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Over the past few years I find it harder and harder to remain loyal to American Airlines when traveling domestically. I say this because it seems over the past few years American continues to worsen overall customer experience. They’ve done this by removing in-flight entertainment screens, reducing seat pitch, shrinking lavatories, and by offering an…
The other day I wrote about American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades and how to use them. While writing that post I realized that you can actually earn additional Systemwide Upgrades through the Million Miler program. That’s when I realized that I didn’t actually know that much about the Million Miler program and my guess is that many…
Whenever people ask me why I strive to earn American Airlines Executive Platinum status each year my answer is always the same. The reason I try to earn EP status is because of the 4 Systemwide Upgrades (SWUs) I receive each time I qualify. What Are Systemwide Upgrades? Systemwide Upgrades (SWU) are electronic certificates passengers…
Several weeks ago I booked a typical round trip from Chicago to New York. Well, the trip was standard enough. I wanted an extra stop so I ended up booking flights from Chicago to New York, to DC, and back to Chicago. While the routing might not have been typical the process of booking was. To…
Until now, the Main Cabin Extra product only offered a little extra leg room and not much else. I’m not particularly tall so I never really saw the point in paying more for Main Cabin Extra seats. Sure the extra leg room is nice, but there is no way I’d pay an additional $30-$70 just…
Today was a big day for American Airlines. Earlier today the airline officially announced several additional routes for 2018 and beyond. American added a few international destinations to their route network; namely Budapest, Prague, and Reykjavik. Additionally, the airline added a few new, much less exciting, domestic destinations such as South Bend, IN. The press…
One of the most frustrating things about traveling with OneWorld carriers is that you booking reference or record locator might not be the same among airlines. Some airlines use the same reservations system which makes this process much easier, but other do not. Specifically, American Airlines record locators are not the same as other OneWorld…
So this is pretty interesting. The other day I was browsing the American Airlines Flyertalk forum and came across a thread discussing upgrade notification emails. Specifically, the thread was asking what happened to the automated emails you used to receive when your American Airlines upgrade clears. Most of the people writing in the thread agreed…
While spending nearly a week of my life in various business class seats during my Qatar Airways Mileage Run I’ve gotten a fairly good understanding of what makes an average business class seat and a great business class seat. During that time I also spent a lot of time thinking about what the “best” business class…
The other day I received a very curious email from American Airlines. The subject of the email introduced an “exclusive offer” to convert Marriott Rewards points to AAdvantage miles. Even better, you’d earn a 30% bonus for doing so. Upon receiving the email I instantly became excited about the opportunity. I’ve had a large stash…
