So Spirit stockholders turned down an inferior offer from Frontier and apparently are headed towards a possible Jetblue potential merger. So what was Frontier’s response? They decided to have a fare sale “starting at $19”. Wow sounds tempting until you click on the promo deal link in the email.
But this is what you’ll find.
Maybe I did something wrong, lets look further down the email to this:
OK, let’s try that link…
OK, now it works. Weird or bait and switch. You be the jury.
So in 2017 I was Gold with American Airlines. I reached that again by mid year but managed to miss Platinum by a hair at the end of the year. I just didn’t see the profit in doing a mileage run. So far in 2018 I have some AA flights booked and some long haul award trips on AA but some of my business trips have been moved over to United for various reasons in this first Quarter.
So here comes the offers. I can buy up to Platinum on AA for $795
But after thinking about it I don’t think it’s worth that much to me. Sure I might see a few additional domestic upgrades but the main value is the MCE seats. And if I’m stuck flying United more than normal in 2018 I might be better off to just get an Economy Plus subscription for $499.
I’m not sure it’s worth it for either one. I actually wish AA would have given me a bit cheaper of an option to move up to Platinum since I was so close but at least I’m still Gold with a bunch of 500 mile stickers for now. I don’t think it’s worth it to do a status match with United either but we’ll see.
I’m traveling out of the remote 5 (gate 52) terminal at LAX today and had a chance to visit this Admirals Club. This is a HUGE benefit if you’re flying out of this remote bus terminal. There are not a lot of amenities for these Gate 52A-52Z or well what ever letter. I had low expectations for this lounge as I’m used to visiting the United Lounges at IAH that are tiny and have no toilets. Â I’m not sure how crowded this lounge gets but it was very nice, not over crowded at 6am to 8am on a Thursday but maybe that was just luck.
They offer a full bar, typical food. Super nice staff and 4 toilets (2 Female and 2 Male). You could even use this as an arrivals lounge but no showers. The toilets are very large and would be easy to change clothes, etc.
Silly but AA is flying some 4 hour type routes on Regional RJ Jets into this terminal. I’m getting ready to board a non-stop to MCI that clocks in at about 3:40’ish. Thankfully my upgrade cleared at a lowly AA Gold. This route doesn’t seem to be elite heavy on the days I fly this route. This is a nice route for our small’ish Kansas City airport as it gives us a non-stop to a large HUB on the West Coast.
Summary: American doesn’t always get things right but this is one bright spot in a not so awesome terminal area. Thanks AA
No one really loves when you have trouble or bad service at the airport.
But this is just another example of how to be an ugly person. Sadly he also seems to be an Ugly American as well. Thanks Man, the rest of us appreciate you keeping up the stereotype 😦
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