dmdflyer

Since AA does not accept non-US credit cards over the phone, the only option is to contact a non-US AA reservation office. Interestingly, phone ticketing fees are different by country and the cheapest reservation office seems to be the UK.

UK: 15 GBP
http://www.americanairlines.co.uk/i1...false&from=Nav

Ireland : 15 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/ie/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

India : 1000 INR ( 14 EUR)
http://www.aa.com/intl/in/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Italy : 20 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/it/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

France : 30 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/fr/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Belgium : 30 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/be/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Netherlands : 30 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/nl/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Germany : 45 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/de/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Hungary: 45 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/hu/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Finland: 50 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/fi/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Australia: 60 AUD
http://www.aa.com/intl/au/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Spain : 60 EUR
http://www.aa.com/intl/es/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Switzerland : CHF 80
http://www.aa.com/intl/ch/customerSe...obileUAFlag=AA

Dave Noble

Unless it has dropped recently, the UK booking fee is at least GBP15 rather than GBP5

3544quebec

https://www.aa.com/pubcontent/en_US/...ationChart.jsp

Think this is new policy if not entirely new practice

Used to be limited to US/Canada/Caribbean/Latin America but note the other continents may be restricted to Top Tier Oneworld Elites

Tickets, including AAdvantage Awards, can be purchased using credit cards from the following countries:

Latin America
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
*Venezuela

Caribbean

Anguilla
Antigua
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Netherland Antilles
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Maarten
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos

Europe†

Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Asia Pacific†

Australia
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
New Zealand
North Korea
Pakistan
Russia
South Korea
Taiwan

Middle East†

Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

Africa†

Egypt

Only AAdvantage Award tickets can be purchased using credit cards from the following countries:

Europe..... Asia Pacific.....Middle East...... Africa..... South America
Albania....... Bangladesh......... Afghanistan........ Algeria.......... Guyana
Andorra......... Brunei Darussalam ..... Bahrain....... Angola.......... Suriname
Austria.......... Malaysia............ Iran.............. Egypt
Bulgaria......... Philippines.......... Lebanon........... Ghana
Cyprus.......... Singapore......... Oman............... Kenya
Czech Republic Sri Lanka ............................. Nigeria
Estonia.......... Thailand ................ ................ Sierra Leone
Greece.......... Vietnam ........ ..................... South Africa
Guernsey ........................................... ..... Zimbabwe
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Turkey
Ukraine


*If the ticket is purchased using a credit card with a billing address in Venezuela, travel must include Venezuela as part of the itinerary and the first segment has to be on an American Airlines flight. If travel does not include Venezuela, or is with another airline (including American Airlines codeshare flights operated by other airlines), another credit card must be used.

†Use of credit cards from Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa may be limited to Top Tier AAdvantage and oneWorld customers.

Himeno

... You mean I can use my AU card on the US site now?

About bloody time.

i_fly_AA

IIRC, AA has allowed this for Elite members only. So unless that has changed recently (which maybe it has), the OP should be able to do this since he's Gold. Maybe the OP should call again and/or ask for a supervisor.

chanp

Finally catching up to the times. I actually was shocked to see so many variances with different countries when it comes to technology. Im in the Uk now, most ATM machines don't accept deposits, at least w Barclays. Glad AA is taking most now.

JDiver

Great minds think alike, or close to it! 3544quebec and dmdflyer, this is great information for those travelling or ex-USA or using non-US credit cards. We've taken the liberty of merging this into one thread for member ease of access, and will be adding links to gateway threads. Thanks for the compilation and sharing it with us!

JDiver, for the AA Moderation Team

Ord Liza

Please post if you experience being able to use a European (or other previously prohibited) credit card online to purchase a ticket sold in Canadian dollars; the inability to do this has been a real PITA for some. I called and was told that this could now be done, but I am not sure that the agent understood about the Canadian dollar part. TIA

flin898

Anyone have this issue recently? I was told that I need to have a credit card that has us billing address to pay for the tax and fees?

Book one fine with my Aussie AMEX last month though.

Dave Noble

Just phone the UK number and pay there; they have never (ime) had an issue with AU cards

UA Fan

Change the setting to the country in which your card is in issued in on aa.com.

flin898

Does this make any difference as we booking this over the phone? Most likely I have to change the postal address to US as well.

flin898

Same fees in GBP? As the aussie AA office want to charge AU$70 for ticketing instead of US$25.

UA Fan

What difference are you talking about? If aa.com has a version for the country of your card, you won't have to change the address of the card.

flin898

The issue is when calling up AA USA, rep told me they won't accept any non-us issued CC.(Which they did accpet it last month on my aussie issued AMEX). AA US charges $25 + tax, AA Australia want to charge AU$60 + tax. (I know it's only $40, but every dollar counts )

QF+CX booking needs to be done over the phone, can't do that online.