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Travel Hell: American Airlines Drama Continues

April 9, 2008 at 11:18 AM | by pbb | 3 Comments

So it's not just the brand new planes that are sitting on the tarmac. American Airlines continues to keep truckloads of its MD-80s grounded as it performs safety investigations on wheel well wiring. The carrier says the hundreds of cancellations are affecting "some" travel.

You can check on your flight by going to AA's status page. You can also set up mobile alerts there, which will ping your phone via SMS or email with any changes to your gate or departure time.

As for when the mess will be sorted out, it's anyone's guess. After nixing about 460 flights yesterday, American has canceled 850 today, though some freshly-inspected MD-80s are already back in service.

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Related Stories:
· AA Cancels 850 Flights as Inspections Continue [DMN]
· AA Cancels 850 Flights [Reuters]
· American Airlines coverage [Jaunted]

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  1. juliana

    Jaunted Contributing Editor

    should i cancel?

    i'm supposed to fly AA this weekend from Denver to Los Angeles. i am wondering if i should just cancel it, save the credit for later and book on southwest?
    April 9, 2008 at 11:41 AM
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  1. pbb

    Jaunted Member

    I would wait...

    American is forking over big bucks to put people up in hotels and rebook them on other airlines. So if you cancel yourself and try to get on another carrier, you may end up bumped by a re-booked AA passenger.

    There's no doubt they're trying to wrap this up asap, so I'd just hold out for now.
    April 9, 2008 at 12:46 PM
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  1. pbb

    Jaunted Member

    Here's more help for AA pax...

    courtesy of the Airline Biz Blog.
    April 9, 2008 at 3:23 PM
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