V A N T A G E P O I N T
AMERICANWAY
NOVEMBER 1 2007
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We’d love to hearwhat you think about our
airline and our employees. Pleasewrite to us
atwww.aa.com/customerrelations.
By supporting theUSO, we have an op-
portunity to show our appreciation and
express our gratitude, in a tangibleway, to
themenandwomenwhodefendus.What’s
more,AAand theUSOarecollaborating to
enlist the supportofAAdvantagemembers
in this worthy cause. If you are amember
ofourAAdvantage travel-awardsprogram,
please consider sponsoring an Operation
USO Care Package for our service mem-
berswho aredeployedoverseas.
Here’s how it works: With a donation
of $25, AAdvantage members can spon-
sor a USO Care Package. Care packages
can contain prepaid international phone
cards, snacks, sunscreen, disposable cam-
eras, toiletries, compact discs, and other
items requested by servicemembers. As a
sponsor, you can also include a personal
message of thanks for the recipient’s ser-
vice and sacri
fi
ces. The USO Care Pack-
age is a great way to encourage our troops
and support them in a very tangible way.
And to thank you for your support,wewill
credit your AAdvantage account with 125
miles for everyOperationUSOCarePack-
age you sponsor.
We at AmericanAirlines are grateful to
you for giving us the chance to be part of
such a worthwhile endeavor. We appreci-
ate your business andwill continue work-
ing hard to deserve it in the year to come.
In themeantime, if youwould like to par-
ticipate in or learnmore about Operation
USO Care Package, visit
or
Thank you for
fl
yingwith us today, and
happyThanksgiving!
RealSupport
Gerard J. Arpey
Chairman&CEO
AmericanAirlines
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WithThanksgivinguponus, Iwould like to
thank, on behalf of everyone at American
Airlines, themenandwomenof theUnited
States military. Their service and sacri
fi
c-
es allow us to do the work we love and to
live the lives we want to live. I would also
like to remind everyone that as we revel in
the companionship of friends and family
over the holidays, hundreds of thousands
of members of the United States Armed
Forces are separated from their homes and
loved ones. Fortunately, our friends at the
United Service Organizations (USO) are
reminding our troops daily that they have
not been forgotten. At American Airlines,
we arehappy to support theUSO’s efforts.
AA’s tie to themilitary goes back several
generations. Throughout our long history,
countlessAAcareershavebeenprecededby
military service, and in the past few years,
thousandsofAAemployees in theReserves
and in theNationalGuardhavebeen called
to active duty. I am proud of the spirit of
patriotism thathashelpedde
fi
neAmerican
Airlines. Of course, patriotism— and sup-
porting the troops— isnot just aboutwhat
you sayor feel. It’s also aboutwhat youdo.
To theUSO, supporting the troops isa lot
more thanacatchphrase.Formore than60
years, theUSOhas let ourmenandwomen
inuniformknow just howmuch theAmer-
ican public appreciates them. This private
nonpro
fi
t organization extends a touch
of home to the military through its more
than 130 USO Centers around the world.
It provides a variety of services, including
orientation programs, family events, travel
assistance, free Internet access, and recre-
ation services. And, as you probably know,
USO celebrity entertainment tours recruit
volunteer celebrities to entertain and lift
themorale of the troops far fromhome.
