Originally Posted by
eilat59
AAdvantage card and AA branded credit cards where just cut in half. All the AA excuses are BS. I'd buy the profit talk if AA hadn't done the same thing when they bought the remains of TWA. UA has publicly said on numerous occasions that EWR > TLV is one of their most profitable routes. If AA wanted to fly to Israel they would and they certainly could have made he route profitable. Flights to TLV are much less price sensitive then other overseas markets. Dispute all the talk and all the defending of AA on this board - dropping TLV can only be seen as a political move by AA.
I fully understand the emotions attached as I have them as well. However I cant remember the last time I purchased a rev tkt to TLV since per mile its 1 of the most expensive places to fly to. I fly a min of 3x per yr all award tkts on *A carriers. Ive done the PHL flight twice.
I dont know the answer but in order for what you say to be true about AA intents then the BoD today would have to be the same (or majority of it at least) that was in place when AA took over TWA, would be nice if someone has the means to find that out, my gut says it wont pan out