Back in November I flew American's inaugural Boeing 737 MAX flight. The plane has American's new interior that's been controversial, offering less legroom than ever before. It's the new standard domestic product for American. American's CEO Doug Parker ...

American's New Domestic Product is So Bad Their CEO Won't Fly It and more...  In This Issue...  American's New Domestic Product is So Bad Their CEO Won't Fly It  Free Transit Hotel in China and Is Delta Using a Sock Puppet to Attack Emirates?  First Animal Rejected Under American’s New Emotional Support Guidelines  Truth About Hyatt’s New 15% Discount Rate  Two Important Points Scoring Qantas First Class Awards and American Domestic Connections  Did American Airlines Hint They Could Be Leaving the New York – London Market?  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. American's New Domestic Product is So Bad Their CEO Won't Fly It Back in November I flew American's inaugural Boeing 737 MAX flight. The plane has American's new interior that's been controversial, offering less legroom than ever before. It's the new standard domestic product for American. American's CEO Doug Parker thinks it's weird that I broke the news he told employees in a closed session that he hasn't flown the new 737 MAX even though it's the carrier's new standard domestic product for the whole fleet. Months later he still won't say that he's been on it. Continue reading American's New Domestic Product is So Bad Their CEO Won't Fly It...          • Email to a friend • Free Transit Hotel in China and Is Delta Using a Sock Puppet to Attack Emirates? A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Free Transit Hotel in China and Is Delta Using a Sock Puppet to Attack Emirates?...          • Email to a friend • First Animal Rejected Under American’s New Emotional Support Guidelines At the beginning of the year Delta and then United announced new guidelines meant to restrict passengers from bringing on unnecessary emotional support animals who behave badly onboard. This week American announced their own new policy which seems to go even farther. Continue reading First Animal Rejected Under American’s New Emotional Support Guidelines...          • Email to a friend • Truth About Hyatt’s New 15% Discount Rate Hotel chains want you to book directly through them because it costs them less to make a reservation themselves than it does to pay a commission to Expedia or other online travel sites (or travel agents). Hyatt has a new attempt at this you need to know about -- a 15% discount -- but beware. Continue reading Truth About Hyatt’s New 15% Discount Rate...          • Email to a friend • Two Important Points Scoring Qantas First Class Awards and American Domestic Connections One of my cousins in Sydney is getting married. I just put a couple of Dallas - Sydney Qantas A380 first class award seats on hold. There are two points about this award booking that are worth passing along as you think about booking your own award travel using AAdvantage miles. Continue reading Two Important Points Scoring Qantas First Class Awards and American Domestic Connections...          • Email to a friend • Did American Airlines Hint They Could Be Leaving the New York – London Market? A couple of days ago I wrote about American President Robert Isom's comments in an off the record employee Q&A about New York JFK. He talked about the challenges of being in a different terminal from their transatlantic joint venture partner British Airways at both New York JFK and London Heathrow. Together they're running what they consider to be a New York - London shuttle, but it's not convenient because it's a split operation, and he hints that they may have a solution to that. Continue reading Did American Airlines Hint They Could Be Leaving the New York – London Market?...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Top Airline Executives Gathering for Secret Meeting This Weekend Singapore Airlines First Class Awards Are Easy to Book 50% Off Aspirational Hyatt Award American Airlines UK Credit Card Shutdown Hijacker DB Cooper Finally Identified and Earn Miles for Paying Bills Service Will Survive a Bit Longer Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA