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Book Now: American Airlines New Award Charts Start Tomorrow

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As a reminder, for those American AAdvantage members, looking to lock in current award pricing, today is your last day, before the new award charts go live tomorrow. You can see the full new award charts on American’s site here, as well as the current chart as well. The biggest change is that Business/First will…

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American Airlines Launches Los Angeles-Hong Kong Service

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American Airlines announced today that they would be expanding their Los Angeles service, with new non-stop service between the City of Angels and Hong Kong. The new service is expected to begin September 7, 2016 pending regulatory approval, and will be operated onboard a Boeing 777-300ER You’ll recall that American Airlines launched several new routes from Los Angeles earlier…

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Earn Complimentary American Airlines Gold Status (Targeted)

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American Airlines has teamed up with Hilton HHonors, to offer Hilton HHonors members the opportunity to earn complimentary American AAdvantage Gold status, when you register now through February 25, 2016. Note, this offer may be targeted, but it can’t hurt to register. Offer Details: Register now and enjoy complimentary American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status through…

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American Sues Gogo Wifi

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The news is out. Gogo wifi is slow. I’m surprised it actually took this long for someone to do something about the extremely slow Gogo wifi onboard most planes these days. As many of you business travelers know, business travelers boot up and log onto Gogo within minutes of taking off. You have a few…

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American Airlines Launches New Partnership With Uber

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American Airlines announced their latest partnership today, and its with the popular ride sharing company Uber. Uber has several partnerships currently including with United Airlines, Starwood, and IHG Hotels. Executive Platinum members will want to take note, since they’ll be given a free ride with Uber, even if they’ve already used Uber before. Per American…

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American Airlines Enhancing Travel for Economy Passengers

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American Airlines has announced that they will be enhancing the travel experience for economy passengers onboard their flights, by bringing back free snacks in coach, which the airline ended nearly 10 years ago. Delta Air Lines has always had free snacks in coach, and United recently has brought them back, so it seems like American…

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American Airlines Launching Several New Routes

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American Airlines is launching several new routes from many of their hubs in the coming months. This comes after their latest announcement about their new Los Angeles service which was greatly expanded. Here’s a rundown of their new routes by hub: Charlotte: Charlotte to San Jose, California (SJC), seasonal daily service from June 2 through Aug. 15, operated…

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American Airlines Launches Many New Routes from LAX

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American Airlines announced today that they would be expanding their Los Angeles service, with several new routes thanks to the new gates that their adding, meaning an additional 20 daily flights to several new destinations such as Seattle, Portland, and Anchorage to name a few. Per American Airlines, Coming Summer 2016, American Airlines is expanding…

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Up To 50,000 Bonus American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

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American Airlines has announced their latest Buy Miles promotion, which is running now through January 27, 2015, where you can earn up to 50,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage miles. With this new offer if you wanted to buy 100,000 American AAdvantage miles, meaning you’d receive the 50,000 bonus, for a total of 155,000 miles for $3,201.25…

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20 Hours To Fly From Miami to Los Angeles on American

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The holidays are always a stressful time when it comes to air travel, due to the full flights, longer security lines, and possible bad winter weather around this time of year. But for some travelers, who made the journey from Miami to Los Angeles over the holidays, they found themselves traveling for 20 hours. Per…

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Up To 115,000 Bonus American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

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Earlier this month, we wrote how you could earn up to 75,000 bonus miles when you buy or gift miles, however that has now been increased to 115,00 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage miles. With this new offer if you wanted to buy 150,000 American AAdvantage miles, meaning you’d receive the 115,000 bonus, for a total of…

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American Airlines Launches Premium Economy on International Flights

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American Airlines announced today that they would be launching a new premium economy product on their international fleet in late 2016 on their new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, then eventually will be rolled out to all of their 777, 787, A330 and A350 aircraft. American Airlines new Premium Economy will feature the following: A spacious environment with more legroom…

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American Airlines Admits Delta Runs A Better Airline

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When it comes to domestic airlines, it’s no secret that Delta Air Lines runs one of the best operation in the airline industry, and American Airlines has acknowledged that fact in this recent article by Forbes. Per Forbes, “Delta’s done a great job: hats off to them,” Robert Isom, American Chief Operating Officer, said Thursday…

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Up To 75,000 Bonus American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

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Now through January 4, American AAdvantage members can earn up to 75,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles  when you buy or gift miles. With this offer if you wanted to buy 125,000 American AAdvantage miles, meaning you’d receive the 75,000 bonus, for a total of  200,000 miles for $3,994.06 which comes out to about 1.9 cents per mile,…

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Up To 15,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles With Wyndham

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You can earn 3,000 AAdvantage® miles on your 1st through 5th qualified stay at any Wyndham Rewards hotel.* That’s in addition to the AAdvantage miles you already earn. Up To 15,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles With Wyndham To qualify for the Promotion and earn 3,000 miles per qualified stay a Member must:  choose to earn with American Airlines…

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The Battle Continues between American and Delta Over Tokyo

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The battle between American Airlines and Delta Air Lines continues over service to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. To find out why the airlines are fighting, I’ll let you read this Bloomberg article which explains it in detail. Per Bloomberg Business,   The U.S. decision was the latest development in an almost yearlong spat between the carriers for one…

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American Airlines Selling Elite Miles/Segments Towards Status

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American Airlines has announced that they would be selling elite-qualifying miles/points and segments to those AAdvantage members who haven’t quite hit the amount they need to re-qualify for elite status. Offer Details: The 2016 AAdvantage® elite status qualification year ends on December 31, 2015. Not on track to reach your goal? You still have two ways…

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American Airlines Launches New Service to Cancun

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American Airlines announced that they would be adding some new routes to Cancun, Mexico starting in 2016. The new gateway cities which will offer the service may surprise you since they aren’t seen as American hubs. Earlier this week, we wrote about how American Airlines to Launch New Service from Los Angeles to Tokyo Haneda, so…

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American Airlines: Win 500,000 AAdvantage Miles

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American Airlines is running a sweepstakes for a chance to win 500,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® miles and a $3,000 cruise voucher, the grand prize. You can also win 1 of 5 runner up prizes of 100,000 AAdvantage® miles. What would you do with these miles if you won? American Airlines: Win 500,000 AAdvantage Miles Ready for the chance…

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