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American Airlines Poured Me Dom Pérignon And Drove Me To My Plane—Then Left Me Stranded Overnight
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American Airlines Can Sell You Upgrades You Don’t See Online—Internal Memo Explains When To Call
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (376+ words) by Gary Leff on September 6, 2026 American Airlines can sell you a paid upgrade over the phone even when you aren’t seeing an offer on their website. An internal memo tells reservations agents to check for customers who call asking about…...
Airlines Are Buying Jets To Fly Until 2060 — But New Technology Will Steal Their Best Customers And Make Those Bets Money-Losers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (634+ words) by Gary Leff on September 5, 2026 A confident – and wrong – prediction is making the rounds: “Suborbital space launch will eliminate all intercontinental flights in the next ten years.” I know these people. DC people need to understand a few things: There…...
Emirates Business Class With No Fuel Surcharges, Dubai For 57,200 Points—Rove Adds Copa Transfers With 40% Bonus
1+ week, 6+ day ago (160+ words) by Gary Leff on September 1, 2026 Rove, which just added dining, instant gift card rewards and a new mobile app to their travel booking and shopping rewards portfolio, keeps adding points transfer partners. And they have some truly unique ones that…...
United Bought Hundreds Of Lie Flat Seats For Its Delayed 737 MAX 10—Now They May Not Fit
1+ week, 6+ day ago (930+ words) by Gary Leff on August 31, 2026 United Airlines has hundreds of lie flat business class seats sitting in storage for an aircraft that was supposed to enter service six years ago. The Boeing 737 MAX 10 still isn’t certified. And now it may…...
American Quietly Adds Connections To Fiji Airways Awards When Business Class Costs 405,000 Miles One Way
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (418+ words) by Gary Leff on August 30, 2026 American Airlines has quietly made its eye-wateringly expensive extra Fiji Airways award inventory more useful. An internal memo reviewed by View From The Wing says Fiji Airways “Enhanced Awards” can now include eligible American Airlines…...
American Airlines Mechanic Dies At 100 After 80-Year Career—He Was Older Than American Itself [Roundup]
2+ week, 1+ day ago (228+ words) by Gary Leff on August 30, 2026 News and notes from around the interweb: “He was older than American Airlines,” he said in an interview. The company has been celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, noting the first flight of Robertson Aircraft, one…...
American Airlines Fixes A Bizarre Upgrade Glitch—You Keep The Seat, It Keeps Your Money
2+ week, 1+ day ago (623+ words) by Gary Leff on August 29, 2026 American Airlines has fixed a bizarre interaction between paid upgrades and systemwide upgrades. If a customer bought an Instant Upgrade on one part of a trip and later applied a systemwide upgrade elsewhere on the…...
American Airlines Admits It Has Too Many Broken Seats And Too Much Duct Tape—Airdrops 60+ Technicians Into 6 Airports
2+ week, 1+ day ago (550+ words) by Gary Leff on August 29, 2026 American Airlines seems to have more issues with broken seats than other airlines. United and Delta cabins are sometimes in disrepair, but American planes fly with seats taken out of service more than other carriers....
81% Of American Airlines Flight Attendants Fear Discipline For Going Above And Beyond For Customers—Airline Promises Fewer Meetings
2+ week, 4+ day ago (614+ words) by Gary Leff on August 27, 2026 American Airlines began grading its flight attendants this spring. Flight attendants have now graded management in return. Their union says that more than 8,200 responded, Inflight Management received an F, and the airline has already agreed…...