Fare products
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reference guide
Main | |||||||
| Fares | Enhanced offers | Ancillary-only options | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Main | Main Plus | Main Select | Preferred seat | Main Cabin Extra (MCE) seat | ||
| About | Description | Lowest prices; some restrictions | No restrictions | Additional benefits bundled together – more leisure trip focused | Additional benefits bundled together – more business trip focused | Standard legroom, with more favorable locations on the plane | Extra legroom and other benefits |
| Where to purchase and content availability | Direct channels and NDC | All channels, but best fares are not in EDIFACT | Direct channels and NDC | Direct channels and NDC | Direct channels and NDC | Direct channels and NDC | |
| Main Cabin Seat cost | $ for Standard, Preferred, and MCE | Standard included $ for Preferred and MCE |
Standard, Preferred and MCE seats included | Standard, Preferred and MCE seats included | $ unless AAdvantage® member with 15k loyalty points or more | $ unless AAdvantage® member with Gold status (at 24 hours out) or Platinum (at booking) | |
| Changes | No | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | |
| Refunds | No | Credit | Credit | 100% to original form of payment | Credit | Credit | |
| Premium Drink | $ | $ | Included as part of MCE benefit | Included as part of MCE benefit | $ | Included | |
| Onboard experience | Wi-Fi | $ | $ | $ | Included | $ | $ |
| Checked baggage | $ | $ Short-haul 1 bag Long-haul |
1 bag 2 bag Long-haul |
$ Short-haul 1 bag Long-haul |
$ Short-haul 1 bag Long-haul |
$ Short-haul 1 bag Long-haul |
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| Ground experience | Carry-on bag | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Admirals Club® access | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Flagship® Lounge access | No | No | No | No | |||
| Flagship® First Dining access | No | No | No | No | |||
| Priority Check-In and Security | $ | $ | $ | Included | $ | $ | |
| Boarding group | Group 9 short-haul Group 8 long-haul |
Group 6-8 | Group 5 | Group 4 | Group 6-8 | Group 5 | |
| Regions | Domestic 48 and MCLA-only available in certain markets | All | All American on-line excluding CU | Domestic applicable markets | |||
Premium Economy | ||||||
| Premium Economy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard experience | Physical product on board | Premium Economy seat | ||||
| Preferred/Main Cabin Extra seat | Premium Economy seat | |||||
| Wi-Fi | $ | |||||
| Checked baggage | 2 bags | |||||
| Ground experience | Carry on bag | Included | ||||
| Admirals Club® access | No | |||||
| Flagship® Lounge access | No | |||||
| Flagship® First Dining access | No | |||||
| Priority Check-in & security | Included | |||||
| Boarding group | Group 4 | |||||
| Regions | All | |||||
| Servicing experience and flexibility | Changes | Free | ||||
| Refunds | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | |||||
| Premium Drink | Yes | |||||
| Availability | Available to purchase | Direct channels | ||||
Business | ||||||
| Business | Flagship® Business | Flagship® Business Plus (new) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard experience | Physical product on board | Domestic first class seat | Lie-flat business seat | Lie-flat business seat | ||
| Preferred/Main Cabin Extra seat | Business | Flagship® Business | Flagship® Business | |||
| Wi-Fi | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Checked baggage | 2 bags | 2 bags | 3 bags | |||
| Ground experience | Carry on bag | Included | Included | Included | ||
| Admirals Club® access | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Flagship® Lounge access | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Flagship® First Dining access | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Priority Check-in and security | Included | Included | Flagship® First Check-in | |||
| Boarding group | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 1 | |||
| Regions | International 2 cabin aircrafts | All | All | |||
| Servicing experience and flexibility | Changes | Free | Free | Free | ||
| Refunds | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | |||
| Premium Drink | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Availability | Available to purchase | Direct channels | Direct channels | Direct channels and New Distribution Capability (NDC) | ||
First | ||||||
| First Class (domestic) | Flagship® First (4 cabin aircraft) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onboard experience | Physical product on board | Larger seat; first class seat on 2 cabin aircraft; lie flat seat in business or first class for 2-3 cabin aircraft when flying a domestic market that is not transcontinental | Lie-flat first class seat | |||
| Preferred/Main Cabin Extra seat | Depends on aircraft | Flagship® First | ||||
| Wi-Fi | $ | $ | ||||
| Checked baggage | 2 bags | 3 bags | ||||
| Ground experience | Carry on bag | Included | Included | |||
| Admirals Club® access | No | Yes | ||||
| Flagship® Lounge access | No | Yes | ||||
| Flagship® First Dining access | No | Yes | ||||
| Priority Check-in and security | Included | Flagship® First Check-in | ||||
| Boarding group | Group 1 | Group 1 | ||||
| Regions | All | All | ||||
| Servicing experience and flexibility | Changes | Free | Free | |||
| Refunds | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | Credit but with flexible fare receive 100% original form of payment | ||||
| Premium Drink | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Availability | Available to purchase | Direct channels | Direct channels | |||
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