"The airline also noted it doesn’t charge fees to soldiers traveling directly to duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. Those flights are operated as special charters for the military under the Civilian Reserve Air Fleet program and don’t operate under the same rules as commercial flights."
Well, American Airlines has been screwing over people even more than most of the national airlines, the excuse for charging fifty bucks to use frequent flyer miles to upgrade to first class is "It costs more in fuel."
Well, my butt is just as heavy in coach as it is in first class! Glad I could make a swap for 25,000 AA miles for 50,000 Hilton Hhonors points this week, I'm getting five nights free lodging at a Hampton Inn on my next vacation back to the Portland area.