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Flying AA in November? Check your tickets.....
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07/02/2017 04:33 PM
07/02/2017 04:33 PM
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Posts: 14,646 Brookfield, CT.
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They got me again!! Original flights cancelled and a proposed over-night in Charlotte? I don't think so.....
Our FF tickets were from our regional airport a half hour from home and sounded too good to be true when I booked them so I guess I should have known this might happen. But they sure did put a crimp in our plans.
Checking all our travel reservations today I discovered we were now leaving this area six hours later and over-nighting in Charlotte and arriving in SXM on a Sunday. I called and suggested this was not acceptable and they offered their plan B - HPN (our regional airport) to Chicago (REALLY?!) to Miami to SXM. We did ultimately find a reasonable compromise but it took a while, and sad to say, it requires the dreaded JFK which we had hoped to avoid.
As always, they worked with us to make the better flight arrangements and since these are FF tickets I shouldn't get too excited but my big concern is how many more times they might change their schedules, and that remains to be seen. It pays to keep a close eye on reservations made well in advance of your travel dates. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Flying AA in November? Check your tickets.....
[Re: sasasal]
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07/02/2017 06:33 PM
07/02/2017 06:33 PM
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Sorry, many people thought Jet Blue was the greatest thing when they first came in, and lately they seem to be just like any other airline...
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Re: Flying AA in November? Check your tickets.....
[Re: CaribLee]
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07/03/2017 03:44 PM
07/03/2017 03:44 PM
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For the record, we knew when we booked AA so early there was a good chance the flights would change as they usually change their winter schedules around then, as well as their low season schedules in late March or early April. We wanted to use our last few AA FF miles and in honesty, this worked out well for us in the end.
The AA rep, once she realized we were relatively convenient to so many metro airports, pretty much allowed me to choose the flight we wanted at the same mileage level even though the flight wasn't available at this level when I originally booked my FF seats so I really have no major argument with AA on this score.
If I had my choice, and if we were still dealing with the AA I knew BEFORE the USAir merger, I would still be flyhing AA as my airline of choice. But as things are now, we book whoever offers the closest thing to what we want at a price we deem reasonable and then hope for the best. Last September we flew First Class to Hawaii and back, all on FF miles and it was flawless and totally pleasant. Again, luck of the draw?
We've done JB and had great flights and we're booked to come home on them for our November trip - last April we actually flew JB MINT to SXM for not much more than the cost of an up-front seat and we absolutely love C & I in T5 at JFK.
But we've also had a few very unpleasant JB flights, too, so I think it's more or less the luck of the draw. A week ago, on 6/25, the JB to JFK 1:45pm flight was delayed several times and didn't leave SXM until about 8pm after they boarded and let the passengers sit in the plane for over two hours awaiting their departure. The scheduled 6ish JFK arrival got in around midnight......very happy we weren't on that one but it proves 'stuff' happens to all of them if you fly often enough. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Flying AA in November? Check your tickets.....
[Re: pat]
#134273
07/04/2017 08:09 PM
07/04/2017 08:09 PM
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Actually, we are flying AA in Nov., out of PHL. It's a non-stop, booked directly with them. Keeping our fingers crossed.
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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Re: Flying AA in November? Check your tickets.....
[Re: CaribLee]
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07/05/2017 01:33 AM
07/05/2017 01:33 AM
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CaribLee said: Will say I have flown AA to St. Maarten almost exclusively for the past 22 years. Other than one time missing a connection due to a late arriving flight, I have been well satisfied with their service. It has gotten more difficult to find low mileage flights but I have done so successfully for the past 15 years or so. Right on. AA has always been good to us.
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