AMERICAN AIRLINE NIGHTMARE IN THE DAYTIME FORT WORTH Texas

 Airline mergers are one of the most hotly debated issues by passages that fly frequently. As we all know a CEO will justify the higher ticket prices and additional baggage fees. I view this as nothing more that greed for passengers. As with any airline, quality customer service from professional is vital to their survival. As a customer we have choices as to whom we select to provide that level of professional service that we expect and deserve. I begin flying with American Airline as an enlisted soldier and continued to date as a commissioned officer. During the course of time I became an AAvantage member. At the senior citizen age and a disabled veteran of the Vietnam Era and Deseret Storm I have been completely ripped off. You do the math, I had 23,000.00 plus miles on my AAvantage account. I planned a one-way trip that required 12,500.00 miles. The return flight required another 12,500.00 therefore, I brought 2,000.00 miles. All transactions were conducted on the Internet to save any additional cost for American Airline administration fees. The purchase of the 2,000.00 mileage cost me more than a round trip ticket and more. I was outraged when I seen a $75.00 charge on my credit card for purchasing the 2,000.00 miles. No American Airline representatives mention anything about any additional charges when I was making the transactions. A closer reading of the fine print reveals that the AAvantage program is a passage nightmare in the daytime. The hallmark of American Airline is a wrath of the airline merger message of shared rip-off. From every practical point of view the implications are clear I was fair game and I paid the largest price. No matter how long you or I have trusted any airline or stayed with them you will become fair game. We all are losers but unfortunately some of us-those of with dark-skin will lose a lot more than others.