travel with you for about two months if you book just two one way flights right away (and use them for travel in the next couple of months). Registration required.
Friday night’s Delta flight 112 Boston to Rome appears to have turned back over the Atlantic two hours after departure, diverting to New York, when a passenger reportedly had “severe bouts of diarrhea all over” their seat.
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 »
