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A Manhattan hotel guest who paid $149 for a one-night stay at the historic New Yorker Hotel invoked a little-known rent law to argue he was entitled not just to a room — but to ownership of the entire 1,000-room property, filing deeds, contacting lenders, and attempting to seize control before an eight-year legal saga ended in a fraud conviction.
The hotel became part of Marriott when Starwood was acquired, and then moved over to Hyatt in early 2023. That was a boon to elite members, because the breakfast benefit was upgraded to Hyatt standard and suites became confirmable at the time of booking. Late checkout is proactively offered, not just honored.
Obviously they should optimize their schedules – stop burning peak-hour slots on thin-regional routes and upgauge high yield routes. They should continue to lean into the co-location of their oneworld partners in terminal 8. They should consider growing at Newark (long-term, this month wouldn’t be the time to announce it).
But I actually think there are several additional things that American Airlines can do to compete effectively in New York.
The nearly 800-room Crowne Plaza Times Square closed several weeks ago, and is expected to re-open over the summer as Hyatt Regency Times Square. They are currently accepting reservations starting September 1.
Hotels have been repurposed to house migrants (over 10% of all rooms). The city has largely banned Airbnb. And new hotel construction has been limited, with hotel workers unions given an effective veto over projects.
Now the city wants to drive affordable non-union hotels out of business.
The Biden administration broke up the JetBlue-American Airlines partnership because they were concerned with competition in New York, and didn’t want competitors colluding. Or maybe they just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a third viable competitor to take on Delta?
Because it sure seems that the administration is more interested in keeping competition out of New York than ensuring it.
The FAA’s air traffic controller shortage, particularly acute in New York due to inadequate staffing incentives and high rejection rates of new controllers, has led to flight delays, reduced schedules, and higher airfares, with recent political and logistical efforts to address the crisis facing resistance – from Senator Chuck Schumer.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams was confronted by a woman boarding an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York on Monday. His Honor was seated in an exit row middle seat, and the woman approached him, first asking whether he was in fact the mayor – and then began to launch into a wide-ranging tirade.
The anti-Israel activist, headed to New York as well, recorded herself lambasting the mayor over a litany of issues.
The FAA had gone to off-the-street hiring to meet diversity goals but the problem was there weren’t enough training slots, and qualified controllers were being passed over when we need controllers. Whitaker’s approach lets the agency train controllers from a variety of backgrounds without sacrificing onboarding those that have gone through training privately already.
But what if New York TRACON refuses all new controllers to keep their overtime hours up?
American Airlines Announces New Tokyo Haneda Flight, Throws Down At United ‘Newark Is Not New York’
They’re now claiming to be the only U.S. airline flying New York to Tokyo. Which is only possible because United’s hub at Newark is not New York.
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 »
