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Welcome to the American Airlines web pages for travel agents.
This is the News Archive page for the month of June 2004. Please use
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June 2004
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01 June: New International Maximum Baggage Weight
Effective June 1, 2004, the maximum checked bag
weight for all bags into/through/from Europe and Asia
will be 70lbs(32kg). AA will no longer accept
overweight baggage (70-100lbs) in these
international markets. Please see Baggage for full
update on this new policy. Thank you.
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03 June: Interline electronic ticketing with Iberia Airlines
Effective 02 June , 2004, American Airlines will
launch an interline electronic ticketing agreement
with Iberia Airlines (IB). Codeshare flights
operated by IB/marketed by AA will become eligible
at a later date. All eligible flights operate by
IB will include the /E indicator. VCR's issued by
IB will begin with 075. Iberia Airlines is the
seventh oneworld to become an IET carrier with AA.
Please see the Interline pages for a full list of IET carriers.
Thank you for your attention.
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04 June: Oneworld releases Swiss from oneworld committments
Oneworld has released Swiss International Airlines
from its commitment to join the global alliance.
TGe move follows an agreement between the airline
and established oneworld partner British Airways to
free Swiss, at its request, from the bilateral
commercial agreement they signed in october 2003,
which was a fundamental condition of it becoming
a member of the global alliance.
All code-shares and bilateral relationships between
Swiss and the other existing individual oneworld
partners remain in place.
Swiss has indicated that oneworld is still its
preferred alliance and that it hopes to be in a
position to seek membership again in the future.
Oneworld continues to offer the world's most
international network, serve more countries than
any other alliance, market more alliance fares and
sales products than all other rivals combined, and
lead the field in customer service between all our
partners, which is on track for full implementation
by the end of this year.
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09 June 2004: AA offers E-ticketing with all oneworld partners
American is the first airline to offer Interline
Electronic Ticketing (IET) with all its alliance
partners, with the recent implementation of IET with
oneworld members Aer Lingus and Iberia. By year's
end, oneworld will be the first global alliance with
IET among all member carriers. E-tickets provide many
customer conveniences including faster refunds and
changes and connections between carriers; they cannot
be lost or stolen and are key to using the flight
check-in feature on AA.com, AA curbside check-in and
AA self-service check-in machines. More than 90
percent of AA's customers now travel on E-tickets
and American now offers IET with 21 other carriers
- more than any other airline.
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10 June: Passengers travelling with crematory remains
Please advise passengers that crematory containers
made of material that prevents the security screener
to clearly see what is inside will not be allowed
through the security checkpoint and can only travel
as checked baggage. Details can be found on the
'transporting special items' page on the TSA
website www.tsa.gov/public. Thank you for your
attention.
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14 June: Storm Policy
For all information on procedures to follow for
passengers affected by storms (tropical or snow),
please see Storm Policy. Thank you.
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14 June: AAdvantage promotions
For up-to-date information on all new and current
promotions being offered by American Airlines
AAdvantage programme, e.g. bonus miles or double
miles promotions, please go to our website:
www.AA.com/offers
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17 June: Base commission change for India Point of Sale
Effective 16 September 2004, all tickets issued in
India will earn a base commission of 5 percent,
except tickets for itineraries that originate in
the U.S. and Canada which earn 0 percent base
commission. Please see Commissions for all rates.
Thank you for your attention.
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17 June: AA*/AS flights zeroed out
AA codeshare marketed flights on Alaska Airlines
(AA*/AS) are zeroed out for travel from September
12, 2004 through October 30, 2004 due to
technical issues. These flights will be opened
back up for sale on Monday, June 21, 2004.
American Airlines regrets any inconvenience.
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17 June: Pet updates
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Pets traveling to EU - policy change.
The recently enacted regulation put in place for
pet travel to the European Union has been modified.
The regulation (requiring pets to be
microchipped/tatooed) will now begin on October 1,
2004, rather than July 3, 2004 as previously
communicated.
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Checked pet fee increase.
Effective July 1, 2004, the charge for checked
pets within and between the U.S. and Canada,
Mexico, Caribbean Central and South America will
increase from USD80.00 to USD100.00.
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Reminder about pets and hot weather.
Pets may not be accepted when the current or
forecasted temp is above 85F (75F for snub-nosed
dogs or cats), at any location on the itinerary.
