After each quarterly earnings call American Airlines senior management holds a 'State of the Airline' town hall with employees, where employees can ask questions and get answers. Some of those questions were about American's decision to become less ...
This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. After each quarterly earnings call American Airlines senior management holds a 'State of the Airline' town hall with employees, where employees can ask questions and get answers. Some of those questions were about American's decision to become less restrictive (allow full-sized carry on bags) with their basic economy fares, and the mechanics contract (an issue that never seems to get resolved). However there were several items of broader interest to customers or that offered new insights as well, Continue reading 5 Things American Airlines Told Their Employees After Yesterday’s Earnings Call... Aeromexico which is in some sense a vassal of Delta these days doesn't own their own frequent flyer program in its entirety. Aimia owns nearly 49%. And following on Air Canada's public offer to buy Aeroplan, Aeromexico came in with a lowball offer to buy back their stake in the Club Premier program. It was an offer that was already rejected, but included a kicker straight from the Air Canada playbook. Continue reading Delta Vassal Aeromexico Makes a Cheeky Ploy to Buy Back Its Loyalty Program... Like Syria, Yemen is a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The UAE is generally aligned with the Saudis. On Thursday Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to attack the Abu Dhabi airport with drones. They didn't do major damage, instead they content they demonstrated their ability to fly drones to attack critical UAE infrastructure. Continue reading Yemeni Rebels Report Attacking Abu Dhabi Airport With Drones, UAE Denies It... Hyatt's major problems are that their footprint is so much smaller than major players IHG, Hilton, and Marriott (they're about 10% the size of Marriott), and that they're building a high-end strategy while their growth has come largely in the limited-service sector. But they may be about to grow their number of properties by 50%, centered in Europe and Latin America. Continue reading Hyatt May Increase its Footprint 50% in One Shot... Singapore Airlines will be flying non-stop from Newark to Singapore -- the world's longest flight -- starting October 11. When the flight was first loaded into the schedule you couldn't get premium awards. However for some reason they've opened the floodgates. Most flights have business class awards available. And many have four or more business class awards available. Continue reading Wide Open 4+ Business Class Awards Singapore Airlines Non-stop to Asia... When the The Blue Business℠ Plus Credit Card from American Express was first launched a little over a year ago it offered an initial bonus. That was for a brief time. Mostly there's been no initial bonus because earning on the card is so powerful: two Membership Rewards points per dollar (on the first $50,000 in purchases each year, one point after that). This is the best most rewarding card for otherwise-unbonused spend. Continue reading The Most Rewarding Card for Everyday Spending Now Has a Limited-Time Initial Bonus... It's difficult to see how United can stand alone, though, with the most draconian restrictions among the largest US airlines. With Delta's claim that American and United basic economy were driving revenue to them, and with American abandoning their own carry on restriction, it's just a matter of time before United must react. Continue reading Why United Will Be Forced to Give Up Punitive Basic Economy Restrictions... |
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