Welcome to the New American! We're glad you're here.
This post includes some detail on how the new forum structure will work, where to find the information you seek and where to post the questions and comments you have.
New Structure and Where To Post
With the merger completed, there is now a new forum structure for American Airlines and US Airways. The structure is as follows:
- American Airlines | AAdvantage (Consolidated) (this forum)
This new forum is for discussion of items related to the combined post-merger American Airlines, as well as the forthcoming combined AAdvantage program. (i.e., joint operations, future loyalty program, decisions that will impact the COMBINED carrier. *Remember: The carriers will be operating as SEPARATE airlines for some time. Continue to post in the appropriate PRE-MERGER airline forum if your post is strictly about that pre-merger airline)
Several threads devoted to specific topic areas have been created in an attempt to somewhat organize discussion around key topics we expect to to be popular. Please help us keep these threads focused on the stated topic so that all members can find information of interest to them as easily as possible.
- American Airlines AAdvantage (Pre-Merger)
This is the existing AAdvantage forum, and will remain in place for discussion of items related to all items relevant to existing American Airlines flyers and AAdvantage members, including merger-related items which only affect pre-merger American and its customers.
- US Airways | Dividend Miles (Pre-Merger)
Similarly, this is the existing Dividend Miles forum, and will remain in place for discussion of items related to all items relevant to existing US Airways flyers and Dividend Miles members, including merger-related items which only affect pre-merger US Airways and its customers.
The newly merged moderator corps will be working hard to consistently apply these rules with the goal of ensuring that content related to the appropriate forum is located in the appropriate place. As you might expect, this is as new for us as it is for you, so please be patient with us while your fellow members and moderators work through this transition. Once the transition has been fully completed, the legacy American and US Airways fora will be closed for new posts and exist only for historical viewing.
Tone and Tenor Guidelines
Having existed for years separately, both the American Airlines and US Airways fora have distinct personalities. The new joint moderator team is dedicated to bringing these two groups together in a positive and constructive way. To that end, we have developed a set of guidelines which will govern in the new combined forum going forward. These are underpinned by and extrapolated from the
FlyerTalk Guidelines & Rules.
- Be welcoming and considerate to all members, new and old. If someone starts a new thread and you know where an existing discussion is already underway, politely advise how to find the new thread and politely provide a link. Do not lecture or admonish other users for not searching. If you feel administrative action may be needed, notify a moderator by using the "Alert a Moderator to this Post" icon in the bottom-left corner of each post.
- Since the structure is changing quite substantially, we recognise that some users will have an urge to start or participate in meta discussions (Discussion-about-the-discussion, such as its worthiness, tone, or its participants). Meta discussions tend to derail substantive dialogue, so such posts will be considered disruptive and subject to removal.
We appreciate your help as we build this new community together, and are always open to ideas, suggestions and feedback via private message.
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AZ Travels the World,
aztimm,
dstan,
JDiver,
JY1024,
miamigrad and
Microwave
New American Forum Moderation Team