I appreciate AA for adding JFK-BUD and ORD-HEL. Finally, the Malev and Finair hubs, previously underutilized by AA, will be put to great use in order to connect to more European and Middle Eastern destinations. This is a great alternative to having to always take BA, which tends to be a bit more pricy because of the fuel surcharges.
Hopefully this route will be a winner and we can see more fights to BUD and HEL from the other AA hubs. These are routes I definitely will see myself on because I prefer flying on AA metal as much as possible because of the upgrades.
But why are we Californians not getting any love? It seems like the 2 new services LAX-MAD and SAN-LHR are neither operated by AA metal. So much for my plan doing SFO-LAX to sneak in some extra miles.
