American Airlines - AAL

I have been flying with American Airlines on a regular basis since about 2001, when it was the airline of choice of my then employer for trans-Atlantic flights. For about five years I made reasonably regular trips over the pond in business class paid for by my company and around the same time I made a couple in economy class paid for by myself. Currently I am based in Bermuda which inevitably means plenty of trips to the US East Coast to relieve what we call 'rock fever' and so I have used American for several trips to each of New York and Miami. Last year we travelled to Mexico and Ecuador ... more

SUMMERTIME is the busiest part of the year. To have an enjoyable summer vacation requires advance planning. Part of this planning is the selection of the destination where to spend the holiday and most importantly what airline/air carrier to travel with. Even though I am a frequent flyer, I still have this dilemma of having a slow assessment in choosing an aircraft for my holiday destination every year. Despite the fact that I have my two major requirements for an airline, I hardly settle quickly without browsing numerous agents on-line just to satisfy my requirements. Firstly, majority of us ... more

It was our 30th wedding anniversary in May and we wanted a holiday to remember! After much deliberation we decided on a music themed road trip in America. Starting in Chicago, we would travel via the old Route 66 to St Louis, then onward to Nashville, Memphis, Jackson, Lafayette and finally New Orleans. The next decision was with which airline to travel. To a degree the decision was made for us as American Airlines fly directly to Chicago daily from Manchester (our nearest airport) at a reasonable time - leaving at 10.30 a.m. and arriving in Chicago's O'Hare at 1 p.m. (Other UK airports served ... more

My job requires me to fly approximately 50,000 miles per year. If you figure that most planes fly at an average airspeed of 400 miles per hour that means that I am actually in the air for about 125 hours a year. Add that to the 25 hours I end up sitting on the plane waiting to pull away from the gate or sitting on the tarmac due to bad weather (my personal record is 8 hours waiting for a plane to de-ice) and it ends up that I am on a plane for 150 hours a year or 18 and ¾ man days. You know you have led too many projects when you do these kinds of calculations. I spend all of my time on ... more

I used American Airlines to travel from Heathrow London to Chicago, Chicago to Las Vegas, a week later Las Vegas to San Francisco via Los Angles & another week later San Francisco to London Heathrow. Why use American Airlines when I could have used any number of other airlines? There were two main factors, price & the extra legroom in cattle class (sorry economy!) which the airline boasted at the time. An extra 3" means a hell of lot when you're folded into a little space hardly big enough to swing a mouse! The first flight across the Atlantic went well; we received the usual complimentary ... more