Baggage Allowance

For flights to/from Narita

Bag/Box Embargo - Year Round
There is a year round box embargo which applies if a passenger is traveling with the following itineraries. On these routes no boxes will be accepted at any time:

THROUGH OR OGIRINATING IN JFK ON A NON-STOP FLIGHT TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS:

• All Caribbean destinations
• Central America
• South America

Examples of the embargo applies
New York(JFK) - Santo Domingo(SDQ)
Baltimore(BWI) - New York(JFK) - Santo Domingo(SDQ)

Examples of the embargo does not apply
Baltimore(BWI) - New York(JFK) - Miami(MIA) - Santo Domingo(SDQ)
New York(JFK) - Miami(MIA) - Santo Domingo(SDQ)

FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA TO GUAYAQUIL/MANAGUA
This will apply when traveling from Tokyo (Narita) to Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE) or Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) through the United States or Canada.

For flights wholly within the United States and between the United States and Canada

For customers who purchase domestic Economy Class tickets on or after February 1, 2010, the charge for checking a first or second bag will be changed. The changes apply for travel on American Airlines, America Eagle and AmericanConnection® flights within the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The checked bag charges to and from Canada have not changed.

Itinerary	Baggage Charges
Flights within the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico	For tickets purchased on or after February 1, 2010: $25 for the first checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $35 for the second checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $100 per piece for the 3rd, 4th and 5th checked bags $200 per piece for the 6th checked bag and any additional pieces For tickets purchased on or after August 14, 2009 $20 for the first checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $30 for the second checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $100 per piece for the 3rd, 4th and 5th checked bags $200 per piece for the 6th checked bag and any additional pieces For tickets purchases before August 14, 2009: $15 for the first checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $25 for the second checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $100 per piece for the 3rd, 4th and 5th checked bags $200 per piece for the 6th checked bag and any additional pieces
Flights within Canada or to/from Canada and the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico	$15 for the first checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $25 for the second checked piece. Exceptions may apply. $100 per piece for the 3rd, 4th and 5th checked bags $200 per piece for the 6th checked bag and any additional pieces

Excess, Oversize and Overweight Baggage and Fees
Additional charges apply to this type of baggage and are collected at the airport ticket counter.

For flights to/from Narita

Excess

Oversize

From	Size (per piece)	To	Oversize Baggage Fees(per piece)
Narita	63in(160cm) to 80in(203cm)	USA/Mexico/Canada	JPY 22,000
		Caribbean/Central America/Panama	JPY 28,400
		Colombia/Peru/Ecuador/Venezuela	JPY 30,000
		Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Paraguay/Uruguay	JPY 34,800
	Larger than 80in(203cm)	All	Will not be accepted as checked baggage.
USA	63in(160cm) to 80in(203cm)	Narita	USD 150
	Larger than 80in(203cm)		Will not be accepted as checked baggage.

Oversize charges are for first and second baggage. Please contact American Airlines Reservations Center for charges for third and more baggage.

* If departing from countries other than USA, please contact American Airlines Reservations Center for excess, oversize and overweight charges.
* Certain aircraft types cannot accept some oversized articles due to the dimensions of the cargo doors. If you are traveling with an oversized article, please contact an American Airlines representative to ensure your destination is typically served by an aircraft that can accommodate your article.
* La Paz (LPB)/Santa Cruz (VVI) - there is a permanent embargo of excess baggage to La Paz and Santa Cruz. Overweight and oversize luggage will still be accepted. This means that each customer will be limited to 2 total pieces of checked baggage when traveling to.

In anticipation of increased holiday travel, excess, oversize, and overweight baggage will not be accepted on American Airlines and American Eagle flights for all travel to and from selected cities in Latin America and Caribbean. The cities listed in the table below were embargoed destinations in a winter of 2009. Please check the latest embargo information before your departure if you are traveling during summer or winter as destinations may change season to season.

• Baggage will be limited to two checked items (max. 32 kg each) and one carry-on (max. 18kg) .
• Any checked bag weighing between 23 and 32kg will be subject to an additional $50.00 fee per bag.
• Likewise, checked boxes will not be accepted.

American Airlines Embargoed Destinations (November 21, 2009 - January 10, 2010)

Caribbean All flights from/through New York (JFK) Grenada (GND) Kingston, Jamaica (KIN) Port au Prince, Haiti (PAP) Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (POP) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) Santiago, Dominican Republic (STI) Mexico Guadalajara (GDL) Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)

Latin America All flights from/through New York (JFK)# Cali, Colombia (CLO) Caracas, Venezuela (CCS) Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE)# La Paz, Bolivia (LPB)* Managua, Nicaragua (MGA)# Maracaibo, Venezuela (MAR) Medellin, Colombia (MDE) Quito, Ecuador (UIO) Recife, Brazil (REC)+ Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (SSA)+ San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP) San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL) Santa Cruz, Bolivia (VVI)* Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGU)

* A permanent embargo on excess baggage is in place.
+ Restriction applies when traveling Southbound from the United States.
^# A permanent embargo on boxes is in place.

All American Eagle flights to and from San Juan are embargoed, as are American Eagle flights to these destinations in Mexico and the Bahamas:

American Eagle Embargoed Destinations (November 21, 2009 - January 10, 2010)
Mexico Guadalajara (GDL) Leon (BJX)	The Bahamas Freeport (FPO) Georgetown (GGT) Marsh Harbor (MHH) Nassau (NAS)

Any standing, more restrictive baggage allowance for American Eagle flights to other destinations not listed above still apply and are not replaced by the guidelines shown above.

For flights wholly within the United States and between the United States and Canada

Excess

• Baggage larger than 63 in/160cm will be charged at rate of $150.
• These charges are in addition to any charge assessed for additional or overweight baggage.
• Baggage measuring more than 115 in/293 cm (total outside dimensions; length + width + height) will not be accepted as checked baggage.

• $50USD charge for bags weighing 51-70 lbs.

• Checked baggage weighing over 70lbs/32 kgs but not more than 100 lbs/45 kgs will be charged at the rate of $100 per piece.
• These charges are in addition to any charge assessed for additional or oversized baggage.
• Baggage weighing more than 100 lbs/45 kgs will not be accepted as checked baggage.
• For overweight baggage information for all other destinations, please contact American Airlines Reservations Center.

• The charge for oversized baggage and the charge for overweight baggage will be added together.

Certain aircraft types cannot accept some oversized articles due to the dimensions of the cargo doors. If you are traveling with an oversized article, please contact American Airlines Reservations Center to ensure your destination is typically served by an aircraft that can accommodate your article. In the event we have to change the aircraft type the day of departure, please let an airport agent know that you have checked an oversized article.

Some destinations outside of the continental U.S. have additional limitations on checked baggage at specific times of the year. This is called an "embargo". Details about our current summer box/bag embargo can be found at AA.com U.S. site.