Archive for the ‘AA’ Category

LGA-MDW on LUV

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Tickets are for sale now on Southwest between LGA and MDW.  There are 5 daily roundtrips scattered throughout the day.  Aside from American's and United's frequent flights to ORD, Delta runs 9 flights a day on the same MDW-LGA route.  Pricing has always been competitive on this route, so Southwest's ...

AA Batteries

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

No pun intended. I'm not an expert on plane crashes (although I'm working in on it), but this seems bad.  

AA Ditches Mileage Gurantees (For Non-Elites)

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Took AA a little while but they're finally ditching 500-mile accrual minimums for short flights for non-elite members.  Sorry to all those frequent ORD-MKE flyers, you'll only be earning 67 miles from now on. 

AA’s Big Brother

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Sorry everyone, it looks like American Airlines will be blocking certain inappropriate content on its in-flight wireless.  

AA’s 737-800’s?

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Following on yesterday's post, American Airlines is notably absent in offering a value-add service to those looking for something extra.  Today, AA announced it is ordering 6 more 737-800s for a total of 76 fuel efficient aircraft to be delievered by 2010.  These aircraft will replace the aging MD-80s ...

PS

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Four years ago United launched PS service using 757s. At the time, the product's competitive advantage was the product itself: The reconfigured planes debuted with three cabins -- First, Business and Economy plus -- power outlets at every seats, and improved entertainment options. Since the launch, JetBlue has increased its ...