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Old Jan 27, 2015, 8:52 pm
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Five Star Service : "Five Star Service is a premium and personal airport experience available for your departure, connection or arrival in select markets when traveling in First or Business Class.*"

Five Star Select is offered at a few airports for additional fees.

Link to web page

Telephone: +877 578 2702 Office or +919 651 5970 Office (24/7)
Link to web page . . . . . Email: FiveStar.Service <at> aa.com

“If you have a ticket in any of our premium cabins you can buy Five Star Service™. Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance for U.S. locations and 48 hours for international. Representatives are available 24/7.“ 12 hour cancelation notice.

There are now two levels of Five Star™ Service.

Both Five Star™ and Five Star™ Select include
  • Access to Flagship® First Check-In and the Admirals Club® lounge throughout your trip
  • Personal escort through all airports
  • Priority boarding and re-accommodation status
  • Car service coordination

Fees: $350 adult person, $100 each additional adult, $50 child 17 or under. (Foreign locations may require additional VAT.) (Jul 2019)

Five Star™ Select includes, in addition to above,
  • Access to Flagship® First Check-In and Flagship® Lounge*
  • American Airlines Cadillac or cart transfer**
  • Personal escort through all airports
  • Priority boarding and re-accommodation status
  • Car service coordination
*Flagship® First Dining Lounge access will be allowed based on availability
**When applicable

Five Star™ Select is available at five U.S. airports with Flagship® First Lounges for $650 for the first person; $150 per additional adult; $75 per child (age 17 and under). Airports with Five Star™ Select include Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA) and New York Kennedy (JFK).

BLADE private helicopter and The Private Suite can now be booked via FFS for additional fees (The Private Suite includes access to your own TSA and customs screening before departure and after international arrival); offering personalized, expedited travel in Los Angeles (LAX) and New York (JFK).

Choose from 5 levels of service and add what you need to make your travel as seamless as possible.


Departing passengers are met curbside, assisted through check-in (Flagship Check in where available), escorted through an expedited security lane (usually Priority Access), escorted to the Admirals Club or Flagship Lounge (as appropriate), escorted to the gate, and then they can either pre-board or be the last one to board. In locations where they are available, an electric cart will be provided if requested or required. At LAX, a Cadillac SUV transfers yiu between terminals airside.

Connecting passengers are met at the arrivals gate with new boarding passes. For International arrivals, passengers are escorted through Immigration and Customs (Flight Connections at LHR), baggage claim as necessary, and Security; then escorted to the AAdmirals Club or Flagship Lounge, escorted to the gate, where they can either pre-board or be the last one to board. Electric carts may be provided where available and required or requested. Interterminal transportation (Cadillac SUV) using aircraft gates may be provided at some locations (e.g. LAX AA terminals 4, 5 and American Eagle remote terminal).

Arriving passengers are are met at the arrivals gate. For International arrivals, passengers are escorted through Immigration and Customs where it is allowed (e.g. not allowed at MIA) and baggage claim, and to a car or other land departure service.

AA Five Star Service have stated that they are not allowed into the Customs/Immigration hall at MIA. Passengers will be escorted to the customs/immigration hall and met when they exit the customs/immigration hall when the Five Star Service will continue.

Some passengers have reported that they have been escorted through the Diplomatic lane at DFW, ORD, JFK. At MIA, only when no fast track is provided.

- Five Star Services include Pro-active Flight Monitoring and Priority Re-Accommodation during Delays.

- Golf Carts are used to escort passengers through the terminal in most locations (not offered at JFK, LAX).

- Lounge access is included with Five Star Service; Admirals Club or Flagship Lounge access is provided for each FSS passenger. Five Star Select customers are provided Flagship Lounge and Flagship First Dining where offered instead of Admirals Clubs at those locations.

- Five Star Services are available to customers with confirmed and ticketed travel on the day of Five Star Service in either First or Business (not Premium Economy) class on at least one segment of the customer's itinerary.

- If you use your American Express Platinum card and have AA listed as your service credit airline if choice, you will be credited $200 if eligible.

