Flying American tomorrow for the first time in years. Anything I should know other than the boarding group numbers, not order, have changed?

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Do you have any kind of status on AA? Match from a different airline? Citi AAdvantage card? If not then you're probably gonna have to gate check your carry on (depending on your boarding group). Bins fill up pretty quickly. Other than that AA is pretty solid. I fly between ORD-CLT every week on A321. Also...A321 doesn't have power. B737 does! Safe travels!

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The best thing about any American Airlines flight is getting off the aircraft. The people are mean and passenger service is a joke. AA has been dead last out of the big 3 in every major customer service category from on time performance to lost bag handling. If you have the chance to build loyalty elsewhere, do so.

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Hunker down, tourist!

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@ey1 thanks! Yeah unfortunately I have no status match power.

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@sc1 ditto. Have companion and love it. Too bad swa doesn't fly direct on my route. #SmallCityAirportVibes 😞

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As SC1, I was also an EXP for years and still hold Platinum for life as a 3MM. The most shocking thing out of the UA dragging incident to me is that is wasn't AA.

Not sure what your city pairs are, but there is always an alternative. Sometimes you have to change planes.

I'm all about operational reliability. AA don't got that.

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Is this your first flight?

Cálmate EY2. Ditto what EY1 says, I've been flying SFO-DFW for the last 5 months and AA has been pretty good

@pwc1 that's the vibe I got from research online. Unfortunately they are my best bet in the foreseeable future.

Used to be exec plat with AA. worst airline ever. Can't believe I stuck around for so long. Moved over to Southwest with the companion pass. Greatest airline perk in the industry, and way better airline overall too.

OP. How did it all work out?

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