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Old Mar 8, 2026 | 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by cfischer
Ex-EU it is 75% regardless of the b.s. that AA puts in their CoC. In some cases, especially from cheap domestic I, 40% may actually be an easy and somewhat sensible solution for many situations. That said, they better be willing to cough up an actual difference when we are talking about higher fare classes.
Ex EU, AA indeed has to pay 75% since all its flights from the EU are > 3500 Km in distance
The EU regulations pay a lot less (30%) for flights < 1500km which would be a lot of AA domestic fligths for which it now pays 40%
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