Jan 7, 2024, 11:12 am
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Welcome to the 2024 "NEWBIE LOUNGE"Ask Your Consolidated / Combined AA Questions Here (flame free)
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Welcome to the Newbie Lounge!
Important links:
Link to American Airlines Conditions of Carriage
Link to AAdvantage Terms and Conditions
NOTE: See below for links to the archived older threads.
Q. How can I find information more easily than reading through all the threads? Now that I'm here, what do I do next?
Check out the following resources:
Searching can be key to finding important information and answers without waiting for someone to drop by and answer, and it helps prevent that information fragmentation. FlyerTalk Advanced Search can seem quirky to the infrequent user, but it's fairly powerful if one knows how to use it. There are several ways to search:
Forum basics: Now that the new AA has become by some measures "the world's largest airline", this new, combined has become a "mega-forum", very large, very active - and theoretically very difficult to find information and easy to lose one's place. Having to search for and sort through dozens - or more - of threads on baggage, airports, minimum connect times or the like could soon become unproductive and discouraging.
To prevent this from occurring, please note we try to:
Keep a few "sticky" threads: such as GUIDE posts, OSO / IROPS, etc. for urgent and quick reference, such as basic "where do I find" reasons
Keep threads to specific topics: Prevent information fragmentation and loss by consolidating questions, answers and discussion of one topic contained in one thread. (This also honors those members who have already shared valuable information and experiences.)
"Popular" threads are likely to have a Wikipost at the head that will summarize important information and have resource links. These are "community property", and as any wiki are established, maintained and updated by the members (with 90 days of tenure and 90 posts on FlyerTalk).
You may find your question or post merged into one of those threads. Be sure that we will leave a link behind from your original thread, and to look up to see if there's a wiki with information. We apologize for any possible inconvenience or difference between this forum and others, but we think you'll like some of the resources and tools here to enable more convenient, comfortable travel on AA and greater knowledge sharing.
Keep it welcoming: We're proud the members of both FFPs have kept the brickbats to a minimum; we want this forum to be welcoming, civil and information rich, so name calling (including calling a member one disagrees with "AApologist") and snark are not tolerated. Posts with such are likely to be summarily deleted in their entirety; repeated such behavior may result in suspension of one's membership privileges or being banned from this forum. Let's keep it friendly and in accordance with the FT Rules.
FlyerTalk Rules (We all agree to abide by these, and are held accountable.)
NOTE:
2022-23 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2021 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here
2020 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2019 NEWBIE LOUNGE older posts are here.
The 2018 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2017 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2016 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
Thanks for reading!
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Welcome to the Newbie Lounge!
Welcome to Flyertalk!
The Newbie Lounge is a place for newer and less experienced members to ask their questions about American Airlines and the AAdvantage program and have answered by our more experienced and knowledgeable members. Feel free to ask any question related to American Airlines and AAdvantage here.
NOTE: This is a "flame free" thread; flaming, personal criticism for "failing to search" etc. is not allowed (if posted, the post will be summarily deleted, the poster subject to sanctions).
Advanced questions posed by veteran FT users may be moved and / or merged into existing master or GUIDE threads, most of which have Wikiposts at the top of the page that contain summaries of important information.
We volunteer Moderators monitor this "lounge" thread to assist you as well. When browsing the fora, look at the page tops of the various forums. There will be a menu, and often "sticky" threads, and threads with header "wiki posts" (created and maintained by the FlyerTalk community) with important information relating to that forum / topic.
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Your American Airlines | AAdvantage Forum Moderation Team,
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(Our thanks to thread founder / "plank owner" HNL.)
The Newbie Lounge is a place for newer and less experienced members to ask their questions about American Airlines and the AAdvantage program and have answered by our more experienced and knowledgeable members. Feel free to ask any question related to American Airlines and AAdvantage here.
NOTE: This is a "flame free" thread; flaming, personal criticism for "failing to search" etc. is not allowed (if posted, the post will be summarily deleted, the poster subject to sanctions).
Advanced questions posed by veteran FT users may be moved and / or merged into existing master or GUIDE threads, most of which have Wikiposts at the top of the page that contain summaries of important information.
