APIS
American is required to collect additional APIS (Advanced Passenger Information System) data elements according to U.S. law. Under the APIS guidelines, passengers are required to provide Country of Residence detail in-addition to a full address (street name and number, city, state and zip code) for their first night's accommodation in the US.
The required information applies to all non-resident customers arriving on flights into the United States.
Our aim at American Airlines is to make the process of collecting the required information as speedy and efficient as possible for our passengers, our reservations agents and our travel industry partners. We are currently working on systems enhancements, which will enable the necessary data to be collected from passengers at the time they make their reservation (either through a travel agency, AA reservations or via the Internet).
