American Airlines Gets on Bandwagon and Lures Business Travelers With Incentives


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American has one other trump card that helps it compete while United and Delta scramble to pander to business class clients: The world's largest network of flights.

Business travelers are the new Instagram of the aviation industry. They're profitable. They're wanted. And airlines are tripping over each other trying to figure out how to lure in their business. The trend is most obvious at carriers like Delta and United. Each airline has changed its mileage program over the last year to cater to high-spend business travelers, not only altering the way that passengers earn miles but also how they accrue status. Delta is even upda