American Airlines passengers ponder its 5 new international flights
The airline announced several big moves on social media.
Speculation has grown about what American Airlines (AAL) - Get Free Report is suggesting with a new video.
The clip, posted to Instagram, shows several passengers handing off boarding passes to each other, with each of them running to the next person.
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The video conjures up images of a relay race as American Airlines asks viewers of the video to guess what it is hinting at.
"Relaying the excitement: Unveiling an announcement that is sure to place gold in a feed near you tomorrow!" wrote @americanair. "Grab your passports, pass on the news by tagging a friend and leave your guesses below."
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Because of the relay race theme, speculation in the comments turned to the Olympics, which will be held in Paris in 2024.
"Sorta feels like there are some attempts of hinting at the Olympics, which will be in Paris, but there's already several nonstops every week," wrote commenter @mr_coffield. "So maybe reduced PHL>CDG flights for the games?"
The conjecture continued on X (formerly Twitter). User @IshrionA noticed that the five boarding passes featured in the video revealed some clues. They suggested changes involving three flights leaving from Philadelphia, one from Dallas/Fort Worth and one from Chicago.
The destination cities were disguised as clues as well.
American Airlines will be announcing new international routes tomorrow.
- DFW to "Somewhere Hot"
- PHL to "Somewhere Fun"
- PHL to "Somewhere New"
- PHL to "Somewhere Glitzy"
- ORD to "Somewhere Classic"— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) August 16, 2023
From there, X users got serious about trying to figure out what American Airlines was implying.
One, with the handle of @CPHtraveller, noticed a point in the video where the number 22,391 was written down.
Taking the leap of faith that this referred to the total number of miles for the five flights, the user checked flights from the three cities to five international destinations and managed to come up with a pretty good guess.
"I believe I've nailed this one," @CPHtraveller wrote.
I believe I’ve nailed this one
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