I cannot believe this. The news about American Airlines chosing to no longer be listed on Kayak and Sidestep has me flabbergasted, I believe I’ve expressed my disbelief of some of the choices legacy airlines are making to stay afloat. I try to get it (heck, I was defending JetBlue’s seven dollar blanket earlier today), but I’m appalled that American Airlines withdrew from Kayak.com. While the e-mail I got from American tried to paint this as a good thing, I’m annoyed. I flew AA for the first time in umpteen years in January purely because they had the best rate on Kayak. I doubt I’m alone, especially as airfare rises, I think more travelers will use services like Kayak to get the best fare they can. And, I did book through AA directly, as they had the best rate.
And AA just gets stupider and stupider
August 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: current events · vacation
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1 Kayak adds their say… | Penny For My Thoughts // Aug 5, 2008 at 7:25 pm
[...] And AA just gets stupider and stupider [...]
2 Cate @ Pink Ritas and Lip Gloss // Aug 5, 2008 at 10:56 pm
You know I rarely use sites like Kayak. I guess I just like surfing the old fashioned way and going to each individual website. I wonder how much of an impact being on Kayak really had on AA’s business.
3 hedy // Aug 6, 2008 at 7:36 am
That’s an interesting point, Cate. Most of the upset seems to come from Kayak users, so it’s kind of a self selecting group.
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