Penny For My Thoughts

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.