While Other Airlines Keep Raising The Cost Of Status, American Won’t Change Elite Status Requirements In 2025, Will Add Million Miler Tiers
Elite Status Requirement Changes
Delta and United seem to continue to raise elite status requirements annually, with United raising PQP requirements yet again for earning...
Citi Will Gain Exclusivity On American Airlines Co-Brand Cards
Most airlines have exclusivity with a single bank for issuing credit cards. That way they can negotiate a high rate of compensation for selling...
Master Chart: Here Are The Best Ways To Book Every American Or Alaska Award Flight Within The US And Canada!
Update: This chart has been updated with new rates after the Finnair devaluation.
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[Ends Tonight!] American Elites Can Register For A Hyatt Elite Status Challenge
Update: This offer ends tonight!
Originally posted on 8/6:
Back in 2019 American and Hyatt teamed up for reciprocal benefits.
You can link your AA and Hyatt...
American And Hyatt Remove Reciprocal Points Earning, Add Redemption Options
Back in 2019 American and Hyatt teamed up for reciprocal benefits.
One of the main values was that AA earned a mile per dollar spent...
How To Get American Elite And Card Benefits When Redeeming Mileage Awards Via Partner Airlines
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Showdown At The Gate: Watching AA’s JFK Gate Agents Go On A Power Trip Against Flight Attendants And A Mom Over A Doona; Here’s...
I flew to NYC last Sunday to celebrate the engagement of my friend's son at a L'chaim in Crown Heights.
I had been booked to...
American: Fly Nonstop Between Philadelphia And Los Angeles For Just $79 Each Way
Bookable on Orbitz or Expedia. Tickets purchased today are refundable until tomorrow at 11:59pm MT.
Bookable on Priceline and refundable for 24 hours or bookable direct from the airline.
Limited seats...
Fiji Airways Will Adopt AAdvantage As Mileage Currency, Join OneWorld
American announced today that Fiji Airways will adopt AAdvantage as their loyalty currency.
While several airlines use Avios as their currency, they each maintain their...
AA Award Sale: Fly From 5K Miles Each Way
AA Award Sale: Fly From 5K Miles Each Way
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Travel August 19, 2024 – November 20, 2024 for Domestic, Mexico, Caribbean...
After NAACP Action And Lawsuit, American Responds To Kicking All Black Men Off Flight; Still No Response To Kicking All Visible Jews Off Flights
American is on a roll. And not in a good way.
The airline is being sued for kicking off 8 unrelated Black men who were...
[CCO Out, Brutal Miles Plan Canceled, Lower Fares Returning To Portals] American: Bag Fees Going Up And You May Have To Book Direct To...
Update, 5/29: AA CCO Vasu Raja, who has been with the airline since 2004, is no longer with the airline. He made an ill-fated...
American Still Hasn’t Responded To Accusations Of Anti-Semitism; Think You See A Safety Issue On A Plane? Here Is What I Would Do
Earlier this week, 2 unrelated Orthodox Jews, aged 17 and 21, were unceremoniously tossed off of their flight from Cleveland to Reagan National Airport.
American...
OUTRAGEOUS: American Airlines Ejects 17 Year Old Orthodox Jew From Flight Due To The Actions Of An Unrelated Orthodox Jewish Passenger
Background and a DansDeals special investigation
On Sunday, I read about an incident on American flight 4447 on the DansDeals Forums that seemed too strange...
Saver Award Space Availability On Etihad First/Shower Class Apartments From JFK To Abu Dhabi
Etihad has finally brought their A380s back online. Those planes feature first class apartments that have a seat and a bed, along with a...
[Final Day To Select 2023 Rewards!] American’s 2024 Loyalty Program Won’t Mess With A Good Thing, But There Is One Negative Change; Should You...
Update, 4/5: Don't forget to select your 2023 rewards by today!
Update, 3/1: The 2024 Loyalty points year starts today with new rewards that make it...
AA Award Sale: Fly Within The US, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, And Central America From 5,000 Miles Each Way
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AA/Delta: Fly Business Class Nonstop From JFK To Buenos Aires For $2,398-$2,648 Or From 155.9K Hybrid Points Round-Trip!
Bookable on Orbitz or Expedia. Tickets purchased today are refundable until tomorrow at 11:59pm MT.
Bookable on Priceline and refundable for 24 hours or bookable direct from the airline.
Limited seats...
[Final Day To Finish 2023 Loyalty Point Spending] Should You Swipe Your Way To American Elite Status?
Update, 2/29: Today is the last day to spend your way to a higher status level or milestone. You can select 2023 milestone awards...
