About American Airlines

American Airlines, as the name suggests, is a United States-based airline service provider. It is one of the most popular airlines in the United States. The airline has its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The airline is the world's largest airline in the fleet, revenue passenger mile, and scheduled passengers. American Airlines has a fleet size of 917 aircrafts. The airline operates at 350 destinations worldwide which include both domestic and international destinations. It operates 6800 flights daily, which travel across 50 countries worldwide.

Types of Cabins in American Airlines

The different types of cabins in American Airlines are:

Flagship First

• It is available in International nd Transcontinental flights.
• You can enjoy a personalized travel experience on this cabin.

Flagship Business

• This cabin is available on Transcontinental, International, and Hawaii Flights.
• The cabin offer several amenities suitable for long distance travel.

First Class

• It is available on all domestic flights across US.
• You can enjoy premium domestic travel experience on First Class.
• Priority check-in and boarding facilities along with lounge access with five star services.
• The seats on this cabin are wider with extra leg room.
• All inflight entertainment facilities are free alongwith ith Wifi
• Premium dining facilities are available with several loyalty benefits.

Business Class

• It is the most premium cabin available on shorter distance international flights from the US to Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada, and a few South American Cities.
• Priority boarding Flagship Lounge Access, and five-star on ground facilities are available with this ticket.
• The seats are comfortable with more legroom.
• A wide range of dining options along with Wifi facilities
• Complimentary pillows and blankets with free inflight entertainment.

Premium Economy

• It is available on selected long-distance international, Hawaii, and Alaska Flights.
• You can enjoy speedy check-in, security, and boarding privileges.
• The seats on this cabin are wider with extendable foot and head rests.
• They offer free personal on-demand entertainment with huge monitors and noise-cancelling headphones.
• Chef-inspired dining facilities with complimentary spirits, beer, and wine.
• Each seat has power outlets and USB ports with Wifi service.
• They also offer amenity kit and sleeper set only on international flights.

Main Cabin Extra

• You can enjoy extra legroom compared to Main Cabin Passengers.
• They allow 1 carry-on baggage and 1 personal item for free.
• Complimentary snacks and drinks are available with free movies and TV shows.
• Wifi is available for purchase on most aircrafts.

Main Cabin

• It is a basic budget-friendly cabin option with comfortable seating that you can choose ahead of time.
• You can enjoy free movies and TV shows and can also purchase wifi service.
• You can enjoy the delicious meals in this cabin and pair it with amazing drinks.
• 1 checked and carry-on baggage is free along with a personal item.

Basic Economy

• The most budget-friendly cabin option available on American Airlines is Basic Economy
• You can enjoy comfortable seating with several purchase options and generous baggage allowance.

Loyalty Program of American Airlines

Advantage frequent flier program is by American Airlines. The program began in 1981 and was the second loyalty program by airlines in the world. It is the most popular program with more than 100 million memberships. The program caters to domestic as well as international travelers. You can apply for the membership of the AAdvantage program on the American Airlines website. You'll be eligible for the program when you have 25,000 qualifying miles or 30 qualifying segments per year and your annual spending level on American Airlines must be a minimum of $3000 USD. You can enjoy regular promotions to earn additional air miles. The program has over 1000 partner companies including other airline partners which can help you earn miles. If you're a premium member, you can enjoy four upgrades every year on American Airlines.

Baggage Policy

The baggage policy of American Airlines is as follows,

Checked Baggage.

The number of bags allowed for different cabin classes is as follows,

• Flagship First- 3 bags.
• Domestic First- 2 bags.
• Business- 2 bags.
• Premium Economy- 2 bags.
• Main Cabin- 2 bags.

The checked baggage weight must be in the range of 51-70 pounds per bag.

Carry-on Baggage.

• All passengers are allowed to carry only one carry-on baggage.
• The carry-on baggage dimensions must not exceed 22 x 14 x 9 inches.

Personal Item.

• Passengers on American Airlines are allowed to carry only one personal item.
• Personal items can be a handbag, purses, or laptop bags.
• The dimensions of personal items must not exceed 18 x 14 x 8 inches.

Food Policy

You can enjoy delicious food servings on the aircrafts of American Airlines. The dining options are different according to the cabins you choose, like

Main Cabin

• They provide complimentary coffee, tea, juic, water, soft drinks, and snacks on flights over 250 miles.
• Passengers can buy alcoholic beverages, like wine, beer, and liquor on domestic flights over 250 miles.
• There are some snacks available to buy on flights over 1300 miles.

Flagship Hawaii Flights

• These flights are between Hawaii and Dallas or Chicago.
• They offer meals and complimentary beverages, like spirins, wine, and beer.

Transcontinental American Flagship Service

• These are flights that fly from New York to LA or Santa Ana or San Francisco; or Boston to LA, or Miami to LA.
• You can enjoy meals and non-alcoholic drinks on these flights.