We volunteer Moderators monitor this "lounge" thread to assist you as well. When browsing the fora, look at the page tops of the various forums. There will be a menu, and often "sticky" threads, and threads with header "wiki posts" (created and maintained by the FlyerTalk community) with important information relating to that forum / topic.
Don't hesitate to contact a moderator or another member if you have any additional questions. You can PM the Moderators by clicking on
, which pops up a message box; the message goes to all this forum's Moderators. Note that unlike some sites with paid staff moderators, FlyerTalk Moderators are volunteers, and most work, travel, go on holiday, etc. You can Private Message us using the PM system (My Flyertalk) and our handles.We're glad you've chosen to join the Flyertalk frequent flyer community!
Your American Airlines | AAdvantage Forum Moderation Team,
AZ Travels the World, aztimm, dstan, JDiver, JY1024, Microwave
(Our thanks to thread founder / "plank owner" HNL.)
Link to American Airlines Conditions of Carriage
Link to AAdvantage Terms and Conditions
NOTE: See below for links to the archived older threads.
Q. How can I find information more easily than reading through all the threads? Now that I'm here, what do I do next?
Check out the following resources:
- FAQ: American Airlines and AAdvantage - Please check here first! (Our FAQ were originally written for the pre-merger AA forum, but there's still a lot of useful information there.)
- New and uncertain where to start here, and it's about American Airlines? Start in our "NEWBIE LOUNGE" thread, here: link.
- Do you have questions about other travel related issues that do not pertain to AA and are unsure where to start? Visit our Information Desk Forum here: U]link.
- Especially useful to new members: FAQs (How to post like a pro and more)
- The NEW FlyerTalk: Helpful Hints, Tips and Suggestions to Enhance Your Experience (Information Desk Forum)
- FlyerTalk Glossary (What is all this jargon?)
- Airport Code Guide (How do I decode an airport code / find one for a city?)
Searching can be key to finding important information and answers without waiting for someone to drop by and answer, and it helps prevent that information fragmentation. FlyerTalk Advanced Search can seem quirky to the infrequent user, but it's fairly powerful if one knows how to use it. There are several ways to search:
- Canarsie's Using the Search Feature on FlyerTalk: The Definitive Thread has relocated to the Information Desk Forum; it can be found there.
- One can search FlyerTalk with Google with this web form.
- Or, if you are used to Google search, use Google Advanced Search and insert www.flyertalk.com in the "site or domain" box.
Forum basics: Now that the new AA has become by some measures "the world's largest airline", this new, combined has become a "mega-forum", very large, very active - and theoretically very difficult to find information and easy to lose one's place. Having to search for and sort through dozens - or more - of threads on baggage, airports, minimum connect times or the like could soon become unproductive and discouraging.
To prevent this from occurring, please note we try to:
Keep a few "sticky" threads: such as GUIDE posts, OSO / IROPS, etc. for urgent and quick reference, such as basic "where do I find" reasons
Keep threads to specific topics: Prevent information fragmentation and loss by consolidating questions, answers and discussion of one topic contained in one thread. (This also honors those members who have already shared valuable information and experiences.)
"Popular" threads are likely to have a Wikipost at the head that will summarize important information and have resource links. These are "community property", and as any wiki are established, maintained and updated by the members (with 90 days of tenure and 90 posts on FlyerTalk).
You may find your question or post merged into one of those threads. Be sure that we will leave a link behind from your original thread, and to look up to see if there's a wiki with information. We apologize for any possible inconvenience or difference between this forum and others, but we think you'll like some of the resources and tools here to enable more convenient, comfortable travel on AA and greater knowledge sharing.
Keep it welcoming: We're proud the members of both FFPs have kept the brickbats to a minimum; we want this forum to be welcoming, civil and information rich, so name calling (including calling a member one disagrees with "AApologist") and snark are not tolerated. Posts with such are likely to be summarily deleted in their entirety; repeated such behavior may result in suspension of one's membership privileges or being banned from this forum. Let's keep it friendly and in accordance with the FT Rules.
FlyerTalk Rules (We all agree to abide by these, and are held accountable.)
NOTE:
2022-23 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2021 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here
2020 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2019 NEWBIE LOUNGE older posts are here.
