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…
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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…
Al Roker and Alex Van Halen: Two celebrities and one American Airlines first class seat.
The New York Post has a Page 6 report about an incident that happened onboard an American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. It might be a little extreme, but…
Buy your own American Airlines 737 NGX for only $79
Sorry about the headline, but I couldn’t resist. This is way off topic, but it’s a slow AAdvantage news day anyway, so I thought I’d share this video of the…
Weekly World News reports Tyler Perry has purchased American Airlines
The Weekly World News, the former newsstand tabloid turned online tabloid, is reporting this bit of news: Wealthy actor-director Tyler Perry has made an attractive offer for American Airlines….
Woman sues American Airlines and Sky Chefs claiming that there was a lizard in her meal
Lizard on a stick at the Wangfujing, Night Market by adamclyde on Flickr While I’m trying to resist the urge to write something snarky, I will say that the lizard…
Before iPhones and checked luggage fees, American Airlines had actual ticket offices in Dallas and Fort Worth
Back in the days before we printed tickets with our inkjet printers or could have a QR Code boarding pass sent to our iPhones, American Airlines had actual ticket offices…
New York Times artist Christoph Niemann illustrates his flight from New York to Berlin
I did this flight myself back in May. Because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the plane had to fly a far north route over Greenland, adding almost three hours…
A view from the sky (actually, a view from Google Earth)
Air Canada Airplane Bath Airplane Graveyard Backyard Plane More strange Google Earth sightings at Tech Blog.