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A long hot summer for AA
#199711
07/10/2019 12:15 PM
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Linkto an interesting article here. There are some good tips at the end of the article, as far as dealing with cancellations and delays.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/10/2019 12:54 PM
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Not good. We're booked on AA in September for a trip to Italy and we've already had one schedule change.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/10/2019 01:05 PM
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When your cancellations are 4 times your competition, you have a major problem.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/10/2019 02:43 PM
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On my return flight, two of the three legs were delayed due to maintenance issues. In CLT, I already had about a four-hour layover for a 10:15 p.m. departure to DFW. I heard the deboarding pilot tell the boarding pilot about some maintenance issues so the fact of the delay wasn't surprising. The length was: about two hours. I was on the verge of seeing if they could book me CLT direct to PDX when they announced the problem was fixed and we would be boarding shortly. So I arrived at my DFW hotel about 2 a.m. They had already charged me for a no-show room, which they did reverse. Then in the morning, the flight from CLT to PDX, in addition to having SIX gate changes prior to boarding, was delayed about an hour.
There's no way I can get nonstop flights from the West Coast so these delays are just a fact of life.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/10/2019 02:46 PM
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Wow, that's crazy! 6 gate changes! That had to get kind of comical after a while..
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/10/2019 03:20 PM
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Well that made one of my decisions for me. I was gonna take a chance and use up some FF miles on AA for our January trip DESPITE our last experience being less than stellar. I decided to use United miles even though United is not my favorite airline BUT they have to mess up a LOT to equal AA....just did the trip down...will wait to book the trip back. (BOS-EWR-SXM)
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/10/2019 04:12 PM
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But if you're going to spend miles as opposed to dollars, IMO, those big seats up front are so worth it. FF miles aren't good for much else but $$ can be used on so many things....... Not having that many miles left these days, I hate looking at the price tags on those big seats.
Respectfully,
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
[Re: kim]
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07/11/2019 09:20 AM
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Recently, the troubles regarding SXM flights seem to be involving other airlines. Jet Blue had two serious issues in June, as well as our Delta flight was delayed several hours inbound.
.. meantime, I just discovered that our flights that we are scheduled on in October this year on AA from Miami, which previously were on a regular 737, are now scheduled on a Max 8... This is a change from about two weeks ago, when we were still scheduled on the original plane..
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/11/2019 07:40 PM
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Presently in Dallas, 4 gate changes and an hour delay on AA to PDX.
I prefer the Isle seat
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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07/12/2019 08:35 AM
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While I agree with your assessment of thinking twice before booking AA, and I was significantly impacted for a Nov. trip with a major schedule change, don't lose sight of the fact that most of the country has 1 or perhaps 2 choices when it comes to air for SXM. My options are Delta or AA unless I want to drive 4+ hours, pay for parking and likely 1-2 nights in a hotel to get Jet Blue. And, by the time I would make that drive and all associated with it, I am no $$ ahead of just flying Delta or AA from my closest airport. Yes, AA has some serious problems but unless one is near the major NYC area airports, there are not a lot of choices for the majority of the travelers. BTW, Jet Blue has had their share of issues of late and they are not at all the darling they were once perceived to be. I do not think all the consolidation in the airline industry has been positive for the traveler and it does not appear to be working all that well for some of the carriers.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/12/2019 08:42 AM
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Agreed, most people have very little choice when flying to SXM. And regarding Jet Blue, they had two separate instances in June, where in one case, the plane was on the ground for two days in SXM, and the other case, I think the flight was delayed for several hours. I never did hear the outcome of those delays, as it had to have been something regarding the plane itself..
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/12/2019 03:42 PM
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Agreed, most people have very little choice when flying to SXM. Correct and then it becomes a mute point BUT if you DO have a choice keep the ongoing AA issues in mind. No airline is perfect and most are far from that BUT I will take my chance with a Delta, a JB, a United (gulp) rather than roll the dice with AA. For January 2020 we ended up with United extra room down (miles) and Delta Comfort+ on the return (cash)....nice return layover of 3 hours in ATL....JB was way out of range on cost compared to everyone else....yes my location has a choice and I chose
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/12/2019 05:32 PM
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Kinda related: United Airlines will extend the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes until early November, canceling thousands of flights, the company announced Friday.
The airline has grounded all of the 737 Max planes in its fleet until Nov. 3, about a month later than was previously expected. In total, United expects to cancel over 8,000 flights over the next four months. United 737 Max extension link
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/14/2019 06:56 AM
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We used to fly AA, but to many cancellations, flight changes and the tip of the iceberg. Those OLD beat up planes that smelled like dead mold with carpet that was rotted. NO thank you. Now with the new planes came the jacked up prices!! They could offer to fly me free to SXM and I still wouldn't take the flight. God knows where they would take me first and where my luggage would end up. We have been flying Delta and JB! The Delta Comfort class went up a lot. It was really cool when the first introduced it!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 08:18 AM
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We used to fly AA, but to many cancellations, flight changes and the tip of the iceberg. Those OLD beat up planes that smelled like dead mold with carpet that was rotted. NO thank you. Now with the new planes came the jacked up prices!! They could offer to fly me free to SXM and I still wouldn't take the flight. God knows where they would take me first and where my luggage would end up. We have been flying Delta and JB! The Delta Comfort class went up a lot. It was really cool when the first introduced it! This will be first time flying out of Westchester on Delta via Atlanta and 2nd time returning on JB via FLL to Westchester. My husband is flying down a few days later on AA stopping in CLT. We find JFk easy. Just the return traffic has been awful as of late. So trying this. Much longer than those JB direct flights. But we shall see!!!
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 01:35 PM
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I have found that Jet Blue's website is often kind of funky. The other day I was looking for Jet Blue from Ft Lauderdale in October and it said there weren't any flights. Went back to the website a few minutes later and they were there.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 02:31 PM
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Since the takeover by USAirways, they have successfully brought AA down to USAirways level. Worst airline
It's so interesting how our airline experiences differ. We always loved US Airways; never had one problem with them. Since they were taken over by AA, we have had multiple delayed and canceled flights.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 04:22 PM
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Actually, we haven't had any issues with AA nonstop from Miami either. But I guess that's the operative word--nonstop.
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 05:43 PM
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Re: A long hot summer for AA
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07/14/2019 09:55 PM
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Actually, we haven't had any issues with AA nonstop from Miami either. But I guess that's the operative word--nonstop. Correct Carol. Non-Stop. Never had a problem.. touch wood.
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