What should AA do to get CP domestic and/or transborder business away from AC?

[Shareholder]

MBNA also just took over Canada Trust's Mastercard accounts from TD which will give them a substantial portfolio of new customers.

[chihuahua]

I wonder what the Cathy Pacific/American Airlines offer will be. I am guessing that it will be a match of current status held. My only hope is that they will give us the rest of 2000 and 2001. I want to fly them and get/earn the same status next year. But with six months left half our opportunities have gone.I look forward to seeing how they treat their top tier fliers.

As I go to Europe quite often the allowance to collect AA miles on BA flights is a must.

[This message has been edited by chihuahua (edited 07-01-2000).]

[Shareholder]

I suspect they will offer some sort of limited Gold with the proviso you make a certain number of flights on AA and CX to qualify for Gold or Platinum (or ExecPlat if you do 100K) thorugh 2001/2. AA has already reduced the number of miles/points required to requalify for these two elite levels if you are Canadian. Biggest drawback to AAdvantage for Canadians flying the Atlantic is the ineligibility of BA flights for mileage accumulation. You'd have to fly AA and route yourself through one of their hubs (LAX, ORD) to earn miles for these flights. (May be a moot point if BA/KL merger goes through, but that's a ways off.)

[Ken hAAmer]

See my "AA news" post at: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum18/HTML/000499.html for an update on what AA is doing for us.

Here's my scorecard based on everything above:

Reduced elite qualifying levels: done

More flights between Canada and US hubs: almost done

More flights between major Canadian cities and US non-hubs: almost done

Improved oneworld opportunites: sort of done (i.e. CX promos, BA soon?)

More lounges in Canada: done

Free lounge access: precluded by regulation, but reduced rate available CPers

More comfortable seats: subjective, but some planes have improved seats

Improved food service: done, except for abominable lunches on short haul flights

AA/BA point accumulation: precluded by regulation

Relationship with a Canadian carrier: profoundly desired

Reciprocal upgrade and awards with a Canadian carrier: still in effect until further notice


To me, that seems pretty impressive, given that they haven't even been given the "shopping list" yet.

[This message has been edited by Ken hAAmer (edited 07-03-2000).]

[YVR Cockroach]

A note:

It seems the YVR-JFK service will terminate 1 November. My latest AAdvantage statement put it as a seasonal service. I wonder if the load factors sank as AC made connection on CP flights next to impossible.

Also noticed that AA is trying to push AS/QX as a service to YYC, YEG, YLW, YVR and YYJ.

I'd pass up flying on AS for now until the FAA gets things sorted out there.

[Shareholder]

It hasn't really been commented on, but of course December 31st, 2000 will not only be the end of Cdn+, but also the end of earning and using points on AA.

[hsi.chang]

Big ads in today's Toronto newspapers announcing AA Eagle (Jet) service between Toronto and Boston 3-4 times daily starting mid July.

[silverpie]

Originally posted by Ken hAAmer:
Free lounge access: precluded by regulation, but reduced rate available CPers

Hmm... is it available to anyone who was with CP before, or only to those who are in Canada? And where can I find out about it (since the link you posted says nothing about that item)?