Lay My Hat

www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/2 ... lines.html

''Fears were raised that passengers could see transatlantic fares rise as a result of a new tie up announced between British Airways and American Airlines.''


The best flight I ever had to America was with American Airlines........and the worst was British Airways

haven't read the article yet...but, let me say that we had every intention of spending a week or 2 at our place in Italy this Aug....until I tried to get flights from NY (into Rome - we're willing to drive if it ment a cheaper dirct flight)...I was finding fares of $2000+ per person (!) and those were the "cheap" ones I found! Will be going in winter in the cold and gloom becasue that's the only time we can afford to fly our family there now! (last Aug., got flights for $600/person...now, that did take some searching..."normal" fsares were more like $1200...but this year? no way!)now, the best we can hope for is around $600-$800/person in winter! (where we used to find fares around $400-$600)

I have guests arriving next month from the US who bought their tickets before prices went crazy but they've already had two date / time changes and are concerned about the flight being cancelled altogether, as has happened frequently this summer.

I hate BA with a vengeance & if they are involved you can bet that it will not be in the best interests of ordinary passengers

Thankfully, I have pretty much stopped flying long-haul now but I was a Platinum member of the AA frequent flier scheme for 7 or 8 years & always found them to be pretty good

We have read that BA will tie up with Iberia too. So is that the end of the Star alliance?

The deal, which also includes the Spanish carrier, Iberia, could enable the airlines to cut services by co-ordinating schedules to reduce the number of empty seats and ditching unprofitable flights.

This is from the article casa so it seems likely..........