Economy Class & Beyond

Love to fly full fare in C or F? BA and AA have an offer for you…

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Double Avois or Doube AAvantage Miles?  Depending on which programme you're married to will depend which you go for (and also how deep your pockets are...) American Airlines Promo: American Airlines offer is simple enough - fly to North or South America in First or Business Class in the high fares - get bonus AAdvantage miles. Purchase an eligible First or … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – American Airlines

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It's Saturday again, and its time to put your seat in the upright position, stow your tray tables (and especially if you're going near Hurricane Sandy), ensure your seatbelt is fastened as we show this week's safety video. This week, in celebration of the knee-crushing experience I had on a TATL flight this airline, it's American Airlines current safety video More … [Read more...]

iOS6 – Passbook support growing for Airline and Hotel industries

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Apple announced its new iPhone and iOS6 on Wednesday, and news is slowly trickling down of which partners you'll be able to use the Passbook application with: American Airlines United Airlines Delta Airlines Starwood Hotels Group Passbook is a a virtual wallet application for passes, tickets, coupons and loyalty cards (in some ways replacing the apps that these … [Read more...]

FAA allows AA to have flight deck iPads active for ALL phases of flight

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Here's an interesting little titbit that comes from the tech channels, with news that Federal Aviation Administration has granted permission to American Airlines to let its pilots use iPads in the cockpit in all phases of flight. The main use for these on the flight deck will be documentation - an Electronic Flight Bag to replace the current paper based system which AA hopes … [Read more...]

Speaking of allocated seating – the joy of codeshares… (and how to allocate seating on AA)

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As I'm wrapping up from the last trip report (as yes, the BA4 flight is being written up as this is going live), my future flying attentions are moving to my next trip back to Chicago. Now I'm not saying what dates or anything, but as you all can guess - my loyalty to Star Alliance is a bit more limited than it was in the past with a different airline has been looking after … [Read more...]

BREAKING: US Airways Agrees With AMR to Evaluate Possible Merger, Exchanges Financial Documents

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A bit of breaking news from Bloomberg, with the headline that US Airways and AMR (owner of American Airlines) are to evaluate a possible merger. As a prelude to such work, both have signed Non-disclosure Agreements (NDA's) to allow exchange of confidential financial and operational data to evaluate a potential merger of the two carriers. Both airlines will also work in … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic joins the fare sale party (so do AA… and Star at last)

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It seems sale season is in full swing with Virgin Atlantic joining the party. Like the British Airways sale, the main sale runs to the 25th September, with availability limited on various routes. There is also availability in Upper Class cabin on some routes - with different end dates to the Upper Class sale. I've noted them down for you in the notes section after each area … [Read more...]

Post Olympic long-haul sales are starting to hit….

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Well in a move to get people flying after the 30th Olympiad, it seems that fare sale season has hit, with cheap fares loaded on long haul routes from London to the USA (with me looking at London - Chicago Routes): Currently those on sale have about £30 - £70 off with the following groupings taking part: AirFrance/Delta/KLM British Airways/American … [Read more...]

Safety in the air? Try safety on the ground as a Ryanair and AA plane have an incident on the ground – then BOTH take off

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On the ground when we get on a plane, the first thing we see when the doors go to close is the safety video or a safety demonstration - and hopefully a lot of us pay attention to it. However, there are bigger issues on the ground as Flight reports - and it's enough to make you want to head to the small room. The incident occurred on 14th April 2011, when passengers aboard … [Read more...]