AA FAs start peddling credit cards like US
Feb 24, 2015, 7:52 am
#271
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DFW
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I've noticed that. I think I've at least gotten water for a PDB more often than the CC pitch. And I haven't been batting very well on successful upgrades at that.
Feb 24, 2015, 8:02 am
#272
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Well, United set the bar pretty high for attempting to combine the worst of each airline so it's now up to Doug and Scott to try and top that...
Feb 24, 2015, 8:12 am
#273
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Feb 24, 2015, 8:13 am
#274
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, IHG Spire, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,523
Half of me wonders if that "savvy-ness" of AA travelers that are on most flights makes this much less viable for AA FAs to pitch? At least on my typical AA flights, I'd guess 90% of the passengers are business travelers. On US flights on similar routes, I find it probably less than 25% business travelers.
The average business traveler is likely part of the AAdvantage program AND has a Citicard. A once a year passenger (which looks to make up a lot of US passengers) wouldnt, so they would be more inclined to take the applications.
On the US flights (10+), I've seen a large percentage of passenger grab an application (way more than I expected). On that one AA flight, it appeared that only a couple folks grabbed them.
Feb 24, 2015, 8:13 am
#275
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Feb 24, 2015, 5:23 pm
#276
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
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Feb 24, 2015, 5:41 pm
#277
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Flying AS, iirc you get the pitch and often enough, intrusive card flogging reps at a table near the boarding gates.
At least we don't have ad decals applied to the fold-up tables - yet.
At least we don't have ad decals applied to the fold-up tables - yet.
Apr 8, 2015, 12:50 pm
#278
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: US
Programs: AAdvantage
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I've been complaining each and every time the pitch comes on. So far it's been on every US flight but I haven't gotten one on an AA flight yet.
Apr 8, 2015, 1:50 pm
#279
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Programs: AA P-Pro, Chase SP, SPG Gold
Posts: 556
I would agree in my limited perspective of US flights...there were multiple people around me that grabbed applications, two in front of me filled them out and turned them in to the FA. Different customers/mindsets at play.
Apr 8, 2015, 5:52 pm
#280
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,558
AA FAs start peddling credit cards like US
They were completely different cards with different benefits and stipulations.
Apr 8, 2015, 6:18 pm
#281
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: BER, SAT, AUS
Programs: Feels like FO (AA EXP)
Posts: 1,611
Look around you - those branded cards are everywhere. Infrequent flyers are trying hard to consolidate their spending with extra perks, even when queueing at the grocery see regular people attempting to "double dip" with HHonors, UA, AA+US, and DL cards at 1 mile to the $. If you're not deep into the mechanics of award travelling, those offers seems to be designed to target less seasoned travelers: with EXP's we realistically get one in 10 trips for "free", while kettle (not meant offensive) are dreaming of getting every other trip as a freebee - "we just need 25k Miles each!" and have the added benefit of not having their hard earned 7256 miles expire after a year of inactivity.
That they will (almost) never be able to cash in a J/F class reword or score a room at a posh hotel is a totally detached point.
PS: Funny quote DFW-SAT: "You COULD earn TWICE the approximately 246 miles with ..."