Preferred Seats

Preferred Seats gives you the ability to reserve more desirable seats in the main cabin.

  • Preferred Seats are standard legroom seats more favorably located throughout the Main Cabin. They are available for purchase when you book your flight, up until the airport check-in cutoff time, beginning at $4 USD per flight
  • Premium*, active military and full-fare customers have complimentary access to Preferred Seats

Terms and Conditions and FAQs

Where to purchase:

AA.com, AA.com mobile, Self-Service Check-In machines or AA Reservations

When to purchase:

Anytime from when you book your flight, up until the airport check-in cutoff time

For travel within:

Worldwide

For whom:

Customers on flights operated and marketed by American Airlines and American Eagle

Express Seats

*AAdvantage Executive Platinum®, AAdvantage Platinum® and AAdvantage Gold® members, as well as AAirpass® and oneworld® elite customers, and their traveling companions on the same reservation.

Preferred Seats

What is Your Choice?

Preferred Seats is just one of the many options available from our new Your Choice(SM) menu of products and services designed to make your travel experience even more convenient, cost-effective, flexible and personalized.

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