Cranky on the Web (January 13 – 17)

Jan 18, 2014

More Reading on This Topic: American

Airline merger will hurt some cardholders – Philadelphia Inquirer
Apparently the decision to stop allowing Amex Platinum access to US Airways clubs is causing quite a stir with some people crying that the airlines promised it would be a consumer-friendly merger. If people think every single move will be consumer-friendly, they’re crazy.

In the Trenches: Reviewing 2013, Planning for 2014 – Intuit Small Business Blog
It’s time to look back on 2013 and set up plans for 2014.

Meet American’s Envoy: A Funny Thing About Regional Airline Names – Conde Nast Daily Traveler
American Eagle Airlines is changing its name to Envoy. Of course, as a traveler, you’ll never really know or care.

Brett

6 responses to “Cranky on the Web (January 13 – 17)”

Sean S.

Jan 18, 2014 at 11:02 am

Mergers definitely create a situation of losers and winners when it comes to alliances and the various card-deals. That said the biggest question for the American/US Airways will continue to be the question about service and the potential loss of service, with the first details coming down of cuts to a variety of small to midsized airports from National as a part of the divestiture. It’ll be interesting to see who will take up those routes, if any.

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Ron

Jan 18, 2014 at 8:33 pm

Envoy is also the name of the US Airways business class product. Is that going away? Otherwise it could get confusing.

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1. CF
  
  Jan 18, 2014 at 8:37 pm
  
  Ron – Yes, it is going away.
  
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No Fly Zone

Jan 19, 2014 at 12:36 am

If I carried AMEX Platinum (I do not) I’d raise hell with AMEX, not U.S. Airways or Amerikan Airlines.

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1. David M
  
  Jan 21, 2014 at 12:17 pm
  
  The people you should be complaining to is Citibank, not Amex.
  
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Bob Ross

Jan 23, 2014 at 6:38 am

When American took over TWA they refused to honor my lifetime TWA club card. I have not been on a American Airline flight since. I used my American miles for rental cars.

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