American
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American Becomes More Willing to Experiment, Says Revenue Management Boss
A mental shift appears to be taking place in American’s revenue management department, and it should be good news for travelers. I…
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3 Links I Love: United Comments on American’s Path, Flat Beds on a 737, Another Canadian Start-Up
This Week’s Featured Link United CEO Vows to Beat Margin-Leader Delta on Quality not Quantity – SkiftThe Skift Live conference was this…
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An Avoidable Delay on Southwest (Trip Report)
I was back in the air again last week, this time to Vegas for my first conference since the pandemic began. All…
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Taking Advantage During Southwest’s Meltdown (Trip Report)
If you’re on Twitter, you might remember seeing me post this a little while back: I took the advice of the Twitterverse,…
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3 Links I Love: Northern Pacific, A Terrible Winglet, CBX Success, and the GAO
This Week’s Featured Link World Routes 2021: exclusive interview with Northern Pacific Airways CEO, Rob McKinney – AviacionlineThis is an interesting interview…
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American Announces the End of the Frequent Flier Program With Elite Status That Can Be Earned Without Flying
Beginning with elite qualifying for 2023, American will scrap the current elite qualifying system and now create something called Loyalty Points which…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Distinguished Achievement, Delta Marketing Opportunity, Misusing Slots
This Week’s Featured Link 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award – The Wings ClubThis isn’t an article, but it’s worth noting. Tonight is the annual…
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How Competitive are New York and Boston for Air Travel?
With the DOJ lawsuit to stop the American/JetBlue Northeast Alliance (NEA) coming down last week, I started playing with all sorts of…
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DOJ Has Few Good Arguments, Odd Timing As It Sues to Block American, JetBlue Alliance
The long-rumored court action is finally here. Months ago, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the US Department of Justice…
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American Looks to Gol to Fill In the Hole
American is at it again. Soon after putting money into Chile-based Jetsmart, the airline is now doing the same thing with Brazil’s…
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3 Links I Love: Merger Look Back, Hijack Flashback, JetBlue’s Great Ride
This Week’s Featured Link How to Lead through a Merger: US Airways and American Airlines – Cold Call podcastThis Harvard Business Review…
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American’s Contract of Carriage Change Is Actually a Good Thing
There was some minor uproar over the weekend when it was revealed that American had adjusted its domestic contract of carriage —…