Rumor: AA to announce new ultra-long haul to Brisbane
Rumor! Rumor! Rumor!
American Airlines to announce new long haul to Brisbane, Australia. Let the speculation begin!!! |
Originally Posted by N830MH
(Post 31975000)
Rumor! Rumor! Rumor!
American Airlines to announce new long haul to Brisbane, Australia. https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1219398802634878976 https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1215126729586610176 Let the speculation begin!!! |
Originally Posted by N830MH
(Post 31975000)
Rumor! Rumor! Rumor!
American Airlines to announce new long haul to Brisbane, Australia. https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1219398802634878976 https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1215126729586610176 Let the speculation begin!!! Of course, if it's Boeing, it might not be going |
So Qantas drops LAX-BNE which AA picks up and Qantas takes up ORD-BNE.
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Seems like it would probably be an easier upgrade than LAX<->SYD, so probably good news for AA flyers if true.
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Originally Posted by IflyonAA
(Post 31976589)
So Qantas drops LAX-BNE which AA picks up...
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Originally Posted by IflyonAA
(Post 31976589)
So Qantas drops LAX-BNE which AA picks up and Qantas takes up ORD-BNE.
Originally Posted by JonNYC
(Post 31977777)
Not quite.
BNE-LAX B787 BNE-ORD B787 starts 20 April 2020 BNE-SFO B787 starts 5 February 2020 |
Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
(Post 31978422)
QF BNE routes ( as publicly know)
BNE-LAX B787 BNE-ORD B787 starts 20 April 2020 BNE-SFO B787 starts 5 February 2020 |
Originally Posted by IflyonAA
(Post 31976589)
So Qantas drops LAX-BNE which AA picks up and Qantas takes up ORD-BNE.
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Originally Posted by mvoight
(Post 31975138)
Of course, if it's Boeing, it might not be going
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Are they doing the 5k AA miles introductory special for this one, too? :D
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Originally Posted by jordyn
(Post 31977243)
Seems like it would probably be an easier upgrade than LAX<->SYD, so probably good news for AA flyers if true.
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Originally Posted by CPRich
(Post 31987857)
Only if you want to go to BNE.
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Originally Posted by CPRich
(Post 31987857)
Only if you want to go to BNE.
Originally Posted by tylerdurden4543
(Post 31987890)
For leisure travelers, who are likely counting on upgrades more so than business travelers, not a terrible place to enter OZ
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Perhaps I'm missing your point...
It seems that there are lots of connecting options to elsewhere in Australia from BNE, including Sydney, are there not? As a leisure traveler (again, business travelers are generally less likely to be making decisions based on upgrade chances), if I wanted to fly LAX-Australia (or even to Sydney specifically) and my options were LAX-SYD with low chances of an upgrade or LAX-BNE with a higher chance of upgrade and then connecting, this would seem to be a positive development. |
Given that the 787 QF utilise on this route continues on from LAX to JFK, what rejigging would they need to in order to continue offering that tag route?
Personally, as someone who flies this route occasionally, I wouldn't want this to happen: - Upgrade chances for QF frequent flyers would probably go down - Whilst I'm a rusted-on OW flyer, I avoid AA as much as possible to avoid the downright surly cabin crew. This would mean I end up flying Virgin on that route. |
So let me get this straight, so far this thread has zero confirmation that this " Ultra-Long Haul route" Rumor has anything to do with Australia, let alone Brisbane. It's just individual speculation, based on rumors and maybe a hypothetical approx. 12 Hour flight path from DFW or LAX to Brisbane. Plus a stretch that AA is going to take over an existing QF LAX-BNE route. Why would AA dedicate likely 2 787-9s to a secondary Australian city (based on U.S. travel patterns) and compete with VA on the route, when there are gobs of less risky endeavors ? Am I missing something? :confused:
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I heard it was going to be DFW-BNE?
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Originally Posted by perseus11
(Post 31988390)
<snip>It's just individual speculation, based on rumors and maybe a hypothetical approx
Regards |
Originally Posted by perseus11
(Post 31988390)
So let me get this straight, so far this thread has zero confirmation that this " Ultra-Long Haul route" Rumor has anything to do with Australia, let alone Brisbane. It's just individual speculation, based on rumors and maybe a hypothetical approx. 12 Hour flight path from DFW or LAX to Brisbane. Plus a stretch that AA is going to take over an existing QF LAX-BNE route. Why would AA dedicate likely 2 787-9s to a secondary Australian city (based on U.S. travel patterns) and compete with VA on the route, when there are gobs of less risky endeavors ? Am I missing something? :confused:
Also why is the launch of LAX - BNE considered lucrative except for the purpose of elite customers that want to upgrade. If I am a paying customer I would perhaps want to fly direct to MEL or SYD or even BNE as might be the case. I would have ideally preferred a direct route to SE Asia (more specifically to India from DFW or some part of East Coast - even PHL if that is what it takes Talking). |
Originally Posted by CPRich
(Post 31987857)
Only if you want to go to BNE.
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