AA Drops Many Change Fees, Enhances Basic Economy, Other Benefits,
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AA Eliminates Many Change Fees, Other Benefits 31 Aug 2020
Also: fly standby for free, upgrades + MCE + AAdvantage benefits on BE tickets (though no EQD/EQM/EQS).
https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...8/default.aspx
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https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1300518894357172224
Also: fly standby for free, upgrades + MCE + AAdvantage benefits on BE tickets (though no EQD/EQM/EQS).
https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...8/default.aspx
Also: fly standby for free, upgrades + MCE + AAdvantage benefits on BE tickets (though no EQD/EQM/EQS).
https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...8/default.aspx
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https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1300518894357172224
Also: fly standby for free, upgrades + MCE + AAdvantage benefits on BE tickets (though no EQD/EQM/EQS).
https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...8/default.aspx
Also: fly standby for free, upgrades + MCE + AAdvantage benefits on BE tickets (though no EQD/EQM/EQS).
https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...8/default.aspx
You have to fly main cabin to EARN status (NB: these fares to rise faster than BE fares as soon as the market can bear).
You can preserve benefits when flying with the kiddies or can't justify the main cabin fare.
Plus, they realized the customer service nightmare of voiding unused ticket value when the new ticket is cheaper. Smart, IMHO.
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Yes!, and keeping bennies on BE fares is a huge bonus for lifetime status holders, unless they plan to devalue that (again) too. I fear lifetime status could become lifetime* at some point when we are not booking fares that are expensive enough for AA's taste.
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Compared to UA, AA:
- includes Canada & Mexico
- vouchers for price drops
- elite benefits on MCE tickets
Sweet.
- includes Canada & Mexico
- vouchers for price drops
- elite benefits on MCE tickets
Sweet.
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WSJ: American, Delta End Domestic Change Fees
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines said they were removing change fees on most domestic flights, as the levies emerged as a new competitive battleground among airlines.
The moves by the two largest U.S. carriers comes a day after United Airlines said that it is permanently ending flight change fees for most domestic flights, in the latest effort to boost demand in an air-travel industry hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america...=djemalertNEWS
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines said they were removing change fees on most domestic flights, as the levies emerged as a new competitive battleground among airlines.
The moves by the two largest U.S. carriers comes a day after United Airlines said that it is permanently ending flight change fees for most domestic flights, in the latest effort to boost demand in an air-travel industry hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america...=djemalertNEWS
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Interesting to see longer term how this shakes out, obviously its initially great for everyone but no EQM/EQD from 1.1.21 means you'll need to choose between paying more for status or being something of a free agent (with no benefits). Further curve ball if corporate travel policies pivot to B fares now you can change/standby them, that'd mean no status earning for road warriors.
Long term I see this reducing the pool of elites - lifetimers the real winners here I think.
Long term I see this reducing the pool of elites - lifetimers the real winners here I think.