American Airlines?

[dreamcometrue]

we originally planned on taking the United or Delta redeye from LAX to MCO, but now considering American Airlines in the morning, getting us there in the afternoon.

We have never flown American Airlines, only United and Delta. I would like to hear some feedback on them! Do they have a history of canceling/changing flights, like Delta does? Can I reserve a specific seat on their website?

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

No other airline in the US cancels and changes flights like Delta does. That being said, American, like the other legacy carriers, does reassess loads each quarter and MAY change the type of aircraft you fly, or adjust the time of the flight by 20-30 minutes either way. These happen no more than once a quarter (if at all) and generally the only time your flight(s) may be adjusted is the first week of the second month of the quarter previous to the one you're flying in. If you fly in April 2008, the time frame for any possible adjustment to your flights will be the second week of February. American will not cancel the morning non-stop, only adjust the flight departure and arrival times by a few minutes in either direction. You will have the opportunity to pick your seat when you book your tickets online. You can change the seats as often as you like, provided they are open. American flies B757s non-stop from LAX to MCO and flies MD-80s, B737s and B757s on flights that connect through DFW. The morning non-stop from LAX is a nice flight, I have taken it several times. I like that it gets you into MCO before 4 pm. Gives you time to make dinner reservations some place...

American is a convenient way to fly across the country because you can either go non-stop or connect through Dallas, and they have many flights throughout the day. I am not a big fan of red-eye flights, so I like the morning flights, even if it means taking an extra day of vacation

I am biased, because I work for them... but they still offer more trans-continental flight options between LAX and MCO throughout the day and night than any other carrier.

Have a great trip!

we originally planned on taking the United or Delta redeye from LAX to MCO, but now considering American Airlines in the morning, getting us there in the afternoon.

We have never flown American Airlines, only United and Delta. I would like to hear some feedback on them! Do they have a history of canceling/changing flights, like Delta does? Can I reserve a specific seat on their website?

 

[dreamcometrue]

wow, thanks so much for your input! We have never done the redeye, and I am honestly a bit worried about it. My kids will be 8 and 12 and they have always been good travelers but I am not sure how they would do on the red eye. So now I am eyeing this morning flight!

The prices are still a bit high. However, they have gone up even more the past week or so, so I really feel kind of pressured into booking now, before it goes up even more! Do you think there will be a drop in price again? We don't fly often, so I am really nervous about this whole airfare purchase game!

No other airline in the US cancels and changes flights like Delta does. That being said, American, like the other legacy carriers, does reassess loads each quarter and MAY change the type of aircraft you fly, or adjust the time of the flight by 20-30 minutes either way. These happen no more than once a quarter (if at all) and generally the only time your flight(s) may be adjusted is the first week of the second month of the quarter previous to the one you're flying in. If you fly in April 2008, the time frame for any possible adjustment to your flights will be the second week of February. American will not cancel the morning non-stop, only adjust the flight departure and arrival times by a few minutes in either direction. You will have the opportunity to pick your seat when you book your tickets online. You can change the seats as often as you like, provided they are open. American flies B757s non-stop from LAX to MCO and flies MD-80s, B737s and B757s on flights that connect through DFW. The morning non-stop from LAX is a nice flight, I have taken it several times. I like that it gets you into MCO before 4 pm. Gives you time to make dinner reservations some place...

American is a convenient way to fly across the country because you can either go non-stop or connect through Dallas, and they have many flights throughout the day. I am not a big fan of red-eye flights, so I like the morning flights, even if it means taking an extra day of vacation

I am biased, because I work for them... but they still offer more trans-continental flight options between LAX and MCO throughout the day and night than any other carrier.

Have a great trip!

 

[jennib5426]

I have only flown AA a few times and so far no problems, until this weekend.
We booked with them for our December cruise back in August. I checked our flights this weekend and our 2 hour layover had been changed to a 10 hour layover .
We were suppse to get home at 2pm and they changed it to 11pm. If I had not checked the website I would have never known. I received no email notifacation about this. All 4 of our flight segments for our December flight have had changes any where from 30 minutes to 10 hours !!!!!

I called AA and was able to make some changes for free, but the earliest we can now get home is 9:30pm on sunday instead of 2:30pm. I would not have booked with AA if this had been the case at the time we booked back in August.