upinsmoke

Anybody know how early before a flight AA will accept luggage at EZE?

tuchop

The international "rule" is to open check-in counters 3 hours before the departure time. Sometimes its a bit earlier. AA has 5 flights a day to/from EZE. If you're lucky and go very early, maybe you'll find AA counters open and you can check in and drop luggage. But I wouldn't know. I can assure that 3 hours before the flight, counters will be open tho.

upinsmoke

AA has flights leaving around 8:30pm for JFK. They'll be open to check in that flight at around 5:30pm. Would you be able to check in for the 10pm DFW flight at 6pm? I guess I'll try it and report back, unless someone knows off hand!

Gaucho100K

Didn't AA also have a daytime flight at least a couple of days a week...? Not sure they are still running it, but if so, then maybe getting rid of bags earlier than the above 530pm time is possible.....?

upinsmoke

Yes, they have a daytime flight. Not sure if they let you check in for a flight later on.

But I can confirm that they let you check bags for the later flights at least 5 hours in advance.

Gaucho100K

If they are still running the daytime flight, I would be VERY surprised if they didn't allow you to check in when they have someone at their desks.....

SoFlyOn

AA's daytime flight to MIA (AA934) is only in the schedule until May 4. So the earliest that the checkin counters will be open is probably around 5:00 pm, as AA900 departs at 8:00 pm.

tuchop

Could you find out about this? How early could you check in with AA?
I'm on the AA900 to Miami (8pm) and want to watch one of the world cup matches in a lounge (5pm), so I was wondering if I could check the luggage at 4.30pm ish..
Thanks!

upinsmoke

My recent experience that as long as their counters are open, they'll let you check in way early. So if you're on the 10:55pm to Miami, you can check in at 5pm.

However, you're flying on their first flight of the day since the daytime flight is not going anymore. So the question is how early they open the counters. For sure they'll be open at 5pm. Unfortunately I don't know if they'll be open any earlier than that.

This site:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...irporthelp#eze

Says they open at 9am (!!). I'm not sure I believe that though. There's also electronic check-in, so if you don't have bags to drop off, you might be able to use that.

Another option: watch the first half of the match at one of the cafeterias land-side, then hope you can check in and get through emigration during half time!

tuchop

Thanks for the answer! I also checked that site, but I suppose its for buying tickets, not to check in. I guess I'll wait and see! They are picking me up at 3.30, so I'll arrive at 4.30-5 depending on traffic.. not a big deal if they open the counters at 5.

Eastbay1K

They are definitely open at 5. I don't know how much earlier, because although I was at EZE a week ago at 4, I didn't leave the LAN counters with an endorsed ticket to AA until just after 5. I checked in for my 10pm DFW flight just after 5, without issue. At 5pm, the security and migraciones lines in total took under 10 minutes. (It was a long long afternoon/evening at EZE!)

jbcarioca

The official AA policy is that checkin of bags at EZE can be made anytime on the day of departure when the ticket office is open. It explicitly refers to ticket office, not checkin counter. Despite that, my personal practice is to confirm when checkin counters will open and use them instead, because the risk of problems is lower even though they do follow their policy in this respect, so I have been told by AA CK people. It is always hard to know absolutely because checkin desks tend to open late if flights are delayed and/or the whim strikes them to be a trifle slow.

Eastbay1K

FYI, the ticket counters (not the check-in counters) are at the far left of the main terminal hall. However, if I arrived shortly before 5 and the check-in counter wasn't open, I'd just wait a bit.

tuchop

Hi guys thanks for the informative debate. I talked to a British Airways agent last night (who sometimes works for AA), and she told me that AA sometimes opens at 4, but for sure at 4.30. I should arrive at 4.30.. but it's Argentina and the General Paz is unpredictable.. might be earlier or later.. average would be that (1 hour, leaving my home at 3.30). I'll report back in any case and let you all know the time they were open. Thanks again .

upinsmoke

So what time did they open? And more importantly, did they delay boarding until after the penalty kicks?