When American Airlines first introduced Premium Economy I knew I wanted to give it a try. Luckily, as American tends to do when launching a new product or service, the airline started selling Premium Economy seats as Main Cabin Extra for the first few months of service. For a few months American flew their 787-900 with…
A few weeks ago I wrote about American making yet another change to the boarding process. I haven’t flown American since the change was implemented, but had heard mostly positive reviews from friends and colleagues. Today, I finally experienced the newest boarding process and am happy to report the entire process is simply better. It…
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, sometimes works takes me to some pretty incredible places, other times it doesn’t. It’s not that Waterloo, IA is not a wonderful place, but it definitely isn’t as interesting as other cities I’ve visited when traveling for work. Although the city itself isn’t all that interesting the overall trip…
One of the biggest issues I have when traveling on American is the lack of capabilities offered from their mobile app. Specifically, the mobile app lacks the ability to view all available seats on your upcoming flight. If traveling in the main cabin you can see your flight’s open economy seats, but you can’t see…
Halfway through December of 2016 I received an email from American Airlines. The email politely informed me that it appeared I would not qualify for AAdvantage Platinum status in 2016. As I continued reading I found the email also contained a limited time offer to purchase an American Airlines Elite Status Boost. Sure enough American was…
The third fourth highest level of the American Airlines AAdvantage program; AAdvantage Platinum status offers many benefits which help make it well worth earning. AAdvantage Platinum status offers frequent flyers a ton of great benefits which make traveling, especially internationally, much more enjoyable. Anyone who finds themselves just shy of earning Platinum status should definitely consider a last…
Let’s take a quick break from Credit Card Madness to explain a few reasons why I’m loving American Airlines AAdvantage 2017. I was extremely disappointed when American followed Delta and United and switched to a revenue based loyalty program. In the past, I loved American because the little guy was effectively equal to big spenders. I could…
We’re just over two months into 2017 and have now had two months to earn miles under the new “enhanced” AAdvantage program. So far, the sky has not fallen and the world has not ended. Yes, the new EQD requirement is frustrating. I have already flow 19,200 EQM and only have $1,200 EQD. It seems…
A few weeks ago American Airlines announced an upcoming change to simplify the boarding process. Well that change finally takes effect today. At first I did not fully understand the reason for the change. I have never had a problem with the boarding process. I have heard several friends who typically fly United complain about though.…
I just got back from a long weekend in London and am happy to say the trip was a total success on all fronts. While there are several topics I plan on discussing with this trip report, I think it is important to first discuss how I booked the trip. Finding The Right Price For…
