In quite a surprising announcement today, American Airlines has said they will be taking their flagship 777-300ER off the daily Los Angeles – Sydney route and will be replacing it with a 787-9. The schedule will stay exactly the same. This is quite a major move for the carrier. When they first announced services to […]
The last few months have been a bit rocky for partners Qantas and American Airlines. The joint venture was denied to the carriers last November and from then on there have been quite a few major changes. Earning rates got majorly slashed at the start of this year for both airlines, codeshares were being removed […]
There have been a few reports lately that people are having trouble finding American Airlines awards through Qantas. I came across a post on Flyertalk about the situation and I thought I’d investigate it a little further. Here’s an example routing from Los Angeles to San Francisco: As you can see, there looks to availability on American […]
Without a doubt, my favourite frequent flyer program would still have to be American Airlines AAdvantage. The program offers some fantastic value, always has miles on sale and has some brilliant redemption partners. I’ve talked about the program a little bit for Etihad first class redemptions, but today I am going to talk about redeeming these […]
After my tiring status runs, I had a quick overnight in Los Angeles, and I was headed to New York early the next morning. I was staying with a friend and luckily I got some decent sleep and woke around 4 and left for the airport in an Uber at 5. Sadly I didn’t get Pre-check for […]
After my brilliant Virgin Australia flight, I was headed to Seattle to Dallas. At the time of booking flights, I saw that AA was running their brand new 787-9 aircraft on the route and I was very interested in flying on it. What made me excited about it is that it features brand new B/E […]
Earlier today JonNYC who is a very reliable source posted on Flyertalk about American Airlines re-coding their Domestic first class into Business class. Here is the full post Main points: Domestic First (non-transcontinental) will book into a J fare but will be marketed as “First” International and Trans-con flights with 3 cabin’s will stay the […]
Yesterday American Airlines landed in Auckland marking the commencement of their daily Auckland service with their new 787 aircraft. American has expanded their pacific network with adding a direct daily service to Sydney and now Auckland. For Oneworld flyer’s they had no direct service to the U.S.A and would have to transit through Australia onto […]
Not surprisingly American Airlines are again currently offering a significant bonus for purchasing miles through to July 8. Details here: At this time I won’t be purchasing any miles as I am planning some more flights with star alliance and my AA balance is sufficient for now. Is this bonus worth it? Definitely. There is […]