Some cities such as DFW, MIA, PHX, TUS and LAS may
high average summer temperatures. Therefore
passengers should avoid taking pets to/through
these locations and any others that may be hot.
Please read our Pet pages for full information on pets travelling on AA.
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17 June: American Airlines implements Journey Data
American Airlines will implement Journey Data
with the following GDS:
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Worldspan - June 16, 2004
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Sabre - June 22, 2004
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Amadeus - June 29, 2004
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Galileo/Apollo - June 30, 2004
Journey Data prevents bookings from being made on
an unavailable connecting service by using two
available local flights.
In addition, AA will enhance the existing married
segment logic to apply to journey data. This will
prevent the selling of available connections and
canceling one segment in order to retain the
unavailable local segment. Implementation is
scheduled as follows:
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Worldspan - July 7, 2004
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Sabre - July 13, 2004
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Amadeus - July 20, 2004
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Galileo/Apollo - TBA
For technical questions please refer to your DRS helpdesk.
Thank you for your attention.
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22 June: SJU-AXA flights zeroed out
The flights from SJU to AXA have been zeroed out
from September 8 to December 15 due to runway
construction. During this time, American Eagle
will suspend its service into AXA. AA will offer
the following reprotection options for ticketed
passengers:
1. Passenger can reroute to fly into SXM and take a
ferry to AXA. Passenger will have to take a taxi
from SXM airport to the ferry. The cost of
the taxi and ferry will be at customers expense.
The cost of the ferry is approx $12.00-$13.00.
The ferry takes approx 20mins to reach AXA and
runs every 30mins (8am-10pm).
Passenger who choose this option may find there is a
fare differential between the cost of the
original ticket to AXA and the cost of the
new ticket to SXM. Please contact American
Airlines tariff dept for assistance in these
instances.
2. If the passenger chooses not to fly, a refund
to the original form of payment may be
processed. Please contact American Airlines
for full procedures.
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22 June: Members of armed forces travelling to Switzerland
Members of armed forces cannot travel to
Switzerland wearing their military uniform.
Exceptions are granted by the Swiss department of
foreign affairs only. Military ID and travel/leave
orders are required unless holding all other
acceptable documents.
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23 June: Car seats and restricted seating
As a reminder if your customer is going to use a
car seat on their flight you cannot reserve the
exit row or the row in front of and behind the exit
row on the aircraft. Thank you for your
attention.
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23 June 2004: TSA registered traveler pilot programme
On wednesday, June 16, 2004 the Transportation
Security Administration issued a news release
announcing a new registered traveler pilot programme.
The programme will involve various tests that will
be conducted at five domestic airports over a
rolling 90-day period ending in november.
Specific airlines will be involved in the pilot.
They are Northwest at Minneapolis-St. Paul, United
Airlines at Los Angeles, Continental at Houston and
American at Boston and then Washington Reagan. The
Boston pilot will begin August 1 and the Washington
Reagan pilot on August 18. Both will run a 90-day
period.
American Airlines is supportive of the efforts by
the TSA to provide what our most frequent flyers
have been seeking, which is a more streamlined
security process that does not denegrate our
nations air transportation security efforts but
allows them to transit through the airport more
quickly and efficently.
AA has a project team working with the TSA on
this initiative and will be distributing more
information as the project rolls out. All
additional media questions should be directed
to the TSA at www.tsa.gov
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28 June: Movie Selections July
Click on Movies to discover AA's selections of inflights movies in July.
Thank you.
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30 June: Fly between LAX/BOS/NYC or WAS and earn a free ticket
Fly between Los Angeles and Boston, New York or
Washington, D.C. and earn a companion ticket to
selected destinations.
Whether your travel is for business or pleasure,
fly two round trips on nonstop flights between Los
Angeles (LAX) and Boston (BOS), New York Kennedy
(JFK) or Washington Dulles (IAD) between now and
Nov. 15, 2004, and you can earn a companion ticket.
The companion ticket is valid for economy class
travel from Sept. 7, 2004, through Feb. 16, 2005,
on nonstop flights from LAX to destinations in the
Continental United States, Canada or San Jose del
Cabo, Mexico. Some restrictions apply.
You must register for this offer prior to travel.
You can register and obtain complete offer details,
terms and conditions at www.AA.com/offers
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