[maryag]

I have been sucked in to American Airlines through their credit card & accumulating milage. If you book a flight early for best time, direct flight & price AA looks great. But, a few months before your flight you will get a notice of flight changes. Direct flight cancelled. Now instead of arriving in four hours, it becomes six to nine hours. They will not allow you to change airports in order get a better flight so you are stuck. I fly to St Maarten every year. I started out of BDL (CT) until AA prices got to high. Then I started out of FJK (NY) That worked the first time. 4 hrs down & 4 hrs back.
Then the changes started. They seem to occur every other year to through you off balance. This year is the worst. Down our flight is 6-1/2 hrs and back its 9 hours. When I bought my four tkts back in 8/10 the price & flight were great. Now its a nightmare. I am done with AA for any and all future flights anywhere. Next year I will fly Continental to St Maarten. They have not changed their direct flight schedule in 20 years.