The cancer continues to grow. United Express is expanding to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport next month. Two flights a day are transitioning from mainline to E-170s operated by Shuttle America between Chicago and National. United has not addressed...
Victory for United (and JetBlue and Virgin) as American suspends SFO-BOS service
Although AA is spinning the announcement that they will be suspending non-stop service between San Francisco and Boston, claiming that they are simply focusing on their hubs in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Miami, any astute observer...
American Airlines adds "Your Choice" service, i.e. pay for what used to be free
American Airlines has a new "Your Choice" program that is nicely sugar-coated to make you think that you are saving money. The initial "Your Choice" offering is a "Boarding and Flexibility Package" that: Places you in Group 1 of General...
Changes to North American Premium Class Meal Service on United
Changes are coming to domestic First and Business Class meal service on United, and overall, I’d say they are good changes. Here’s the new meal service descriptions: United First® Flights between one and two hours in length (a distance...
Route through Chicago if you want a bump this summer?
Continuing on the theme of bumps, Chicago O’Hare (ORD) might be a wise airport to connect in this summer if you are looking for a bump. It also might be the airport you want to avoid if you are...
Car Takes Flight at DFW
Boeing and Airbus now have a new competitor: Ford Motor Company. The woman, who was drunk, claimed she had only one vodka-cranberry the night before. That must have been some vodka… I hope she’s not expecting a 500-mile minimum...
Fierce Competition for Loyalty in Lucrative NYC Airline Market
Bloomberg had a nice piece yesterday on the über-competitive NYC airline market. At stake is a bigger slice of the $13.6 billion spent each year by passengers who start or end trips in New York, which no carrier dominates. More...
Los Angeles to Memphis on American Airlines – $156 r/t
For all you Oneworld mileage runners (or for anyone looking for a cheap vacation), AA’s got a deal for you. American is offering r/t airfare from LAX-MEM for $156 a/i for September-December travel. Sample routing: LAX-ORD-MEM-DFW-LAX. As always with these...
AA Flight Attendants: We are NOT the highest paid and least productive in the airline industry!
Yesterday, I blogged about AA’s assertion that its FAs are the highest paid and least productive in the airline industry. Not surprisingly, the AFPA doesn’t agree and offers this response: Convincing?
American Airlines’ Flight Attendants Authorize Strike
What is it with OneWorld and strikes? First BA, now AA? American Airlines flight attendants authorized their union leaders today to call a strike against the second-largest U.S. carrier if they are freed from further negotiations. About 97 percent...
Bad News For Us: A Discussion on Airline Mistake Fares
Nicholas Kralev’s mistake fare column was superior because it featured yours truly, but Scott McCartney’s latest column on mistake fares is well done. I particularly liked this: UAL Corp.’s United Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue AirwaysCorp. and Singapore Airlines all say their policy is...
Delta to Introduce Shuttle Service Between New York (LGA) and Chicago (ORD)
Delta announced plans to begin shuttle service this June between LaGuardia and O’Hare. Highlights: 11 r/ts daily (on the hour) Flights will depart from LGA’s Marine Air Terminal Flights will be operated by Compass Air, using two-cabin ERJ-175s (12...
Virgin America to Expand Service to Orlando and Toronto from West Coast
Good news for LAX and SFO-based flyers. With Virgin America entering the MCO and YYZ market, you may soon see some great deals to those destinations. MCO fares are usually reasonable, but YYZ fares are often over $500 r/t from...
Paperless Boarding Passes now Available on United Airlines
In a shocking move for UA’s crack IT department, you can now use your web-enabled mobile phone to check in for your flight and obtain a boarding pass. You can also check schedules, flight status, and flight availability on...
American Faces $10MN+ FAA Fine for Safety Violations (Explaining the New Standby Fees?)
Two bits of news regarding American Airlines today, probably unrelated, but who knows? First, AA is looking at a huge fine for MD-80 safety violations. American Airlines could face a fine in the ballpark of $10 million for safety...
American Airlines to Charge for Blankets on North American Flights
American Airlines will begin charging $8 for a pillow/blanket package on domestic flights more than two hours as well as flights to Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Central America starting in May. First Class passengers will still get the...
One-Way Awards Coming to United Airlines Next Month?
Take this info with a grain of salt, but the answer is yes, according this thread on Flyertalk. According to a 1K agent (the ultimate authority…), United will begin to test one-way bookings online starting 01 February. If these awards...
Maximizing Your Chances to Effectively Use Your Miles
Scott McCartney has a decent Middle Seat column today in the WSJ on how to maximize your chances to redeem frequent flyer miles. A couple sections particularly caught my eye: On the airline side, road warriors suggest checking alliance...
Picture of the Week #8: LAX-SYD in Qantas First Class for $1200 r/t
Note the original $1243 a/i price for this fare, which booked tickets into First Class on Qantas codeshares. I am usually really good at monitoring the Mileage Run Deals forum on flyertalk and have taken advantage of quite...
Great Mileage Run Deals Available Now from United, American, US Airways
For those of you looking to get started on elite status re-qualification right away, there are some great deals available right now. Below are a few examples. United SEA-LAX-DEN-ORD-DSM-ORD-DEN-LAX-SEA –> $189 a/i LAX-IAD-RDU-IAD-LAX –> $191 a/i [same-day turn available]...
