Originally Posted by UAL_Rulez
Also there are non-published corporate AAirpass deals - several friends of mine work for a large global investment bank that issues all their frequent flyers AAirpass cards and everything gets charged out of a central account. You can bet this organization ain't paying AA $0.43/flown mile or whatever the published list price is.
I may work at this same bank....the internal charge rate is much lower...and there's usually some mark up from the back office to the front office areas.
In terms of service, the rule for AA reps dealing with AAirpass customers is "never send an AAP pax to another AA rep for service." I've only been on AAP a few months now...but the service approach is noticable.
Only thing it doesn't get you is OW Emerald status. (For me, for now, I whip out my BA Gold card...which gets me into Flagship lounges, even when not on paid-F.)
Our company includes AC membership, too.