TAM sets alliance switch date: 31 March 2014
We’ve all known that the move was coming and that there would be about 180 days of advance warning. Well, today is the 180-day mark....
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Reciprocity in place for American Airlines and Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is joining the oneworld alliance at the end of October and is shoring up the bilateral partnerships associated with that move. Today’s announcement...
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Why should the DoJ approve the AA/US merger? To solve the union problems!
That’s the story out of US Airways this week, sortof, as they announced a schedule change planned for later this year. It isn’t particularly common...
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Another Dreamliner takes flight
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner really does fly. The plane had its first flight today at Paine Field in Everett, Washington and it got off the...
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Can style beat substance? The NY Times takes on Virgin America
Virgin America certainly has its fair share of detractors and critics. I’m one of them rather often, actually. It turns out that mood lighting and...
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Plan my trip: NYC-Abu Dhabi
Recent news that Royal Jordanian award inventory is now available on the American Airlines website has me excited because I like when more award options...
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Bundles of unbundling
The airlines have been quite vocal about the “value” they can provide to customers by unbundling services and making them available a la carte throughout...
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How not to manage a major policy change to your loyalty program
UPDATE: Turns out that the miscommunication comes from the fact that American didn’t actually change anything, even though their systems did. Still quite the mess...
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Why the lawsuit against the American/US Airways merger is no surprise
Many people are expressing surprise today that the US Department of Justice, six states and the District of Columbia have filed a suit seeking to...
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The cynical view of the American Airlines/AwardWallet announcement
If you haven’t read already – and I’d be shocked if that were the case – AwardWallet now has permission to include and track AAdvantage...