The 2018 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2017 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2016 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
Thanks for reading!
NEWBIE LOUNGE 2024: Ask AA newbie questions here - flame-free thread
May 4, 2024, 10:40 am
#646
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I think you can do it if you have AA miles as well (I dont know if you need AA status too). For a 350 Co-pay + 25K miles if C space (SWU bucket, not regular Sale C-space) opens up you can use that to upgrade.
To see if that's available you will need to call, or use expert flyer or have an SWU in your account and be logged in.
It also may only work for an AA ticketed flight.
To see if that's available you will need to call, or use expert flyer or have an SWU in your account and be logged in.
It also may only work for an AA ticketed flight.
May 5, 2024, 1:25 am
#648
Join Date: May 2024
Programs: Finnair Plus
Posts: 4
AA offers paid upgrades when you pull up your reservation at aa.com or in the AA app. However I believe these are only offered when the ticket is issued by AA. So if you don't see any offers when you pull up your reservation, the only other way is to just ask at the airport at JFK. Try at check-in, you can also try pulling up your reservation on one of the kiosks at JFK and see if anything is offered.
May 5, 2024, 9:21 am
#649
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 601
How do we merge our business and personal accounts, I remember seeing one of the bloggers show a step by step process, but for the life of me I cannot find it?
Might be worth putting as a sticky (unless it already is and I simply am blind and can't find it)
Might be worth putting as a sticky (unless it already is and I simply am blind and can't find it)
Would you know what her food voucher options etc are?
May 5, 2024, 5:49 pm
#651
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: USA
Programs: DL PM - IC RA - HHonors Gold - Hertz Gold - AA - US - CO - Choice Privileges
Posts: 1,684
Inquire with the gate agent. Food vouchers are $20. A hamburger and a drink on a good day. As to the "etc", email AA and reqest compensation if 2500 airline miles are of value. Otherwise, find a comfortable place to relax.
May 7, 2024, 11:00 am
#652
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: UA MM | BA Silver
Posts: 7,208
Hi folks, another newbie question. Can I change my AA number to BAEC after online check-in, ie at airport check-in? I am not entirely convinced that AA twitter team made the change successfully (not for lack of heart!), and I don't want to do online check-in if I lose the ability to make changes after the fact. Thanks!
Last edited by anc-ord772; May 7, 2024 at 11:43 am
May 7, 2024, 2:37 pm
#653
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 2
Hello. I've got a multi-part question about lounge access on arrivals to JFK. I'm flying a transcon redeye LAX-BOS-JFK on a business award ticket, landing at 9:30 a.m. on a Thursday. I'll be able to access the lounge on arrival at JFK, right? Which one? Greenwich? (I'm only AA Gold these days, so status doesn't matter.) Also, I'm flying back to LAX the next day at 6 a.m. on a Friday on basic economy ticket. When does the arrivals lounge access clock reset? I'm assuming when the lounge closes on Thursday, but maybe it's 24 hours? If I scan in my ticket from the day before at 4:15 a.m. when the lounge opens, would I possibly still have access? Thanks!
May 7, 2024, 3:45 pm
#654
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Hello. I've got a multi-part question about lounge access on arrivals to JFK. I'm flying a transcon redeye LAX-BOS-JFK on a business award ticket, landing at 9:30 a.m. on a Thursday. I'll be able to access the lounge on arrival at JFK, right? Which one? Greenwich? (I'm only AA Gold these days, so status doesn't matter.) Also, I'm flying back to LAX the next day at 6 a.m. on a Friday on basic economy ticket. When does the arrivals lounge access clock reset? I'm assuming when the lounge closes on Thursday, but maybe it's 24 hours? If I scan in my ticket from the day before at 4:15 a.m. when the lounge opens, would I possibly still have access? Thanks!
May 7, 2024, 4:48 pm
#656
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: New York
Posts: 805
May 7, 2024, 5:28 pm
#657
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May 7, 2024, 5:39 pm
#659
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If you're already in T4 then there's no reason not to go through security there unless the lines are just crazy long. Especially considering you're probably just going to go to the Flagship Lounge in T4 after you're airside.