Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
This observation based on your extensive knowledge of my background, I presume.
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I'm an attorney who has represented numerous AA employees and I have copies of a number of successive APFA contracts on my bookshelf, among other AA legal documentation.
The arrangement I was talking about (which I could have said more clearly) was one in which AA contracts with the hotel for, and pays for, a certain number of rooms
every night whether they are used or not. Obviously these arrangements are limited to locations where the regular schedule calls for crew overnights most or all nights.
But again, the hotel does not have to provide a higher number of discounted rooms than what was negotiated at the daily level. Having a contract doesn't mean that the hotel will give you the last room at the discounted contracted rate once you exceed your block unless that contract explicitly contains a clear LRA provision. AA has upset a lot of hotels and trust me, they don't have the leverage power of nicer airlines like EK or QR.
Last edited by fly747first; Mar 15, 2024 at 3:12 am