[Ends Today!] It’s Back: American Elites Can Register For A Hyatt Elite Status Challenge
Update, 11/30/23: Registration for this offer ends today!
Update, 9/12/23: This offer is back again, see the post below for details. Additional targeted Hyatt offers may...
[Bookable Again At Significantly Higher Rates, Here Is The New Hidden Award Chart] Book JetBlue Flights With Qatar Avios From 4.6K Points, But, Should...
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American Replacing Generous Business Extra Program With Inferior AAdvantage Business Program
American currently offers small business rewards for flights with its Business Extra program, which I've written about several times in the past.
That program has...
American Suspends Service To Tel Aviv Through December 4th
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American Airlines provided the following statement to DansDeals,
“As...
DOT Fines American $2.05M For 43 Lengthy Tarmac Delays
The DOT is increasing penalties for airlines failing to allow passengers to deboard during lengthy tarmac delays.
Airlines must return to the gate before sitting...
American Announces New 2024 Routes, Reaffirms Commitment To A Northeast Alliance Added Route From JFK!
American will add several new European destinations, resume some discontinued routes, and change some seasonal flights to year-round service as follows:
Philadelphia-Copenhagen, Denmark 787-9...
[American Moves Doha Flight From JFK To Philadelphia] Judge Orders American And JetBlue To End Northeast Alliance, Is This The End Of The Road,...
Update, 8/4: American announced today that they will move their JFK-Doha flight to Philadelphia-Doha on 10/29. There's no word if they will still utilize...
[Starting Friday, Lower Tier Elites Will Be Eligible For Upgrades On Awards!] Finally: American Will Provide Complimentary Upgrades And Companion Upgrades To All Elites!
Update, 6/6/23: American confirmed yesterday's report and shared more details with DansDeals:
"American Airlines is creating more simplicity around the AAdvantage® program with enhancements...
American’s Banning Of Automated Reshopping Tools Is A Good Reminder To Reshop All Of Your Travel Plans To Save Big!
American Airlines has added a new clause to their conditions of carriage, banning the use of automated tools that rebook your flight at a...
American: Fly Nonstop From Tel Aviv To JFK For Just $514 Round-Trip!
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[Final Weeks For Award Chart And Earning 2022 Loyalty Points] American’s 2023 Mileage, Elite Status, And Award Chart Changes: The Good, The Bad, And...
Update, 2/15/23: Reminder that there are potentially just 2 weeks left for American's award chart, as the airline previously told DansDeals it will go...
[Confirmed] American’s Bizarre White Flag Israeli Strategy Continues With Killing Off Of Miami-Tel Aviv Route
Update: American confirms the route cut with the following statement provided to DansDeals,
"As part of the continuous evaluation of our network, American Airlines has...
Final Day For Targeted Hyatt Members To Register For Instant AA Status Pass
American and Hyatt often target each other's elite members with status matches and challenges, such as this Hyatt status challenge last month. I still...
American And British Airways’ New Joint Premium Lounges In JFK Have Fresh Kosher Meals From Fresko!
United isn't the only airline upgrading its kosher food lounge offering this month.
AA and BA joined together this month to open 3 premium lounges...
Check Your Citi Offers And SimplyMiles To See If You’re Targeted For Best Buy, HP, Overstock, Uber, Uber Eats, Fanatics, And More Offers!
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American Diverted Tonight’s Tel Aviv To JFK Flight…Before It Even Left The Ground
American Airlines' flight 145 on Thursday from Tel Aviv to JFK is scheduled to depart shortly, at 12:45am IST/6:45pm EDT.
However, at 7:10pm IST/1:10pm EDT...
American: Fly From Miami To The US Virgin Islands For $130 Or 8.6K Chase Points Round-Trip!
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American Confirms New Flagship Suites In Business Class, Will Kill Off First Class
First class has officially gone the way of the dodo for all airlines based in the Americas. In the last decade, airlines like TAM...
Check Your Citi Offers And SimplyMiles To See If You’re Targeted For Uber, Uber Eats, Uber One, Virgin Atlantic, Fanatics, And More Stackable Offers!
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The Odd Tale Of American Airlines Flight 145 From Tel Aviv To JFK That Spent 29 Hours In Rome
The tale of Tuesday's AA flight 145 is an odd one. The plane departed Tel Aviv on time, at 12:50am and seemed like it would...
Check Your Citi Offers And SimplyMiles To See If You’re Targeted For Uber, Uber Eats, Uber One, Virgin Atlantic, Fanatics, And More Stackable Offers!
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