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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 9:09 am
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Originally Posted by fanch26
Newly Branded Preferred Seats Complimentary for Elite and Full Fare Customers
Customers Can Select Seats on All of American's Direct Booking Channels

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

American Airlines has expanded and renamed its Express Seats offering, now called Preferred Seats. The expanded seat choice is now available to all American Airlines customers 24 hours prior to departure through all of American's direct booking channels including AA.com, AA.com Mobile, self-service check-in machines, American's phone reservations, and via travel agencies with a direct connect link to American's fares and schedules.

Preferred Seats provide customers the option to select and reserve more desirable seats, with prices beginning at $4 per segment and varying based on length of flight and time of day.

Preferred Seats are now complimentary for Elite and full-fare customers and their companion traveler(s) on the same reservation, including:

AAdvantage Executive Platinum®, Platinum®, and Gold® members;

Full-fare customers, AAirPass and oneworld® elite customers.

Elite and full-fare customers will also continue to have exclusive access to certain more desirable seats, including toward the front of the plane, available 331 days in advance. These seats are now called Preferred Plus Seats.

Preferred Seats are also complimentary for active duty military personnel and their family members traveling on the same reservation.

Previous Product New Name Customer Change
Express Seats Preferred Seats Complimentary for elite and full-fare.
(for all customers) More channels to access.

Preferred Seats Preferred Plus Seats No change.
(for elite customers)

For more information about the Preferred and Preferred Plus Seats products, please visit seats
I wonder if this affects bulkhead seats. Currently, bulkhead are not complimentary at check-in more than 50 min prior to departure; you have to pay as part of ExpressSeats. With less than 50 minutes, GA can assign. Hopefully this mean elites can now get a complimentary bulkhead at check-in.
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