American Airlines

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American Airlines Reservations & Flights

American Airlines was founded in the year 1926 but began operations only in 1936. It has its head office in Fort Worth in Texas. The airline has 10 hubs at Charlotte, Chicago O’ Hare, Dallas, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, New York-La Guardia, Philadelphia, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, and Washington-National. Passengers flying on AA can expect to touch down on one of these hubs.

American Airlines Baggage Policy

The carrier has defined a list of items that cannot be carried on board. At the same time, it defines the free allowance and what all baggage needs to be paid for.

It allows 1 personal item and 1 carry-on baggage per passenger. There are no weight limits given for the cabin baggage but there are size restrictions that must be observed. The cabin bag shall not be more than 22 x 14 x 9 inches and the personal item shall not be more than 18 x 14 x 8 inches in size. Passengers are not allowed more than 100ml of liquid in cabin bags. And, these need to be put in a separate transparent plastic bag which shall not be more than 1-liter capacity.

AA check-in baggage policy allows passengers who have confirmed AA reservations to bring up to 10 check-in bags for domestic, transatlantic, and transpacific flights. This limit is restricted to 5 check-in bags in case the travel involves Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Brazil.

The airline charges for every check-in bag except for certain passengers who are allowed 1st, 2nd, and/or 3rd check-in bags for free. Do call us to know for what all passengers and destinations is the check-in baggage free.

In general, passengers who have done AA reservations for domestic flights are required to pay $30 for 1st, $40 for 2nd, $150 for 3rd, and $200 for 4th check-in bag. However, do call us to know the charges for your route of travel.

Oversized, additional, and overweight bags up to 32 kg are also chargeable.

American Airlines Methods of Check-in

Passengers can check in at the airport counters of the airline or at the kiosks kept at the airports for the same purpose. Do check whether your departure airport does have a kiosk machine for AA check-in or not.

You can even check-in online on American Airlines flights using its website or mobile application. In general, online check-in can begin from 24 hours up to 90 minutes before the scheduled departure time. However, these times could be different depending on your departure station.

American Airlines Frequent Flyer Program

AAdvanage is the frequent flyer program of American Airlines.

Flyers can earn miles on flying with AA, its partner airlines and oneworld Alliance members. Miles are also earned by purchasing the services or products of its partners, such as Car rental companies, hotels, vacations, cruises, card companies, shopping and dining.

The earned miles can be redeemed for award miles, upgrades and with car rental, hotels and vacations companies.

Membership Tiers of AAdvantage Program
• AAdvantage Executive Platinum- 100000 EQMs, 120 EQSs or $15000 EQDs
• AAdvantage Platinum Pro- 75000 EQMs, 90 EQSs or $9000 EQDs
• AAdvantage Platinum- 50000 EQMs, 60 EQSs or $6000 EQDs
• AAdvantage Gold- 25000 EQMs, 30 EQSs or $3000 EQDs

American Airline Cabin Experiences

There is no dearth of cabin experiences for flyers on AA. The airline offers as many as 8 cabin experiences for its passengers.
• These are:
• Basic Economy
• Main Cabin
• Main Cabin Extra
• Premium Economy
• Business
• First
• Flagship Business Class
• Flagship First Class

American Airlines Destinations Reached

AA operates flights to domestic and international destinations, covering more than 350 cities in about 50 countries. This translates to about 6700 daily flights.

American Airlines Alliances and Partners

AA is a founding member of oneworld aviation alliance. Besides, it codeshares with 27 airlines worldwide and has joint ventures with 5 other airlines.