<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by akap16isme:
AA is out in my opinion. Their fares have NEVER been near competitive and they fly to JFK on tiny little planes. No FF advantage either.</font>
AA started competing on the shuttle routes (DCA-LGA-BOS) on Oct 1, 2002 with regional jets. They line up farewise with US in most cases, but they obviously run far fewer seats on a daily basis.
I actually flew DCA-LGA on October 1st on the third or fourth AA shuttle flight. There were balloons, birthday cake, etc. everywhere. Flew back on the 3rd and went standby on a different flight with no problems. (Granted, the flights were off-peak and rather empty.)