By Jacqueline Bell Law360, New York (July 11, 2007, 12:00 AM ET) -- An appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court's ruling that American Airlines Inc. had no obligation to honor travel benefits promised by Trans World Airlines LLC to employees who retired under an “early-out” provision before TWA entered bankruptcy and was acquired by American Airlines. In May 2006, a lower court judge granted summary judgment to the defendants, stating that the plaintiffs could not prove that a direct contract for free, space-available travel into retirement existed between themselves and American Airlines, or that a contract honoring... http://www.law360.com/articles/29175/american-airlines-twa-benefits-ruling-upheld