tickets with american airlines have tripled and quadrupled that amount. the airline claimed that was costing the airline millions of dollars. everything is on hold now that american is going through bankruptcy protection. here to sort it out for us, brian kelly. brian, good morning to you. first of all, i don t think a lot of folks are familiar with this american air pass program, this golden ticket program, originally set up as a big cash cow for the airline, right? right. yeah, in the 80s, american started selling this pass to raise money when it was hard to get loans. so i think most people aren t familiar with it because unfortunately it s no longer up for sale. but back in the day f you got in on this, it was an amazing deal. how much are we talking? they weren t cheap. when american first started selling them, they were about
it could cost the airline millions. fox and friends starts right now! the florida keys, the rest of south florida, bracing this morning for tropical storm bonnie. it s expected to pound the state with heavy wind and rain later today. joining us from miami beach is orlando selanez. tropical storm bonnie is scoot ag long toward south florida. about 150 miles or so southeast of miami, moving along about 40 miles an hour. the win have started to pick up around here a little bit. that s what we are expecting and that s what we are getting. tropical storm warnings in effect for the east coast, the west coast and all of the keys. the friends in puerto rico, the dominican and haiti, central