American Airlines unveils biggest ever Heathrow summer flight schedule
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American Airlines has announced additional flights to Los Angeles and Charlotte for Summer 2023, as part of what it claims is its largest ever UK-US schedule.
There will be 26 daily flights from London Heathrow this summer, serving 11 cities.
The daily schedule will look like this:
- Boston – 1 flight
- Charlotte – 3 flights
- Dallas Fort Worth – 4 flights
- New York JFK – 4 flights
- Los Angeles – 3 flights
- Miami – 2 flights
- Chicago – 4 flights
- Philadelphia – 2 flights
- Phoenix – 1 flight
- Raleigh-Durham – 1 flight
- Seattle – 1 flight
It’s a huge schedule, and you have to wonder how the lounge network and other back-end facilities will cope. Unsurprisingly, American is now the largest the US airline operating out of Heathrow.
You can see the combined power of the British Airways / American Airlines transatlantic joint venture here, compared to the relatively modest combined firepower of Virgin Atlantic / Delta Air Lines and of course United Airlines, which has no joint venture partner.
That said, there is increased competition from JetBlue as well as Norse Atlantic from Gatwick – which is set to announce additional UK-US flights soon – and of course indirect flights via European hubs.
It is important to note that American Airlines makes very, very little business class reward space available for Avios. It is not unusual to see zero seats available across the next 12 months on most UK routes. Don’t get your hopes up about finding a business class Avios seat on any of the services above.
Our recent review of American Airlines Flagship business class is here and our review of the (not great) American Airlines Admirals Club lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 is here. The AA First Class lounge remains closed.
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How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (May 2025)
Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.
Booking flights on any airline?
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.
You can apply here.
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Buying flights on British Airways?
The British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.
You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express credit card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.
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This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.
There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.
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