ARCHIVE: All About AA Flagship Check-In at JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD (master thread)
#1
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ARCHIVE: All About AA Flagship Check-In at JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD (master thread)
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Here's what confuses me. Different from above, it says "A First Class Customer" with no
qualifies (International, 3 class, etc.). So, in theory, can I use Flagship when traveling First Class domestically:
A ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
Flying First Class on American Airlines in a 3-class transcontinental market
Flying First Class on qualifying international flights operated by American or other oneworld® airlines*
Flagship® First Check-In is called First Class Check-In at London Heathrow (LHR). Follow the signs in Terminal 3 to use if you’re:
A First Class customer
An AAdvantage® Executive Platinum or oneworld® Emerald member
An AAdvantage® ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
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#2
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 861
Here's what confuses me. Different from above, it says "A First Class Customer" with no
qualifies (International, 3 class, etc.). So, in theory, can I use Flagship when traveling First Class domestically:
A ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
Flying First Class on American Airlines in a 3-class transcontinental market
Flying First Class on qualifying international flights operated by American or other oneworld® airlines*
Flagship® First Check-In is called First Class Check-In at London Heathrow (LHR). Follow the signs in Terminal 3 to use if you’re:
A First Class customer
An AAdvantage® Executive Platinum or oneworld® Emerald member
An AAdvantage® ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
qualifies (International, 3 class, etc.). So, in theory, can I use Flagship when traveling First Class domestically:
A ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
Flying First Class on American Airlines in a 3-class transcontinental market
Flying First Class on qualifying international flights operated by American or other oneworld® airlines*
Flagship® First Check-In is called First Class Check-In at London Heathrow (LHR). Follow the signs in Terminal 3 to use if you’re:
A First Class customer
An AAdvantage® Executive Platinum or oneworld® Emerald member
An AAdvantage® ConciergeKeySM member
A Five Star ServiceSM customer
#3
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 861
I think I figured out my error. The "First Class" thing seems to refer to LHR. Though I pulled this off the JFK page. Sorry.
#5
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: Double OWE (AA EXP, QF Plat), FI Gold
Posts: 1,887
Just denied use of Flagship Check-in at JFK for JFK-MIA-SCL, all in First - MIA-SCL in three-cabin F. Any thoughts as to why? In the International First Lounge now and the AAngel says the policy is "ambiguous."
#7
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: Double OWE (AA EXP, QF Plat), FI Gold
Posts: 1,887
Very impressed with AA's response to this. Hope it sticks.
#8
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: American EXP; British Airways Gold
Posts: 1,896
Just got a personal visit from Nate, the Premium Services Manager, or whatever (the second in-person visit; first was from the AAngel going off duty to tell me she handed my case over to her colleague - classy). Confirmed that I should have been given access. Has offered CK-style pre-boarding for my flights to make up for the lack of landside premium service. Very happy - I'm in row 1 to MIA and love not having to worry about overhead space!
Very impressed with AA's response to this. Hope it sticks.
Very impressed with AA's response to this. Hope it sticks.
The service industry is being staffed with a lot of warm bodies.....some of them use their brain and truly want the job. Many others just want a paycheck.
#9
This is the new "normal". The burden is on the customer to know the rules and procedures. When traveling, have your smart phone at the ready, so you can verify the company's stated policy, and speak up ASAP when those procedures are not followed.
The service industry is being staffed with a lot of warm bodies.....some of them use their brain and truly want the job. Many others just want a paycheck.
The service industry is being staffed with a lot of warm bodies.....some of them use their brain and truly want the job. Many others just want a paycheck.
#10
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
If the premium path wasn't typically "longer" at that time of the day, I would have just used it versus the argument. (Longer being the line itself, plus walking, plus Precheck line.)
If they don't want to let INTL 3/4 cabin FC use Flagship Checkin who are not CK, just change the rule.
#11
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: American EXP; British Airways Gold
Posts: 1,896
Once through security, send an email to customer relations, and ask them why AA employees are making the check-in process more difficult for you, instead of easier. Request an accommodation (i.e. miles).
Don't just shrug it off. Take the time to hold employees accountable and show the airline that you expect them to treat passengers properly.
People don't change when they see the light. They change when they feel the heat.
#12
Try to go a bit early, and if you are denied Flagship Check-in, politely yet firmly ask for the supervisor. Even if the original counter agent tries a "okay, this time"....wait for the supervisor. Then, request a face-to-face answer from that supervisor as to why this particular airline is not following its own policy. And, find out how are they going to ensure it does not happen again.
Once through security, send an email to customer relations, and ask them why AA employees are making the check-in process more difficult for you, instead of easier. Request an accommodation (i.e. miles).
Don't just shrug it off. Take the time to hold employees accountable and show the airline that you expect them to treat passengers properly.
People don't change when they see the light. They change when they feel the heat.
Once through security, send an email to customer relations, and ask them why AA employees are making the check-in process more difficult for you, instead of easier. Request an accommodation (i.e. miles).
Don't just shrug it off. Take the time to hold employees accountable and show the airline that you expect them to treat passengers properly.
People don't change when they see the light. They change when they feel the heat.
I'm flying CX out of T5, but want to meet with some people flying out of T3. Regardless, CX is a oneworld carrier and I'm in F, so we'll see.
#13
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 36
I have a Five Star reservation as part of a JAL First to AA domestic first reservation. I land at 0800 and depart at 2000 the same day, so there's a chance I might leave T3 and go into Chicago after I shower and have breakfast. What are the chances the Flagship Check-in people will let me back through a second time without a Five Star escort?
#14
I have a Five Star reservation as part of a JAL First to AA domestic first reservation. I land at 0800 and depart at 2000 the same day, so there's a chance I might leave T3 and go into Chicago after I shower and have breakfast. What are the chances the Flagship Check-in people will let me back through a second time without a Five Star escort?
#15
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 36
Yeah so I have a T5>T3 Five-Star Connection Assistance reservation. I don't expect the agent to come meet me curbside again if I leave the airport, I just want to be able to walk through the Flagship Check-in a second time that day. That T3 security checkpoint is brutal, especially if they don't have a Pre-Check lane there now.