American Airlines Cuts Down Flights to Three NYC Airports From 271 to 13
American will operate just 13 daily flights to LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports through May 6, compared to 271 a year ago. That is a 95% reduction.
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No More Middle Seats and Reduced Food and Beverage Service On-Board
Some of the major domestic airlines such as Delta Air Lines, Southwest and American Airlines have all announced this week that they are temporarily cutting back on beverage and meal service.
Airlines Offering Incentives to Avoid Giving Refunds
Airlines are trying to steer customers towards vouchers instead of cash refunds and they are even offering incentives to avoid paying anything right now.
American Airlines to Cut International Capacity by 75%
American Airlines said on Saturday said it will implement a phased suspension of nearly all long-haul international flights starting March 16, amid reduced demand and the increasing travel restrictions due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
American Airlines Extends Fee Waivers to Flights Booked before 3/1
American has extended its offer to waive change fees for customers who purchased tickets prior to March 1 for travel through April 30. The offer is available for any of American’s fares and customers have until December 31 to rebook travel for future flights.
American Airlines Cuts Back Domestic and International Flights
American will reduce international capacity for the summer peak by 10% versus the previous selling schedule, including a 55% reduction in trans-Pacific capacity. Domestic capacity in April will be reduced by 7.5% versus the current schedule.
Full List of Airline Cancellation and Change Fee Waivers Due to Coronavirus
Many airlines have introduced fee-waivers for cancellations and changes due to the coronavirus outbreak. Each airline has different rules and dates, so here you can find a list of all the airlines and their policies during the coronavirus pandemic.
American Airlines, Fly Around the Country for 5K Miles
Looks like many routes have some dates that require just 5,000 miles to fly one way and 10,000 miles round-trip. Even transcontinental routes are showing that price. These cheap award fares are under Economy Web Specials.
American Airlines and Qatar Airways Sign Partnership Deal and Codeshare Agreement
American Airlines announced Tuesday that it was launching a new strategic partnership with Qatar Airways. American and Qatar said they had signed a renewed codeshare agreement, which would allow the airlines to sell itineraries operated by both airlines.
American Airlines Suspends Flights to Hong Kong and Mainland China till April
American Airlines extended its flight suspensions to mainland China and Hong Kong through late April, citing “reduction in demand.”
Delta, United and American Airlines to Stop all China Flights Over Coronavirus Fears
Delta and American on Friday temporarily canceled all of their China flights in response to the coronavirus outbreak. These are the first domestic carriers to make the move.
American Airlines Gets Rid of Close-in Booking Fees for All
The fee was waived for those with AAdvantage Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum status. Now that seems to have changed, effective immediately. American Airlines has eliminated AAdvantage close-in booking fees altogether.
Earn Lots of American Airlines Miles with this SimplyMiles 5X Promo
This SimplyMiles 5X promo can be a greta way to get super cheap American Airlines AAdvantage miles. You can earn 30x miles at Best Buy for example or even more at other merchants.
More Shutdown Emails from American Airlines Today
“All membership benefits associated with this account, including all remaining miles and issued award tickets, are forfeited, effective December 18, 2019.”
American Airlines Email Explains Reasons for Shutdowns
This email is from December 5th, some days before this all started. Might be related to some different activities, or he was just one of the first one to suffer a shutdown for abusing credit card rewards.