Long-haul International Flights

• These are flights that fly across Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and some South American cities.
• They offer meals before arrival, mid-flight snacks, and meals with complimentary beverages, like beer, wine, spirits.

The airline also caters to the special meals which includes meals according to your preferences, like Vegan, kosher, etc.

Child Policy

American Airlines has a very transparent Child Policy in place to ensure safe and comfortable travel with children on their aircrafts. They offer priority boarding to families that have children below 2 years. The airline allows only 1 carry-on diaper bag per child.

Nursing mothers can travel with a breast pump and soft-sided cooler of breast milk other than their carry-on baggage and personal item. If you're traveling with children under 15 years, you must ensure to book seats together as every children must be seated with their parent or guardian on the airline. If your child is 2 years or above, you must buy them a ticket and a seat.

If you’re traveling with an infant under 7 days, the airline requires doctor’s consent to onboard them. You can only carry one infant on your laptop, if you're traveling with more than 1 infant below 2 years age, you must seat another infant in a seat next to you and the seat and ticket for the infant is chargeable.

If you're flying with infants and you provide them with safety seats then, you cannot sit near the exit and emergency rows. Ideally, you must seat your infants near the window seat and they must remain in their seat during take-off, landing, and taxi. Safety seats are not allowed on First and Business Class in American Airlines.

With one American Airline ticket, you can check 1 stroller and 1 car seat for free. If your stroller is over 20 pounds, it must go into the checked baggage. If you have both a stroller and car seat then only one can be carried to your cabin.

Pet Policy

American Airlines allow pets to travel either in cabin or in their cargo. They only allow cats and dogs in the cabin. They only accept pets at the counter for active-duty US Department of Foreign Service and US Military officers who are on their duty; however, it is chargeable. The airline allows full-trained service dogs to fly in the cabin free of cost.

American airlines allows pets on almost all their flights up to 12 hours or the ones they are to or from the below locations:

• Mexico
• Puerto Rico
• Alaska
• St. Croix
• The US and Canada
• St. Thomas.

Carry-on Pets

The airline allows you to bring 1 kennel inside the cabin if you pay the carry-on pets fee and your pet must stay inside the kennel through the flight duration in front of your seat. If you're traveling with a pet inside the cabin, you can only bring a personal item but you cannot get carry-on baggage allowance. The following are the kennel requirements that you must follow if you’re traveling with carry-on pets:

Hard-sided kennel

• 19 x 13 x 9 inches for Mainline flights on America
• 16 x 12 x 8 inches for Regional flights on American Eagle

Soft-sided kennel

• 18 x 11 x 11 inches, it is the most widely recommended option for all travelers in American Airlines.

The size of your pet must coincide with the dimensions of the kennel. The overall weight of the kennel and the pet must not exceed 20 lbs. The airline only accepts 7 kennels on American flights and 5 kennels on American Eagle flights and only 1 in First. The underseat storage space is minimal in few aircrafts of First and Business Class, in such case, pets are not allowed.

Checked Pets

The airline accepts checked pets for active-duty US Department of Foreign Service and US Military officers that too only on official orders. You can check a maximum of 2 pets at least 48 hours prior to your travel and must have a health certificate of the pet. The kennel guidelines for checked pets are as follows:

• Kennel must be large enough for the pet to move around.
• Overall weight of kennel and pet must not be over 100 lbs
• It must have a door made of welded or cast metal.
• It must have packed food for the pet.
• The kennel must have ventilation on 3 sides.
• If you're traveling with two pets, they should be of the same species and each of them must be less than 20 pounds and age between 8 weeks and 6 months.

Flight Change Policy

The flight change policy of American Airlines is as follows:

• If you're having a Basic Economy Ticket, you cannot change your flight.
• If you're changing your flight, your new flight must be scheduled within one year of your original ticket date.
• You may have to pay flight change fees.
• If you wish to make same day flight changes then you can confirm a seat on a different flight on your departure date if seats are available on the new aircraft.
• For same day flight change, the arrival and departure airports must be same and it can only be confirmed within 24 hours of the new flight.
• If you're unable to make a flight change on the same day, then the airline puts you on a stand-by for an earlier flight on the same route on your departure date; however, this doesn't guarantee a seat on other flight.
• The standby policy will only apply when you're traveling within the Caribbean, Canada, the US, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

The cancellation and refund policies of American Airlines are:

• If you’ve booked your ticket 2 days before your departure date, you’ve 24 hours time from the time of your booking to cancel your ticket and avail off full refund without any cancellation fees.
• If you’ve received a travel credit against cancellation you must preserve the cancellation email to book a flight with American Airlines in the future.
• If you’ve paid any amount for bags and seats then it is non-refundable.
• Your refund will be done by the airline to your original form of payment upon request.
• You refund will reflect on your bank account in 7-20 business days.
• If you’ve booked your ticket with a third-party, you must collect refund from them.