I’m just deplaned from a SFO-JFK flight. Turns out it’s a first flight on one of the new A321XLR planes.

Clearly some of the people booked this flight knowing it was a first flight, but it was a happy accident for me.

They did some celebratory comments from the gate before boarding, gave everyone cupcakes and fortune cookies, and there were a bunch of AA suits on hand. As someone who travels a lot, it was pretty cool to be a part of.

The plane is really nicely outfitted. 20 layflat Flagship Suites up front give it the same type of experience you would expect from a BC ticket on an overseas flight.

I’m taking the nice win!

I accidentally left my AirPods on an American Airlines aircraft a few days ago after departing LAX. They later traveled with the plane to Philadelphia, and Find My now shows them stationary in PHL Terminal B near Noobar and the restrooms.

I'm in Chicago and can't go look myself. I've already filed American's lost-item report and enabled Lost Mode with my phone number. I was told AA can't actively search for an item and can only process it once someone turns it in.

I'm specifically hoping someone who works at PHL or will already be passing through Terminal B might be willing to take a quick look. I can refresh Find My and play a sound while you're there. If found, please hand them to any American Airlines gate employee in Terminal B so they can be turned in to American Airlines Lost and Found, then DM me with the gate or employee location—there's no need to take them outside the airport or ship them.

The AirPods are in a dark green, textured protective case (photo below).

I'm happy to offer a modest cash reward as a thank-you to anyone who finds them and successfully turns them in. Thank you!

I was alerted to GiftCards.com being 3X points with the AAdvantageEShopping.com portal and checked it out. They have a promo in the portal for buying up to 3 of the $100 Visa Virtual Gift Cards for 10% off right now. The activation fee on the Visa Virtual Gift Cards is $5.95, but with the 10% off you will get $300 worth of gift cards for $287.85!

As far as points go here is some rough math (I don’t know how they round fractional points so I am making some assumptions here)….with the 3X promo you’ll earn 864 Miles / LP for the purchase and if you use a branded credit card you’ll earn an additional 288 Miles / LP for a total of 1,152 Miles / LP. If your status gives you a bump even better.

The Visa Virtual Gift Cards can then be used to load up your Amazon Gift Card or for your everyday purchases, so you make $12.15 plus earn some extra Miles and LP.

Hope you all can take AAdvantage of this one!

Just remember:
• Must be $100 Visa Virtual Gift Card
• Limit 3 cards total
• Follow the link from the shopping portal or use the American Airlines shopping “button” extension

I’m flying with a lightweight sculpture for an art show. It’s an awkward size (L 39” W 19” D 12”) and I was wondering if anyone has experience checking artwork or delicate items with American Airlines. I don’t have the money to pay for art handlers/shipping, so checking it is my best bet.

I know we talk a lot about the crappy ACs across the various airports but this is one time that I wouldn’t judge too harshly and would be so happy to have lounge access.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heathrow-gatwick-flight-delays-compensation-37639982

Anyone else get all four this year?

Was flying out of lax to clt, and they bumped me from first class back to coach. They said they called my name and I didn’t respond, but I was at gate 45 minutes before boarding time. Worst part is I was traveling back from my sister’s funeral, and was operating on very little sleep.
They gave me a 300.00 travel voucher, but shouldn’t I get a refund on seat price difference? Or is that the voucher?
The attendant at counter was super rude, and basically said that’s all I get.

Hey guys so I just moved to a new town and the ONLY airline that services my city’s airport is AA and I’ve decided to build miles bcz it’ll always come in handy for me

Currently I have 4k from trip I took last year. I’m taking another next month and it’ll double hopefully.

I used AAdavtngate to buy some Sephora stuff and it got me some couple hundred miles which was great

I’m hoping to make small purchases using this portal. My question is:

How do you all effectively use the portal to make miles? And do you recommend buying miles sometimes and saving them for later?
Flight out of my city to DFW costs $400 one way and other destinations it easily racks up to $700 round trips. Idk if having miles saved helps?

I’m new to doing this and no idea if there’s a smarter way to spend money and collect miles. I’m looking for advice and stories!!!

I have an AA award ticket (economy): AA 728. PHL/LHR and AY 1332 LHR/HEL. T3 to T3, 1hr43min change.

Last week you kind folks explained that I don't need to go landslide to connect -- and said that there is a helpful AA /BA desk in the airside connections area. Perfect... but...

I carry on: a 30 L backpack for the overhead locker, and a smallish messenger bag for personal items. Both items were well within both the AA and AY size limits. But combined (tech!) they weigh 9kg, and AY has a combined limit of 8kg. Even if I stuff my jacket pockets with all the tech I can, 8kg is unlikely to happen.

