CharlesMD

With all of the general negativity about AA, I think it's important to remember that there are still many, many, MANY great things about this airline, which is why I love to fly it:

1. Ice cream sundaes
2. Photographs at the entrance of the LAX FL: What beautiful waves!
3. Gerard Arpey's column
4. Give out bump/CSR vouchers that accrue miles and don't have blackout dates
5. Perrier in the ACs
6. In-flight entertainment in F trans-con and international
7. VIPOWs
8. I love the soup in F and miso soup in J to Japan
9. During the holidays FAs dress up or decorate the plane (i.e. Halloween, Christmas)
10. Always greet me with a smile when I get on the airplane
11. 1MM Lifetime gold: Something to aspire to!
12. Bose headsets
13. Slippers on flights to/from Japan in J/F
14. F/J amenity kit lip balm
15. All the great restaurants at ORD: Wolfgang Puck and Panda Express
16. ex-NRT catering
17. All the community service AA and AA employees do, especially as featured in AmericanWay
18. People that work at the AC are always so friendly!
19. Water bottles with meals internationally in J and Y
20. Pre-departure drinks
21. Meal service in Y internationally is very fast-- I like how FAs follow the meal cart with drinks
22. In-flight power (why doesn't AA rent adapters?)
23. The EXP desk
24. EXP domestic upgrade policy
25. AA flies to so many places
26. Lounge access on international itineraries
27. Discounts for good causes like Komen Breast Cancer
28. Strength of OW alliance and great partner airlines (i.e. BA and CX)
29. Generous award availability-- I've never had a problem booking tickets
30. Gail Greene
31. AA flies our servicemen/women to Iraq (How patriotic!) ^
32. RDU FAs
33. AmericanWay is interesting to read-- I like how they feature celebrity destinations!
34. Great F seats to HNL on the 767
35. Aren't bankrupt
36. What a great name: AMERICAN
37. The FAs check my coat and take care of it
38. The FL chocolates
39. First class check-in
40. Smoked salmon in First
41. Flagship Suites
42. Upgrades for military people traveling in uniform
43. Exit row seating in Y
44. Catering in the ORD FL
45. AA.com: So easy to use!
46. AA promptly answers my calls (even at the non-elite number)
47. Phone agents speak English as their first language and are generally helpful
48. Elite security lines
49. Filet mignon
50. Row 31 AB, HJ on the 777
51. I feel very safe flying on AA
52. That friendly automatic lady voice that answers the phone
53. Online check-in
54. So easy to earn miles
55. Cool people on the AA FT: LLZ, CMK10, bedelman, PresRDC, ScottTexas
56. Internet access in the Admiral's Clubs
57. AC access for servicemen and women
58. Showers in the DFW Terminal A AC
59. Responsive customer service
60. The 777
61. Gate agents greet you by name when swiping your BP
62. Elite challenges
63. On-line booking bonus
64. Stop-overs permitted on award tickets
65. Jose at the DFW AC
66. Charming lady from Spain at the ATL AC
67. No award embargo dates
68. Flights on partner airlines accrue EQM
69. Codeshares on great airlines
70. NRT Beer machine (I'll have to photograph that the next time I'm there!)
71. Premium services staff
72. Pursers
73. AA has an international FC (take that, DL, NW, CO!)
74. Elite desk phone agents greet me by name when I call
75. The EXP desk can see all my reservations when I call-- I don't need the record locator/flight number.
76. YUP fares
77. Annual Road Warrior contest
78. So many flights between LAX-JFK and to LHR/LGW (how cool is it to see 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 ... 767 departures to LAX when at JFK?)
79. Paris Hilton, Prince William, and a lot of other celebrities have flown AA
80. Operational upgrades
81. Celebrated Living
82. $200 transcon fares

P.S. I am trying to get this up to at least 100-- any suggestions?