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Expedia and American Airlines Break Through Four Years of Dysfunction

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: American's E-175 Main Cabin Extra seating.  American Airlines Group

Skift Take

We haven't seen the contract but can assure you this: Expedia gave some ground to American Airlines Group. Otherwise Expedia Inc. sites would not be getting access to American's and US Airways' ancillary services or be able to ink the deal to provide hotel inventory to AA.com.

Four years after Expedia removed American Airlines' flights from the online travel agency's sites, the duo reached an agreement for Expedia to begin providing its hotels to AA.com and for Expedia to begin offering its customers American's Main Cabin Extra seats with priority boarding and extra legroom, and Preferred Seats with optimal locations in the cabin. Consider the reversal that overturns the travel di

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