$5 award fee dropped...
Oct 28, 2008, 6:06 am
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$5 award fee dropped...
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AA dropped the $5 award fee...
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AA dropped the $5 award fee...
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Oct 28, 2008, 7:26 am
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really? I was just pricing an award itinerary on Friday and it was showing the $5 fee. (Obviously, not for me)
Details anyone?
I would applaud AA for getting rid of this ridiculous (IMO) fee. I hope they do it for <21 days booking too.
Details anyone?
I would applaud AA for getting rid of this ridiculous (IMO) fee. I hope they do it for <21 days booking too.
Oct 28, 2008, 7:33 am
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Now if only they'll remove the bag fees so everyone else checks an I can once again carry-on my own bags.
Oct 28, 2008, 4:55 pm
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Is this real?
I know $5 isn't much money, but I remember when the fee was first announced, many (including me) were pretty annoyed at it, just on principle. Now you say the fee was lifted 4 weeks ago, this was the first post of it on FT, this thread is 10 hours old, and it's languishing on page 2 with only 3 replies?
I can't find anything about the fee - one way or another - on aa.com. Is there any source for this, besides a post on another IBB?
I know $5 isn't much money, but I remember when the fee was first announced, many (including me) were pretty annoyed at it, just on principle. Now you say the fee was lifted 4 weeks ago, this was the first post of it on FT, this thread is 10 hours old, and it's languishing on page 2 with only 3 replies?
I can't find anything about the fee - one way or another - on aa.com. Is there any source for this, besides a post on another IBB?
Oct 28, 2008, 5:11 pm
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Wall Street Journal article
"And a few weeks ago, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines quietly dropped its $5 booking fee to get a frequent-flier award ticket, restoring the principle that a frequent-flier award can actually be "free." (You still have to pay to get a "free" ride on US Airways Group Inc., Delta and Northwest Airlines.)"
"And a few weeks ago, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines quietly dropped its $5 booking fee to get a frequent-flier award ticket, restoring the principle that a frequent-flier award can actually be "free." (You still have to pay to get a "free" ride on US Airways Group Inc., Delta and Northwest Airlines.)"
Oct 28, 2008, 5:18 pm
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Oct 28, 2008, 5:54 pm
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I think it is quite possible that many of us didn't notice the fee being dropped because it really applied to straightforward round-trip bookings on aa.com only. For any of us who are EXP redeeming for ourselves, no fee. The $20 fee for booking over the phone on anything complex overrode the $5 fee, and anyone booking late (<21) also had their fees overridden by the late redemption fee. So I think it was easy to miss the fee being gone ...
Oct 28, 2008, 5:54 pm
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Oct 28, 2008, 6:39 pm
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Wall Street Journal article
"And a few weeks ago, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines quietly dropped its $5 booking fee to get a frequent-flier award ticket, restoring the principle that a frequent-flier award can actually be "free." (You still have to pay to get a "free" ride on US Airways Group Inc., Delta and Northwest Airlines.)"
"And a few weeks ago, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines quietly dropped its $5 booking fee to get a frequent-flier award ticket, restoring the principle that a frequent-flier award can actually be "free." (You still have to pay to get a "free" ride on US Airways Group Inc., Delta and Northwest Airlines.)"
I wonder why it was so quiet - not even a news item on the aa.com AAdvantage News page?
Oct 28, 2008, 7:21 pm
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Hmmmmmmm, I just put an award reservation on hold. They still charged the $5 fee. Says is $2.50 Sept 11 security way each way.
Oct 28, 2008, 7:45 pm
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Oct 28, 2008, 8:10 pm
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I'm confused abt what this $5 fee is.
Oct 28, 2008, 8:56 pm
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