View Poll Results: Is an American Airlines/US Airways merger good for the traveling public?
Yes
84
28.19%
No
214
71.81%
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Nov 12, 2013, 2:24 pm
Last edit by: aztimm
Note:
There is an existing thread in the AA forum that may be useful to US and AA Flyertalkers:
US-AA Merger: Just the Facts thread
As facts become posted, that should be the place to look.
Merger discussion, speculation, and other questions can be directed here, or the similar thread in the AA forum:
MERGER: US and AA 9 Dec 2013 and implications for AA flyers (new)
AA - US Merger Agreement / Announcement / DOJ Action Discussion (consolidated, and now closed to new posts)
There is an existing thread in the AA forum that may be useful to US and AA Flyertalkers:
US-AA Merger: Just the Facts thread
As facts become posted, that should be the place to look.
Merger discussion, speculation, and other questions can be directed here, or the similar thread in the AA forum:
MERGER: US and AA 9 Dec 2013 and implications for AA flyers (new)
AA - US Merger Agreement / Announcement / DOJ Action Discussion (consolidated, and now closed to new posts)
US/AA merger- MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD/incl 'when will US leave STAR'
Aug 13, 2013, 10:26 am
#1246
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: By the airport
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Posts: 36
This is good news to me, I have been US CP for too many years and AA gold, I have always been upgraded on all my US Airways flights . Though I think the merger will eventually still go through .
Aug 13, 2013, 10:32 am
#1247
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: OKC
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, Marriott Rewards Gold, Hilton Honors Diamond, TK M&S Elite
Posts: 290
Aug 13, 2013, 10:34 am
#1248
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: BNA and TPA
Programs: AA-EXP, UA, WN, DL- zilch by choice, IHG-Diamond, Marriott-Gold, Hilton Gold,
Posts: 566
Aug 13, 2013, 10:40 am
#1249
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: FSD
Programs: AA CK, DL SM, UA PS, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium , Hyatt Globalist, Global Entry, CLEAR
Posts: 458
And so dies my hope of being CP and EXP in the same year........
Aug 13, 2013, 10:43 am
#1250
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 462
Does anybody have any idea of what this actually means? No merger? Giving up many spots at DCA and delaying merger? At a minimum how long will this delay the merger? A month? Six months?
Aug 13, 2013, 10:45 am
#1251
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Location: LAX; AA EXP, MM; HH Gold
Posts: 31,789
I hope someone has taken the CEO's keys away.
Aug 13, 2013, 11:04 am
#1252
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: in the vicinity of SFO
Programs: AA 2MM (LT-PLT, PPro for this year)
Posts: 19,781
^^^OK, I'm not really going to get my hopes up, but I really, really want this to be true!
Aug 13, 2013, 11:17 am
#1253
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Beverly Hills
Posts: 713
^ this. Surely the article wasn't suggesting AA was thinking of axing MileSAAver? That's the only thing I can think of...
Aug 13, 2013, 11:28 am
#1255
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Location: LAX; AA EXP, MM; HH Gold
Posts: 31,789
The DoJ is concerned that this low-fare program of US would end with the merger.
It has nothing to do with the American Airlines AAdvantag frequent flyer program. No doubt some poorly educated journalists will confuse the two today in their hastily-written copy. Poorly educated, sloppy editors won't catch the mistakes.
Aug 13, 2013, 11:28 am
#1256
Moderator: Avis and Rental Cars
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,034
Gotta love the USAToday/Justice Dep't example of:
Really, a non-stop is 50% more than a 1-stop? Why is this news or consideration? It's that way in many markets, not because of mergers, but because (some, non FTers,bviously) will pay more for less time in the air.
For a trip from Miami to Cincinnati on Aug. 13 and returning Aug. 14, the US Airways Advantage Fare was $471 for one stop compared with $740 on a non-stop American flight, according to the Justice Department.
Really, a non-stop is 50% more than a 1-stop? Why is this news or consideration? It's that way in many markets, not because of mergers, but because (some, non FTers,
bviously) will pay more for less time in the air.
Aug 13, 2013, 11:34 am
#1257
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 413
For a trip from Miami to Cincinnati on Aug. 13 and returning Aug. 14, the US Airways Advantage Fare was $471 for one stop compared to $740 on a non-stop American flight, according to the Justice Department.
Aug 13, 2013, 11:52 am
#1258
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Beverly Hills
Posts: 713
This would be why I was under that impression...
"An example is American's Advantage Fares discount program, which American executives said would likely be eliminated after the merger, according to the Justice Department."
from http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/us/air...html?hpt=hp_t2
"An example is American's Advantage Fares discount program, which American executives said would likely be eliminated after the merger, according to the Justice Department."
from http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/us/air...html?hpt=hp_t2
Aug 13, 2013, 11:53 am
#1259
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
No, the Advantage fare program (one A in Advantage) is a US Airways policy of cutting fares on connecting markets where the others fly nonstop. The others have tended to match the low fares set by US on their nonstops that compete with the US connecting routes.
The DoJ is concerned that this low-fare program of US would end with the merger.
It has nothing to do with the American Airlines AAdvantag frequent flyer program. No doubt some poorly educated journalists will confuse the two today in their hastily-written copy. Poorly educated, sloppy editors won't catch the mistakes.
The DoJ is concerned that this low-fare program of US would end with the merger.
It has nothing to do with the American Airlines AAdvantag frequent flyer program. No doubt some poorly educated journalists will confuse the two today in their hastily-written copy. Poorly educated, sloppy editors won't catch the mistakes.
US prices its n/s so much higher than everyone else especially West of the Mississippi, and the other legacies connecting pricing does nothing to mitigage that US pricing (i.e. US does not adjust its n/s accordingly).
Aug 13, 2013, 12:02 pm
#1260
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: CRP
Programs: UA 1K and 1MM, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 300
This is all about DCA. Oh, Washington....