RUMOR: AA nonstop JFK-GIG / Rio flights go seasonal > Mar 2019
May 15, 2018, 6:38 pm
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Yes, sorry to have omitted that detail but I did mean to covey this. (Can a moderator fix that?) I am gutted as the NY connection was a very good option to get to LHR for a decent price, cheaper in business than flying in coach on BA.
Last edited by BrianWBrazil; May 15, 2018 at 6:44 pm
May 16, 2018, 5:11 pm
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I suspect it doesn't work anywhere near as well as GIG-JFK-LHR, as the GIG-JFK flight connected quite nicely with the daylight JFK-LHR. There's no similar flight out of MIA, which would mean a ~13 hour layover in MIA (4am arrival, 5pm departure, give or take).
May 16, 2018, 7:51 pm
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May 16, 2018, 10:56 pm
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No, it’s not, actually, as direct flights can include stops; nonstops are, well, nonstop.
(AA 48 was marketed as a direct flight: SFO-DFW-ZRH. At DFW changes of aircraft and terminals were generally required. Mileage and segment credit was accrued as if AA 48 was a nonstop flight; it wasn’t.)
(AA 48 was marketed as a direct flight: SFO-DFW-ZRH. At DFW changes of aircraft and terminals were generally required. Mileage and segment credit was accrued as if AA 48 was a nonstop flight; it wasn’t.)
Last edited by JDiver; May 25, 2018 at 1:39 pm Reason: Add illustration
May 16, 2018, 11:03 pm
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All nonstop flights are direct.
Not all direct flights are nonstop.
It is perfectly correct to call this a direct flight. And the vast majority of readers seeing that title would also correctly understand that this is a direct (nonstop) flight.
May 17, 2018, 8:01 am
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It is a direct flight. Fact.
All nonstop flights are direct.
Not all direct flights are nonstop.
It is perfectly correct to call this a direct flight. And the vast majority of readers seeing that title would also correctly understand that this is a direct (nonstop) flight.
All nonstop flights are direct.
Not all direct flights are nonstop.
It is perfectly correct to call this a direct flight. And the vast majority of readers seeing that title would also correctly understand that this is a direct (nonstop) flight.
May 17, 2018, 9:01 am
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AA LATAM JV on the horizon? Its been in plans for some time.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-l...-idUSKCN1C81H7
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-l...-idUSKCN1C81H7