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A man was arrested at the Santiago airport Tuesday after causing significant damage to the American Airlines check-in area. The individual, reportedly of Haitian descent, had purchased a ticket to Miami, only to discover upon arrival that the ticket was fraudulent.
Upon learning that he would not be able to travel, the man became enraged and retrieved a hammer from his backpack.
United Airlines has gotten really good at inflight recognition of customer milestones like million mile achievements. Recently it seems like American Airlines has begun to follow suit. Could this mean renewed interest in and attention to the million miler program at American?
American Airlines has been sending out emails telling people that their AAdvantage frequent flyer accounts are going to be closed – unless they have some activity within the next month.
These aren’t the usual emails saying ‘your miles will expire’. And I’ve gotten several questions about what’s going on. In fact, in some cases people don’t even recognize the account numbers, and they wonder if it’s a mistake or some sort of phishing scam. It’s not.
American Airlines Senior Vice President of Network Planning Brian Znotins says he’s rubbing “rubs hands together in anticipation” for the carrier’s first Airbus A321XLR – the ‘extended long range’ version of the largest Airbus narrowbody aircraft. Here’s why.
American Airlines is launching business class suites with doors on new Boeing 787-9s that they take delivery of. They’re also retrofitting Boeing 777-300ERs, removing first class and adding these new suites.
That retrofit plan is called Project Olympus.
A New York politician demanded ‘don’t you know who I am?’ when being denied boarding from an American Airlines flight. But the gate agent didn’t know, and didn’t care.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy was headed to the Democratic National Convention, but missed his flight when he left the gate area to grab a Chick-fil-A sandwich. He returned with the boarding doors to his flight closed.
Hip Hop start Juvenile (Terius Gray) was kicked out of American Airlines first class. His wife was allowed to stay in the overbooked cabin. However, rather than suffer the indignity of American’s Main Cabin, he got off the aircraft – declaring himself a celebrity and than American was making a mistake denying him the seat.
Two passengers were arrested at Miami International Airport after refusing to deplane an American Airlines flight bound for Las Vegas on Tuesday. 27-year-old Eugenio Ernesto Hernandez-Garnier had a bleeding head wound and blood-soaked bandages.
People aren’t just taking off their shoes and socks and sticking their feet in the air. They are photographing their own bad behavior for posterity – and maybe selling the photos online?
Customers have started reporting that they’re seeing blankets and pillows back in domestic first class on American Airlines. That’s on cross country redeye flights.
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 »
