American Airlines

An era has ended.  Piedmont Airlines (now part of US Airways) was the first to use the Being 737-400. And now they’ve used their last. According to the Desert Sun: The aircraft — tail number N435US — flew from Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia before returning to Charlotte on …

So many people sent me the American Airlines’ first class downgrade news today to make sure I saw it and to ask my opinion. We’re creating a consistent experience when traveling in First Class on American and US Airways. EffectiveSeptember 1, 2014, we will be making changes to our First …

Random.org has spoken and the winner is…. The proof that these results are truly random–the winner voted for American Airlines.  <long sigh> Here’s the original post. And American Airlines won the poll overall.  I’m sure it didn’t help that Ed did some last minute muckracking.  (Beltway insider, really?) Anyway, this “rivalry” …

I wrote a post for Pizza in Motion laying out why the US Airways upgrade procedure is better than American’s Airlines’. Please note, we are only talking about the procedure.  I don’t think either of us would argue that US Airways’ first-class product is better than American’s (and I don’t think Doug …

Pizza in Motion has my explanation as to why the US Airways upgrade process is better than American’s.  I am not arguing that the US Airways product is better. Check out my reasons why on Ed’s post here.  Afterwards, he’s going to attempt wrote a rebuttal.   Also, if you would like to side …

Ed, my nemesis friend over at Pizza in Motion, is going to host a poll determining which upgrade procedure is better–US Airways or American Airlines. Note: this is about the procedure and not the product. Well, we all know how I feel, but I still needed to convince him.  I will have …

I’ve been racking up American Airlines miles and wondered how this would play out as a US Airways elite. When you go to book a trip through American Airlines, it locks the American Airlines Frequent Flyer number as your only option. Before booking my trip, I tweeted American Airlines and …

I’ve been a business traveler who logs a lot of mileage going to and from meetings.  But I’ve recently proposed that I fly less for my role, given all the technology out there.  It’s good business sense. But what does this mean for Jeanne, the traveler? I’ve been thinking about …

An e-mail went out to status holders on US Airways in regards to upgrades on American Airlines.  But the very bottom of the email addressed a question lingering in the backs of our minds: Will the elite qualifying miles from US Airways and American Airlines be combined for status in 2015? …

US Airways and American Airlines suddenly announced changes to their award charts today.  Here’s a post explaining the changes to US Airways.  And here’s a post explaining the changes to American Airlines. However, more changes were released: TL/DR:  (For Keri:  too long, didn’t read 😉 ) Golds and Platinums lose …