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Jul 31, 2025 | 2:22 pm

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Originally Posted by GundamWing01

im confused. why would u expect CSE AA passes to have special privileges like a full membership? cuz citi AA partnership?

IMHO its gonna be the same. capacity controlled. all AA passes are the same. im not aware of any special access passes in the wild. if they existed then its possible that CSE may issue such a version. but AA passes are like the PeePee lounge pass. huge sign outside saying dont bother asking cuz we full.

do u know of any special access AA passes distributed by AA or banks?

also, AA agents are YMMV. some do not sell passes wen at capacity, but allow pple w/ passes in. or just block everyone from selling or getting access even if u prebuy passes.

It would be great to get some real world data points; and that may change the perception of “value” some people are attributing to the passes.

If they are treated like regular day passes, then there are going to be significant periods of time when they will not be able to be used at some hub airports, especially PHX, CLT and PHL.

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