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Exciting News for SMBs: Earn AAdvantage Business with AmTrav and American Airlines

Great news for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) who rely on American Airlines and AmTrav for their travel management needs! American Airlines has announced a significant update to its AAdvantage Business small business program, allowing...

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How to Keep Earning AAdvantage on May 1

Important update: As of May 29 American Airlines' plan to restrict AAdvantage miles and loyalty points earnings by channel is "off." This pr...
American Airlines AAdvantage Business

All About American Airlines’ AAdvantage Business

This post has been updated as of July 19, 2024 to reflect the recent changes to the AAdvantage Business program. American Airlines made head...

NDC in 2024 (Recording & Transcript)

AmTrav's first webinar of 2024 was a banger featuring our CEO Jeff Klee (follow Jeff on LinkedIn) and distribution expert Cory Garner (follo...

How Much Did Your Company Save with American's Lowest Fares?

Last week AmTrav released the “Where are the fAAres?” report diving into how often American Airlines’ fares were lower on AA.com and AmTrav ...
Takeoff with American Airlines Business Extra to earn more rewards today.

All About American Airlines Business Extra

In October 2023 American Airlines announced that the Business Extra corporate rewards program would be discontinued on January 31, 2024. Com...

American Airlines Removes More Fares in August

AmTrav has tracked American Airlines’ fare changes since American removed many of their lowest fares on April 3 from corporate booking tools...

Focus on DFW: American Airlines Removes Even More Fares

AmTrav has tracked American Airlines’ fare changes since American removed many of their lowest fares on April 3 from corporate booking tools...

Webinar Recording: Not Another NDC Webinar

AmTrav takes buyers' pressing NDC questions and shares our unique NDC experience on "Not Another NDC Webinar" featuring CEO Jeff Klee, Chief...
What will NDC cost you and your company?

What Will NDC Cost You?

We know what NDC-ready means, we know the benefits of NDC, and we know that not being NDC-ready costs travel programs hundreds of thousands ...

What Does NDC-Ready Mean?

Because American Airlines removed 40% of their lowest fares from many corporate booking providers, the big question about New Distribution C...

American NDC Fares Analysis (Week 4): Digging into Economy Fares

Last week we examined American Airlines fare differences by fare brand between AmTrav's NDC connection (with lower fares) and legacy booking...

American NDC Fares Analysis (Week 3): Premium Customers Pay More

When American's modern retailing strategy was announced in December, one common response from legacy corporate travel providers was "don't w...

American NDC Fares Analysis (Week 2): Not All Routes Are Created Equal

It's been two weeks since American Airlines restricted the sale of their lowest fares to NDC "modern retailing"-enabled channels, including ...
American Airlines planes waiting to be filled with AmTrav customers booked via NDC.

AmTrav's Enhanced Platform to Help Business Travelers Navigate American Airlines' New Flight Booking Changes

AmTrav, the one connected platform for business travel, today announced upgrades to its corporate booking solution to continue delivering tr...
Here's What Inflight Service You Can Expect From Major Airlines Right Now

Here's What Inflight Service You Can Expect From Major Airlines Right Now

If you’re getting back in the travel groove for the first time since the pandemic started, you might be a little sad to learn that some of t...
American Introduces Major Updates to AAdvantage Loyalty Program

American Introduces Major Updates to AAdvantage Loyalty Program

American Airlines just revamped their AAdvantage loyalty program, simplifying the way travelers can earn elite status. In a massive departur...
Major airlines have eliminated most change fees for domestic airline tickets.

Saying Goodbye to (Most) Airline Change Fees

This week a number of major airlines, including American, Delta, United, and Alaska Airlines, eliminated most change fees for domestic airli...
AmTrav's Covid-19 Ask Me Anything featuring American Airlines, Enterprise, and Omni

"Ask Me Anything" Part 1: Here’s What You Missed

American Airlines, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and Omni Hotels and Resorts joined us last Thursday for Part 1 of our Ask Me Anything Series. They...

You're Invited: Keeping Your Travelers Safe, "Ask Me Anything"

Like many travel managers out there, you might be feeling overwhelmed with the responsibility of keeping your travelers safe as companies be...

With no change fees, is Basic Economy now worth it?

Ever since they were introduced, Basic Economy air fares have been an anathema to business travelers. “Whatever you do, please don’t book me...

Earn Double Miles With American Airlines This Summer

As we head into summer and companies begin to feel more comfortable traveling, American Airlines has launched a Summer of Deals promotion fo...
Major Airlines Now Requiring Masks For Passengers

Major Airlines Now Requiring Masks For Passengers

With many Americans eager to get back to “normal” as soon as it is safe to do so, the airlines are quickly moving to implement new, on-board...