American Airlines Offered Passengers $1,125 To Give Up A Seat On My Flight — And That Was Only The Opening Offer

American Airlines Offered Passengers $1,125 To Give Up A Seat On My Flight — And That Was Only The Opening Offer

I set out to kill time with a lounge crawl across the Philadelphia airport and wound up with a snapshot of American Airlines today: Bollinger and cheesesteaks in the Flagship Lounge, buses from a barren concourse, and a startling $1,125 offer at my gate for someone to give up a seat. The trip ended with one of aviation’s great views, and a reminder of how much customer service has disappeared from airports. It was Sunday and I had a long time to kill in the Philadelphia airport before my American Airlines flight down to D.C. So I pulled up my Royal Jordianian oneworld sapphire status, which gives me access to American’s business class Flagship lounges even on domestic flights. That status match offer was a winner. At Philadephia, that’s in the international terminal A West.…