“Cookies for Kisses” Exposed: American Airlines Flight Attendants Caught Speaking In Code To Sell Their Seniority

by Gary Leff

May 30 2025

American Airlines flight attendants are selling their seniority again. The company is cracking down on them for it, and the union isn’t protecting the cabin crew.

Flight attendants get to ‘bid’ on trips based on seniority, choosing their schedules which are most convenient to them and which take them to the best destinations. That’s a perk that has real value. Want to fly to Rome? You’d better be super-senior… or be willing to pay someone who is to trade their trip with you.

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JetBlue Talked To Every Airline—But United Overpaid In A Secret Deal To Win The Partnership

by Gary Leff

May 30 2025

At first blush it seems like United got the better deal in its partnership with JetBlue. JetBlue’s flights really don’t get United that much, and the airlines aren’t codesharing. United gets back into JFK – by gaining 7 takeoff and landing slots from JetBlue, and the carriers are exchanging a handful of flight times at Newark.

It might be hard to see why JetBlue chose United as a partner. However, the deal makes sense when you read between the lines to what hasn’t been said about the partnership.

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First Look Inside American’s New 787-9: Patented Comfort Position And Lighting Details Never Seen On A U.S. Airline

by Gary Leff

May 29 2025

I’m completely blown away by the American Airlines Boeing 787-9P, their new premium-heavy aircraft with business class suites and an all new premium economy. The truth is that even coach is improved. There’s way more attention to detail throughout the cabin than in any plane I have seen from American Airlines, ever, or frankly from a U.S. airline in the past several decades.

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Exclusive: American’s New 787-9P Adds 51 Business Class Suites—By Cutting Legroom In Coach And Premium Economy

by Gary Leff

May 29 2025

American Airlines will debut its new Boeing 787-9P aircraft – new delivery planes with all-new interiors – in about a week. It will initially fly Chicago to Los Angeles and then Chicago – London, before being added to routes from Philadelphia.

And we now know the stats on seats in the cabin. I’ve been sent a copy of the mockup for this page that’s expected to go live on June 1 for the new 787-9P by an insider.

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