American Airlines questions

[omegaet]

Maybe we should just have one government owned and operated airline in the USA. We could call it Air America....no, that name was already used by the CIA during the early days in Southeast Asia and we all know how that finally worked out.

Possibly we could use the old Aeroflot as a business model....remember when that was totally run by the Soviet Union.....no, maybe that's not the answer either (they used to save money by not performing maintenance).....they experienced a crash about every week or two as I recall.

Let's just let these legacy airlines sort it out....the executives can continue amassing huge stock deals, the union leaders can continue to enrage their members and threaten strikes, passengers can take trains, boats, a bus here and there or maybe even drive their own cars (can you afford the price of a gas) while the smaller airlines keep eating away at their markets here and there and we can shop the web for those sales that always seems to pop up.

I don't mind paying a little more for airfares, as long as I can keep buying great luxury packages at deeply discounted prices here on Luxury Link (don't start another round of price increases here - please!).

[Mountie]

Good suggestions, -O-!

[jmbklj]

This might be true for paying customers. However, if the merger with USAir goes through, and the frequent flyer miles of both carriers and their alliances stay in tact, this will be a great plus for East Coast/European customers. It will open up so many more possibilities and routes to Europe.

In order to earn free flights, you must be a paying customer first.

[omegaet]

Just noticed in Financial Times that IAG may step up to the plate on the American Airlines deal. Probably would be better than a USAir deal! Could be a good move for OneWorld Alliance.

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I am a paying customer and pretty much always fly out of Philadelphia as the 1st leg of a trip and it would not be good for me ;-(
Philadelphia city hall thinks the merger would be a good thing and create jobs, more business at Philly international, etc., however, they seem to totally forget that Philadelphia International is not a decent airport - no merger would fix this.

USAir has such a bad reputation these days so if they were the majority owner of AA like United is for Continental then we all could be in trouble

[LL_Travelfan]

In order to earn free flights, you must be a paying customer first.

Not so. Just get a citi bank credit card that gives you 40,000 Miles and you can fly for just 25,000 miles within the United States on AA. This is also true for other airline affiliated credit cards.

[jmbklj]

Not so. Just get a citi bank credit card that gives you 40,000 Miles and you can fly for just 25,000 miles within the United States on AA. This is also true for other airline affiliated credit cards.

Yup, that happens typically once with each airline, if/when you get their credit card.....not enough miles for how I want to use my miles - on international trips. That's the best use of miles because those are the more expensive flights.

[LL_Travelfan]

Yup, that happens typically once with each airline, if/when you get their credit card.....not enough miles for how I want to use my miles - on international trips. That's the best use of miles because those are the more expensive flights.

40,000 FF miles gets you to Europe on AA and other airlines in off season. We are flying first class, in lay flat beds, for a mere 30K o/w on USAirways to Munich next.February and 30K back in March in coach.

We have flown on FF miles with our various credit cards for years. We are flying back to Europe next June for a mere 20K o/w on Air Berlin, an AA partner, and get this, the fees/taxes is $22.50. Can't beat that. Unfortunately, no business class seats available on Air Berlin. O/W tickets allow us to decide if we want to take a transatlantic cruise back or book another O/W ticket back later.

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Nice if you can get one of those credit cards or want to travel to Europe in the winter or can afford to pay the cost of the one way ticket back to the states.

It has taken me a few years just to accumulate the 28,000 miles I currently have with United/Continental. These mergers don't do anything for me except to raise the cost and give me less flight choices.

[omegaet]

Nice if you can get one of those credit cards or want to travel to Europe in the winter or can afford to pay the cost of the one way ticket back to the states.

It has taken me a few years just to accumulate the 28,000 miles I currently have with United/Continental. These mergers don't do anything for me except to raise the cost and give me less flight choices.

Denise, you might venture beyond conventional methods for accumulating miles:

http://travelhacking.org/

.....would you risk $1.00 for two weeks of exploration?