AA announces new "nerd bird" routes: AUS-BOS, AUS-SJC and "special event" city pairs
Dec 12, 2019, 11:40 am
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What could tip the scales in Delta's favor:
Delta flew BOS-SFO more often than once a day.
Delta had less than exorbitant pricing on the Asia flights that land in Detroit. Since AA abandoned east-coasters in terms of Asia travel, I have been contemplating a switch. (I can't take UA as that airline only really works for GS passengers domestically).
If I have gone too far off from the OT (and there is a Delta switching thread) feel free to move this post...
Dec 12, 2019, 3:26 pm
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I wonder if they are getting incentives now for these "new" nonstops. AUS has CDG LHR AMS and FRA non-stops now, just off the top of my head.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ional-flights/
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ional-flights/
Dec 12, 2019, 8:46 pm
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Dec 12, 2019, 9:58 pm
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United Express does fly LAX PSP 1x day except in deep summer when it disappears
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Dec 13, 2019, 8:31 am
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Dec 13, 2019, 10:54 am
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Dec 13, 2019, 11:15 am
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If the routes are still around, they could be helpful for ACL and F1 next fall.
But I definitely agree, it would be nice if airlines could add more capacity for these events. As a local, I generally avoid even going near those areas. Thankfully I live about equidistant between AUS and GRK, and can use GRK when AUS is a mess (although there are only flights to DFW from GRK).
Dec 13, 2019, 7:12 pm
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Dec 13, 2019, 7:21 pm
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Dec 17, 2019, 10:15 am
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What a tough crowd, AA brings back routes and everyone is still angry. I'm happy for any new or restored service and happier still to see BOS being slowly built back up.
Dec 17, 2019, 10:36 am
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BOS-LHR can be explained by the fact that the BA flights on the same route are extremely profitable, AA used to fly it on their own metal, and there's a large base of credit card holders in BOS that might want to fly to Europe on AA.
I do wonder if we will see BOS-CDG again any time soon, and possibly BOS-HEL from AY...
Dec 17, 2019, 12:48 pm
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Our little airport is.. not so little anymore
Great to have these new additions. Great to see the nerd bird back to SJC! Never made any sense to me to cancel it, but I don't have the inside info, so..