Just another reason to stick with American...

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

American, lol. Spent too many years commuting to Santiago through DFW to ever want to fly AA again.

Stick with one airline, build the points account, and always fly up front (my solution for being 6'4")

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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue

that does suck, JV... I'm only 5' 11" so I don't have those issues... but I feel for you, bro.

Juan

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Whenever I text "Barack," my phone suggests the word "Capable." I guess my my phone IS pretty smart.

I'd gladly pay a bit extra for some extra leg room; $15-25 is nothing. I flew 9 hours to and from Heathrow last week and by the time we deplaned my feet had swollen to the point I almost couldn't get my shoes back on (that's the last time I'll ever wear Italian slip-ons on an intercontinental flight). Having the extra room to stretch my legs would have been worth paying extra for (short of being raped to sit in business or first class).

On an auto note, I sure saw a lot of German iron on the streets in London. It seemed every second car was a BMW or Merc, and I could count the number of Japanese vehicles I saw on one hand. Saw three American cars too; two Jeep Liberties and one Dodge Caravan believe it or not.

I flew AA so much I used to know the schedule from NY to LA and NY to Heathrow by heart...

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

That's OK, the last three years I have flow YVR-LHR so often that I know the AC schedule by heart, including flight numbers and equipment, and the difference between summer (3 daily flights) and winter (1 daily). The concierge in LHR recently asked me my FF number for an upgrade to executive first (they recognized me), I recited it from memory, and she paused, then said, "that is very sad".

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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue

Uh huh, my flight last month with them was terrible. First the cancel the flight 17 hours before it was set to leave. Reason, high winds in Indianapolis. Winds do die down; they jumped the gun and canceled the flight way in advance. I get moved to an earlier flight. I get to the airport and the flight is delayed. Next, I get to Dallas and board the plane. The had to wait for the engines to get deiced, and THREE hours later they finally got deiced and then we taxied over to get he wings deiced. In that three hours sitting at the gate with the doors shut, for the first 120 minutes they didn’t even have the ventilation on. Return trip wasn’t much better. Both hops were delayed.

While I was in CA, I saw an article that showed the Jet Blue and Continental flew 90% of their flights into NY while American and another carrier cancelled most of theirs. American is one of the top two that will cancel flights at the drop of a hat. If you need to get somewhere and the weather might be bad, don’t fly American.