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Want To Know If Your American Airlines Flight Has WiFi? There's A Widget For That

JetSetCD — 2009-11-20T09:04:40-05:00

Ever since AirTran and Virgin America rolled out their fleet-wide WiFi earlier this year, other domestic legacy carriers have stepped up their game and mostly stayed on track for connectivity. A great example is American Airlines, who reached the milestone of having 100 planes connected in August, with a goal of 150 by the year's end.

With over 100 WiFi-hot American birdies up in the sky, your chances of flying on one are better than ever. And just in case you get lucky and score a plane connected with Gogo, American wants to make sure you're ready with your laptop by letting you check in advance to see if you'll have the internet on your flight. Via a new widget, passengers may enter their flight number or departure airport and see, up to 24 hours before the flight, if their plane will be WiFi-equipped. You can even share the widget by embedding it your blog, adding it your iGoogle, and taking advantage of other options.

Delta Offers JAL a $1 Billion Bribe to Unfriend American Airlines

Omri — 2009-11-19T13:21:00-05:00

We promised you last week that the playground hair pulling fight between Japan Airlines, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Delta—where JAL may or may not decide to dump American Airlines/oneworld in favor of Delta/SkyTeam—was going to get more interesting. That's exactly what happened this morning, when Delta decided to put an eye-popping $1 billion on the table to entice Delta into switching.

Yowsers! Let's look at what went down...

Random Airline Fees Continue Into 2010, Including Super Bowl Travel

kjb — 2009-11-19T09:44:30-05:00

Remember all those airline fees that were pouring in a few months ago related to this season’s holiday travel? Well the airlines must have really enjoyed what they were seeing, as they are now looking to tack in some additional charges for days well into 2010. Delta, United, and American Airlines are busy adding these presents to our tickets anytime they think travel will be busier than usual.

The website BestFares.com is reporting that Delta and United have added surcharges to as many as 40 days between now and next May. The fees can be as much as $30 each way depending on distance, time, and other factors that appeal to the airlines. Our favorite airline fee has to be the $50 one-way charge that has now been added to some flights on February 8. In case you don’t have the NFL calendar kicking around, that’s the day after the Super Bowl. Not like we could afford tickets anyway, but we can still be angry about it.

What Kind Of Crazy Loot Can You Score With Your Frequent-Flyer Miles?

egw — 2009-11-18T08:54:29-05:00

Earlier this year we were attempting to cash in some miles from Midwest Airlines accumulated over a lifetime of visiting Mom and Dad, when we noticed something weird: Along with gift certificates and logowear, we were presented with the option of using our surplus miles to buy Amtrak tickets. Well, that's weird: Why would an airline that still handles a generous amount of short-hop regional flights want to remind us that for short distances we could get a guaranteed outlet and more legroom?

Common wisdom holds that frequent-flyer miles just aren't what they used to be, thanks to high occupancies and rampant blackout dates. Not to mention, if you have trouble committing to one airline you probably have a few thousand miles sitting unused with a variety of different companies, with whom you will never fly enough to get the elusive free ticket. So why not cash them in for something wacky instead? With our guide, you'll never forget that trip to Acapulco so long as you have the electric doggy-door opener you bought with its mileage.

After the jump, we break it down by airline

George Clooney Exclusively Flies American Airlines For 'Up In The Air'

cmb — 2009-11-17T12:34:29-05:00

Why should kids' movies have all the cross-promotional fun? According to the folks at Paramount, they shouldn't. That's why they teamed up with American Airlines who, in exchange for product placement in the new George Clooney movie "Up In The Air," let the film's director, Jason Reitman, have free filming access to its terminals, planes and the Admirals Clubs. The access came in handy considering the movie is about an executive who flies around the country and fires people.

But the partnership doesn't end there. Last weekend American hosted a press junket on one of its 767 that featured a screening of the film, a live performance by Sad Brad, the band that composed the film's soundtrack, and an interview with Anna Kendrick, who plays Clooney's apprentice in the film. American is also sponsoring tie-in auctions exclusively for AAdvantage Miles members for upgrades and movie-related items.

American and US Airways Might Sneak A Kiss Under The Mistletoe

kjb — 2009-11-17T09:18:22-05:00

Last week we were intrigued with the latest developments regarding a possible merger between United and Continental, but this week there’s a different merger rumor kicking around. Unfortunately—or fortunately depending who you ask—this one doesn’t seem as likely. We’re talking about the possibility of American Airlines and US Airways joining forces.

American and Delta jostle for the title of largest carrier, but like we said last week, if Continental and United hooked up they would move into first and American would fall to third behind the newly formed Delta. That’s got to hurt your ego, even if everyone remembers that first is the worst and second is the best.

Japan Airlines Triggers International Hair-Pulling Fight Among Airlines

Omri — 2009-11-13T17:19:26-05:00

We've been telling you for the last few weeks that the three-way Southwest/Jetblue/AirTran turf war happening at Boston-Logan was the most entertaining insidery airline story on the horizon. Now it looks like we may have called that putt a little too early. The international sniping going on between Japan Airlines, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Delta is beginning to resemble a grade school playground, with back-and-forth insults, foot stomping, and running-to-the-teacher petulance. Awesome.

The background is that JAL is bleeding money and has had to discontinue 8 international and 8 domestic routes. This has put their oneworld alliance with American in a precarious situation. It's obviously not working for JAL and so they've raised the possibility of switching alliances and joining Delta in SkyTeam.