Complete list, new fees (there are many.)

[party_boy]

My thoughts exactly. Vouchers?

[CO FF]

Originally Posted by richard

How long will that last once pax realize they pay a fee at the counter, but no fee at the gate?

This, combined with the battle for boarding, will stress the "gate experience" mightily. Elites need to plan on arriving at the gate before boarding, so that we can get bin space. AA needs to instruct the FAs to be more vigilant about protecting bin space, esp. in premium cabins.

And, as I've suggested "elsewhere", once Group 1 has been called, they need to pause the boarding long enough to call down to the FAs, see how much bin space there is, and be ready to red-tag bags for gate check at the aircraft door (rather than after the bag has been schlepped thru to row 68 and doesn't fit).

[ftspence]

Originally Posted by CO FF

This, combined with the battle for boarding, will stress the "gate experience" mightily. Elites need to plan on arriving at the gate before boarding, so that we can get bin space. AA needs to instruct the FAs to be more vigilant about protecting bin space, esp. in premium cabins.

And, as I've suggested "elsewhere", once Group 1 has been called, they need to pause the boarding long enough to call down to the FAs, see how much bin space there is, and be ready to red-tag bags for gate check at the aircraft door (rather than after the bag has been schlepped thru to row 68 and doesn't fit).

The flight attendants are already in major grievance mode over the scope of their workload. It is unrealistic to expect they are going to play enhanced carry-on police.

The annual cost of flight delays from overburdened carryons is going to more than eat up the paltry $300 million this ill-conceived first bag charge is estimated to generate.

This is the exactly the type of bizarre yet desperate "innovation" that sank the first Braniff in 1982. AA, one would think, would be especially sensitive to remembering that.

[JonNYC]

'member all-- let's keep the discussion as un-FT as possible.

Leave the back-seat CEOing and sky-is-falling hype to other site(s).

In other words-- just the facts here.

[headinclouds]

Originally Posted by MiamiBeach

http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...ward%20Tickets

Changing Award Tickets
A $150 USD change fee (subject to change without notice) will apply for any confirmed change to a MileSAAver Award ticket.

* Exception: MileSAAver Award tickets for which the only confirmed change is to the date and/or time will not incur the change fee.

This change fee must be paid when your award ticket is reissued. The ticket must be reissued by an American Airlines airport or Travel Center Agent.

Changes to the award required for travel (example: changing from a P25M award to a P40R award) involve reinstatement of the original award, and a new award ticket to be issued.

I wonder about those award tickets that are in F/J but one segment is down graded a cabin class, then the F/J space becomes available later on. I've got 2 coach segments on a 15-segment biz class OW award.

[wlciii]

Originally Posted by JonNYC

AAdvantage Fees

AAdvantage Change Fee
$150.00

AAdvantage Reinstatement Fee
$150.00

Are these retroactive to tickets already booked? I just ticketed a 125K miles saver on Monday that I may need to change the routing on.

[FlyerBeek]

Originally Posted by MiamiBeach

Changes to the award required for travel (example: changing from a P25M award to a P40R award) involve reinstatement of the original award, and a new award ticket to be issued.

I was always under the impression that changing to a more expensive award (i.e. ticketing a J award while waiting for F award inventory to open and then reticketing in F) didn't involve any change fees (assuming the routing remains the same).

Is this a change in AA's policy or am I simply mistaken?

-FlyerBeek

[Happy]

Originally Posted by JonNYC

Change Fees

Domestic Change Fee*
$150.00 – Check Fare Rules Display

International Change Fee*
$150 - $300 – Varies by market and fare

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Are tickets issued prior to 05/21/08 still has $100 change fee?

[jmcd02]

Originally Posted by wlciii

Are these retroactive to tickets already booked? I just ticketed a 125K miles saver on Monday that I may need to change the routing on.

Effective May 21, 2008 - regardless of the ticketing date. Changes made to ticketed award bookings or reinstatement requests made on/after May 21, 2008 will incur the new fee amounts.

[tom911]

Nice to see the more serious changes posted at the start of this thread. I just heard of them for the first time when the ABC (U.S. network, not Aussie) Wednesday night evening news was being broadcast here in the Qantas domestic lounge in Sydney and knew they'd be posted in a concise manner here.

Tom in Sydney just after noon Thursday here