Points, Miles & Milk Bottles: Welcome Baby Weekly Flyer!
I’m taking a break from the usual talk about points and miles to share some good news that will be of interest to many Boarding Area readers. Please welcome Baby…
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Off topic: It didn’t earn any miles, but 800 pound paper airplane earns an aviation record
I’m still getting caught up with my news feeds and found something that has absolutely nothing to do with AAdvantage Miles, but I thought you might find it interesting. …
Off topic: Scooter meets suitcase
The Micro Luggage suitcase from Micro Mobility Systems in Germany combines the function of a scooter with a suitcase (I guess you could call it a scootcase). It’s probably especially…
Off Topic: Vintage Pan Am Travel Films
This isn’t AAdvantage related, but I thought you might find it interesting. Colin Marshall hosts and produces the podcast Notebook on Cities and Culture, and in between his twice weekly podcast,…
New York to San Francisco: 1876, 1929, 1953, and 2012
My favorite domestic flights are those on American’s Boeing 767s between New York and San Francisco. One of the reasons I like them, is that I think that they offer…
Weekend Wayback Machine: AstroComics the American Airlines Inflight Comic Book
In the 1970s, American Airlines flight attendants would give out free AstroComics to kids on their flights. The comic books featured well known Harvey Comics characters Casper the Friendly Ghost,…
American Airlines registers two new website names
(Proving that no detail is too unimportant for this blog) If your name is Tom Horton (and you’re not the CEO of American Airlines), I’ve got some bad news and…
Reader poll: A look at an American Airlines dinner menu from 1979
Anthropologist, and U.C. Berkeley professor, George M. Foster was a man that traveled the world for more than 70 years. His field work took him across the globe to study…
Weekend update: Beautiful Airport Runway Posters and Win an AA Amenity Kit
Chicago based creative studio Nomo has designed a series of posters featuring the runway patterns from some of the world’s busiest airports. They measure 18″ x 24″, and are printed…
Lego Man uses a weather balloon to become the 11th Canadian in space
Lego Man has now joined ten other Canadian astronauts and become the eleventh Canadian in Space. Two teenagers from Canada spent the last four months working on a project to send…