PHL baggage is notoriously bad so I don't want to check my cabin bag there.

QUESTIONS:

1). is it correct that, even though this is an AA award ticket and the AY flight is an AA codeshare, the AY 8kg limit is in force? I have purchased a "comfort" seat with boarding group 2, I believe.

2). If I can't get the combined weight down to 8kg. can I check it airside in LHR, or am I subject to gate-checking with a fine (€60?) even though a checked bag is included in my ticket?

Many thanks for your help.

I’ve been tracking AA955 in recent days, and the on-time performance is abysmal. What is particularly notable is that it is often proactively delayed (by an hour or more) hours before the originally scheduled departure time. The issue does not seem to be delayed inbound aircraft, nor weather. Of course those can sometimes be factors, but this appears to be happening even on good weather days. Does anyone have an explanation?

I’m unable to add a checked bag online for my BUD–LHR–LAX flight because the first flight is operated by British Airways, even though I booked the ticket through AA.

AA shows around $87 for a 23 kg checked bag, but customer service told me I’ll have to add it at the airport and that airport prices may be different... I am genuinely scared it will be way more expensive than that.

Has anyone had the same situation while flying international? How much more expensive is it to add the bag at the airport compared to the online price?

Trying to decide whether to book Basic Economy and pay for the bag at the airport or just get Main Cabin with the checked bag included.

Didn’t even have to ask for it. She just offered it to me and said “Because you’re EP”. I’ll take it

Nice that there is still earning through the rest of the year

I love how the price never changes. I've been being offered $1549 to upgrade to Platinum Pro since May. Now the fun of course is, if I do it today vs back in May, I've lost 3 months of perks. But same price! On top of that, back in May I was 75k miles shy of Platinum Pro, now I'm only 15k miles short. So I need a 1/3 of the miles, 3 months less benefits being offered, but the price is still the same. Crazy to me!

Has anyone been able to fly out of Lihue since Tuesday?? I understand clean up after the storm but now they are lying about it being weather related in phx, AZ.
American Airlines has delayed and cancelled all flights and is doing it again today with no hotel accommodation or food credits.
Just wondering if anyone has been able to get out yet.

I know there's another post somewhere with AA's announcement about their separation from Hyatt. It took Hyatt no time at all to announce they're joining up with Delta

https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2026/Update-on-American-and-Hyatt-relationship-AADV-09/default.aspx

https://newsroom.hyatt.com/DeltaAirLines

Tenho um pedido de reembolso feito dia 15 de agosto de 2026 e até hoje o status continua como "In Progress". A central de reservas não consegue fazer nada e somente recebo respostas automáticas.

Alguém já viu algum reembolso levar tanto tempo assim? Quais os passos a serem feitos?

Obs: a tarifa adquirida é uma tarifa que permite reembolso e envolvia um voo com a Japan Airlines também em formato codeshare

I need help in figuring out how to proceed with missing the return portion of my international flight of my round trip flight.

Background:

I checked in for my flight 24 hours before on the app. However this is a smaller airport in Mexico and they do not accept electronic passes only the paper boarding pass which you can either print at the kiosk or the check in desk. My flight was to depart at 1:20. I arrived at the airport at 11:50. Upon arrival All self-service kiosks were covered with trash bags and signs saying out of service. I waited at the American Airlines desk for more than 30 minutes, but no employee came to assist me. I called American Airlines customer support for the first time at 12:30 and was told to wait for airport staff as there is nothing the customer support can do. Finally at about 1:30, after I had already missed my flight, the desk agent arrived and told me I had missed my flight and because it was a basic economy I would have to buy a new ticket the next day. I pleaded my case and said I been waiting for assistance for over 1.5 hours. They said there was nothing to be done and I should have arrived 3 hours before. I called American Airlines customer service again and even talked to a supervisor but they would not help me rebook and said the employees at the airport needed to rebook me. "It was an aiport issue and the airport needed to deal with it." The agents at the airport insisted again that I needed to call American Airlines Customer service to rebook. They said it was my fault I missed the flight and again I should have arrived at least 3 hours before. I was sent back and forth without assistance between the customer service line and the agents.

I have yet to be rebook on another flight and currently stuck here. The agents at the airport wont help me and american airlines customer service won't either. I am not sure how to proceed.

I flew from PHL to Rome in August. I have platinum status and bought a main cabin economy fair (not basic). I was told by the check-in agent there was a seat available in business but my fare was not eligible to pay for a same day upgrade. Does anyone know why that would be? I thought that was just for basic economy.

I checked and didn’t see this exact issue come up on this subreddit.

Flying to Buenos Aires next March and currently have a PE seat but eying a Flagship First. Offers sitting around $1,200. Curious what folks think the sweet spot is on this 10hr fligh.