Originally Posted by
jlp187
I would agree that if AA, or any airline for that matter, had a trigger on their checkin system that when they scan a US passport, if the country of birth matches the country you are in (in the OP's case, Argentina), a simple pop-up should come up and alert agent to ask for the travelers Argentine (or applicable country) passport.
**OT
This is not applicable to everybody.
Unlike the US, some countries do not grant citizenship based on place of birth. Also, some parents are temporarily abroad and the kids are only temporarily there. Therefore, no citizenship elsewhere is claimed when they grow up.
So there are US citizens with country of birth elsewhere, but who do not have and have never had the "elsewhere" passport. The alert you suggest would be a false alert and would inconvenience some pax.
**OP:
I'd be surprised if AA gives you anything.
And BTW, how much did the renewal of the Argentinian passport at the airport cost? Was it more than the $140 reciprocity fee you saved when entering? That'd be sad.