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AAdvantage members, bite your nails: change is coming

After a couple of years in which both United and Delta have switched to frequent flier systems based on dollars spent on fares rather than miles flown, American could be joining the parade…but we’ll have to wait and see. American is planning changes…

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Pope Francis to take AAdvantage of American

  Well, maybe he won’t be collecting miles on his travels, but the Pope’s travels from DC to New York and on to Philadelphia, and then home to Rome will be on a chartered American Airlines 777. He flew from Rome to Cuba and then to Washington on…

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EU Commission gives OK for Aer Lingus takeover

The European Commission today cleared the last barrier for the sale of Ireland’s Aer Lingus to British Airways’ holding company, International Airlines Group. The deal already had approval from Aer Lingus’s board, the Irish government and Ryanair,…

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Now boarding, Flight 9¾ to Hogwarts…

Severus Snape checking in passengers at Laguardia? What’s going on here?   Well, it’s actually not the Potions Master of Hogwarts, played in the movies by Alan Rickman. It’s David Dolci, an American Airlines gate agent. After several years of…

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AA/USAir miles programs merge starting Saturday

The time has come for the next step in the 15-month-old merger of American Airlines and USAir: merger of the USAir Dividend Miles program into American’s AAdvantage. All USAir accounts will be frozen on Thursday, Mar. 26 for the transfer; anyone…

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AA-USAir loyalty merger…and a maybe last chance

American Airlines will merge its two loyalty programs “within 30 days” according to e-mails sent yesterday to all members of the USAir Dividend Miles program, which will be folded into the AAdvantage program. All existing miles will transfer; for some…

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Pope Francis to take AAdvantage of American

  Well, maybe he won’t be collecting miles on his travels, but the Pope’s travels from DC to New York and on to Philadelphia, and then home to Rome will be on a chartered American Airlines 777. He flew from Rome to Cuba and then to Washington on…

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EU Commission gives OK for Aer Lingus takeover

The European Commission today cleared the last barrier for the sale of Ireland’s Aer Lingus to British Airways’ holding company, International Airlines Group. The deal already had approval from Aer Lingus’s board, the Irish government and Ryanair,…

Read More

Now boarding, Flight 9¾ to Hogwarts…

Severus Snape checking in passengers at Laguardia? What’s going on here?   Well, it’s actually not the Potions Master of Hogwarts, played in the movies by Alan Rickman. It’s David Dolci, an American Airlines gate agent. After several years of…

Read More

AA/USAir miles programs merge starting Saturday

The time has come for the next step in the 15-month-old merger of American Airlines and USAir: merger of the USAir Dividend Miles program into American’s AAdvantage. All USAir accounts will be frozen on Thursday, Mar. 26 for the transfer; anyone…

Read More

AA-USAir loyalty merger…and a maybe last chance

American Airlines will merge its two loyalty programs “within 30 days” according to e-mails sent yesterday to all members of the USAir Dividend Miles program, which will be folded into the AAdvantage program. All existing miles will transfer; for some…

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