USA Airports
  • Atlanta (ATL)
  • Austin (AUS)
  • Boston (BOS)
  • Charlotte (CLT)
  • Chicago O’Hare (ORD) (Select also)
  • Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) (Select also)
  • Los Angeles (LAX) (Select also, no cart available, Cadillac SUV used interterminal)
  • Miami (MIA) (Select also)
  • Nashville (BNA)
  • New York Kennedy (JFK) (Select also; no cart available)
  • New York LaGuardia (LGA)
  • Newark (EWR)
  • Philadelphia (PHL)
  • Phoenix (PHX)
  • San Francisco (SFO)
  • Washington D.C. Reagan (DCA)

International airports Five Star Select not available)
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE)
  • London Heathrow, England (LHR) (N.B. +20% VAT)
  • Milan, Italy (MXP)
  • Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT)
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU)

Flagship Check-In Access

As a Five Star Service customer, you have access to our Flagship Check-In at participating airports. This exclusive and personalized check-in service, along with your Five Star Service representative, will help expedite your travel experience. For more information, visit aa.com/flagshipcheckin.

Admirals Club Access
Admirals Club or Flagship Lounge access is included with the purchase of Five Star Service only at the airport where Five Star Service is bought.

User note: through flights (connecting flights using the same flight number, e.g. AA111 FCO-ORD on a 772 to AA111 ORD-LAX on a 738) pose special challenges and may require assistance from the FSS Help Desk and more telephone time.
Assistance is provided by the Premium Service / Concierge Key Representatives.

Five Star Service does not include continuous care, medical assistance including dispensing medication, assistance with meals or aid within a restroom. For customers with these travel needs, please contact American Airlines Reservations at 1-800-433-7300.

Reservations: 877-5STAR-02

To make a Five Star Service reservation, call 877-5STAR-02 (578-2702). Representatives are available seven days a week to take your reservation between 5 a.m. and midnight 24 hrs (Apr 2016) Central time. You may also contact us via email at FiveStar.Service <at> aa.com.

An email confirmation will be provided for all reservations. Major credit cards are accepted for payment.
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Old Feb 13, 2024, 8:39 pm
  #226  
 
Join Date: Sep 2022
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Originally Posted by busy
Any experience in EZE? We are thinking about doing FSS for both arrival and departure given immigration there is beyond painful.
Maybe I was the exception, but immigration was really quick, and maybe under a five minute wait when I was there last September. No FSS. Granted, I was at the front of the plane, but a friend who was sitting in coach got out of immigration maybe 15 minutes after.
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Old Feb 13, 2024, 9:25 pm
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Originally Posted by TravelPorcupine
Maybe I was the exception, but immigration was really quick, and maybe under a five minute wait when I was there last September. No FSS. Granted, I was at the front of the plane, but a friend who was sitting in coach got out of immigration maybe 15 minutes after.
Flew in Y in November, very quick process as well.
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Old Feb 21, 2024, 10:29 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Great FS experience at CLT connecting Intl to domestic
- 2 greeters
- front of the line customs
- front of the line security
- helped me with handling and retagging my bags ( separate PNR, both with AA)
- reserved and secluded area at the AC, can seat 10 people
- and the best part is the SUV (Ford) tarmac transfer to the plane
- the car was parked right below the AC so it was a fun experience to use a back door at the AC then an elevator heading to the tarmac.
- Believe my BP was not scanned as I didn’t see a GA. (Maybe the greeter did scan it on her own before or after)
- Best 350 spent and best FS experience ever
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Old Feb 22, 2024, 4:55 am
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Join Date: Sep 2022
Posts: 11
Originally Posted by TravelPorcupine
Anyone have experience with Five Star service out of ATL? Do you get to go to front of the security line like w/ Delta VIP service? Their Five Star customer service said no, and that the greeter just stands with you as you're waiting in line (which can be significant at the time I'm leaving). Trying to figure out where the truth lies.
Used five star service out of Atlanta for the first time this week. It was great, and their email customer service was completely wrong by saying that you do not get to go to the front of the line and just have a babysitter stand in line with you.

Everything went super smoothly, and everything was just like other people had mentioned about getting fast tracked through security.
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