I totally agree with you on the benefits, but you must admit that from a sheer ugliness perspective AA has by far the worst site out of the "old school" carrier

I totally agree with you on the benefits, but you must admit that from a sheer ugliness perspective AA has by far the worst site out of the "old school" carriers. Delta (my usual airline of choice), United, USAirways, and even Continental have much nicer sites (roughly in my order of preference). The usability of all of the above seems to not be all that different, however, so to each his own.