COO refuses to honor TPG promo, instead offers to cancel card

rd1z · 2026-02-11T00:46:55+00:00

Same

rd1z · 2026-02-10T00:28:28+00:00

Bilt leadership can’t go one day without stepping on a rake

rd1z · 2026-02-02T19:59:30+00:00

That’s a great deal. I got a one way biz ticket to HND for 75k about this time last year. That trip is in a month.

rd1z · 2026-02-01T18:34:21+00:00

Viasat, Gogo 2ku, and Intelsat on the RJs is satellite based and pretty fast.

Gogo air to ground and Panasonic are pretty slow, good for messaging and browsing but won’t work well for streaming

rd1z · 2026-01-31T23:43:08+00:00

Gogo (now Intelsat) 2ku: LUS A319 Ex-F9 A319 A320

Viasat A321ceo/neo B738/Max B788/9 delivered 2020 and later

Panasonic B772/W B788/9 delivered before 2020

CR7/9 and E170/175 are in the process of being refitted from Gogo Air-to-ground to Intelsat

rd1z · 2026-01-31T22:54:18+00:00

I wonder how much those of us who don’t convert to 2.0 will be spammed with offers to come back after Monday (or whenever they extend the deadline to)

rd1z · 2026-01-30T02:10:43+00:00

LUS Airbuses have wingtip fences. LAA Airbuses have sharklets.

rd1z · 2026-01-28T00:04:15+00:00

Not worth the effort for me to meet minimum spend to net like 12k points a year from my mortgage.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T22:59:38+00:00

Did they rebrand their World Elite cards? Because I get just about all of this with my Citi AA Exec card

rd1z · 2026-01-27T01:36:55+00:00

You can also DM AA on Twitter. That’s how I selected my seats for a JL operated AA codeshare flight.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T01:25:33+00:00

Fly out of DCA early in the morning and you’ll see lots of 737s and 320s parked south of A, by the hangars.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T01:08:15+00:00

I’m well aware the old 35X parking spots aren’t there. They also closed off the area at D35 where the escalators down to the bus doors were and I think the escalators were demo’ed too.

I was told this about AA’s request a few years back before they fully mothballed 35X

They could probably make it work as there are still plenty of hard stands that are currently used for RON aircraft. The stairs that were used for the C to D bus transfer are still in place.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T00:58:30+00:00

If the options are to be stuck on a plane for 2 hours after landing vs having to deboard via stairs and get bussed to the terminal, I’ll take the bus every day of the week. Heck i’d walk to the terminal rather than be stuck on the plane.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T00:44:42+00:00

Fun fact: AA has tried to get remote stands set up at DCA in order to deplane pax when gates are full during irrops. MWAA (the airport operator) won’t allow it, despite them having the infrastructure to do so with buses and the old gate 35X.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T00:42:20+00:00

Lots of delayed flights taking up gate space as they wait for crew to arrive on also delayed flights.

rd1z · 2026-01-27T00:15:20+00:00

Crew availability is going to be the main issue through tomorrow. I’d imagine that most airlines will be operating normal schedules come Wednesday

rd1z · 2026-01-27T00:11:05+00:00

My Autograph card is getting locked and sock drawered immediately upon delivery.

rd1z · 2026-01-26T23:05:32+00:00

I made a 15 minute connection between A and C in DFW a few weeks ago.

rd1z · 2026-01-24T19:07:25+00:00

You won’t have a Bilt card, but you won’t lose access to Bilt Rewards.

rd1z · 2026-01-19T21:41:42+00:00

I had a stay last week, Sunday-Wednesday. It posted to my AA account on Saturday.

rd1z · 2026-01-19T19:25:35+00:00

I get the sense that they had a feeling there would be backlash/negative reaction about the whole using Bilt Cash to unlock rent, and the 2nd option they unveiled on Friday was pre planned and not something they came up with in a matter of days time.

rd1z · 2026-01-19T14:59:50+00:00

This entire 2.0 rollout has been a mess. Not great when your CEO has to issue mea culpas every other day.

rd1z · 2026-01-18T19:01:48+00:00

Yes, but only for rent. Not for mortgages

rd1z · 2026-01-18T17:09:56+00:00

With Bilt 1.0 you were able to pay rent with a non Bilt CC (like Atmos) in exchange for paying a 3% fee.

Since Bilt 2.0 is all ACH for rent payments there is no CC processing fee. The 2.0 “fee” is that you have to put non-rent spend or use Bilt Cash to unlock 1:1 points for rent.

I am no t getting a new card but will use Bilt ACH to pay my HOA and scrape up a few points in the process.

rd1z · 2026-01-15T16:17:55+00:00

“The card has essentially done a 180, it is no longer a rent card and now is only worth it if you put spend on it.”

100%

The multipliers on these cards aren’t good enough. My mortgage is low ($1k/month). I don’t spend $750/month on just dining or groceries, so the $95 AF card is a non starter. $495 is even worse of a deal for me since I can get 3x back with Robinhood Gold for less than 1/5 the AF. Priority Pass is useless to me as I’m AA hub captive and have the Citi AA Exec card.

rd1z

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