United Wants to Buy American Airlines: 5 Ways a Mega-Merger Could Hit Your Wallet

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wants to buy American Airlines. And if he pulls it off, your next plane ticket and the pile of unused miles sitting in your account could both take a beating. Bloomberg broke the news on April 13. Kirby floated a possible combination with American Airlines Group to senior government officials. He raised the idea during a February 25 White House meeting with…