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American Airlines AirPass PrePaid Travel
NOTE: The program is Airpass; no longer named "AAirpass"
Link to aa.com AirPass contact and links page.
Prepaid, Unrestricted Air Travel at a Fixed Rate
As an AirPass member, you won’t have to search for fares or pay extra for last-minute trips. Your airfare is pre-paid at a fixed rate and your account is ready when you need to travel to any of the more than 350 destinations in the combined American Airlines and US Airways network.
As an AirPass member, you won’t have to search for fares or pay extra for last-minute trips. Your airfare is pre-paid at a fixed rate and your account is ready when you need to travel to any of the more than 350 destinations in the combined American Airlines and US Airways network.
AirPass, depending on level of purchase, includes status and may include up to Executive Platinum status and Admirals Club membership, or even Concierge Key, which includes both.
AirPass members get a courtesy drink and a snack if they're traveling in Coach, much as Executive Platinums do; unlike Executive Platinums, their traveling companion does also.
14 Jan 2016 jmappleby said: "...they take credit via wire transfer at $10k (Gold), $20k (Platinum), $30k (EP). Concierge Key is available for $50k individual spend or $75k team spend."
Contact AirPass
AirPass Customer Service
800-433-6355
817-931-9029 - Fax
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CT)
Send us a letter
FedEX / UPS / Overnight mail
American Airlines
AirPass Customer Service
4255 Amon Carter Blvd.
MD 4106
Fort Worth, TX 76155
U.S mail
American Airlines, Inc.
AirPass Customer Service
P.O. Box 619616
MD 4106
DFW Airport, TX 75261-9616
AirPass Customer Service
800-433-6355
817-931-9029 - Fax
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CT)
Send us a letter
FedEX / UPS / Overnight mail
American Airlines
AirPass Customer Service
4255 Amon Carter Blvd.
MD 4106
Fort Worth, TX 76155
U.S mail
American Airlines, Inc.
AirPass Customer Service
P.O. Box 619616
MD 4106
DFW Airport, TX 75261-9616
The best deal seems to be the -UP fares, where you pay the standard economy, but book a confirmed seat into business
AirPass Prepaid Travel (née AAirpass, not Lifetime Airpass) Master Thread
#932
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: AA Ck, Delta DM, Marriott ambassador , Hertz President, National EE, Hilton Diamond ,
Posts: 136
i go out of my way to fly out of Miami because of this. If it true, I’ll probably switch our corporate contract back to delta and start using FLL again with delta. Hoping it isn’t true or it’s going to be rebranded
#933
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: STL/ORD/MCI/SAN
Programs: AA CK MM, AC SE100K, BA Gold, UA 1K, DL Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,990
AirPass is reportedly being discontinued as of today
https://onemileatatime.com/news/amer...rogram-ending/
https://onemileatatime.com/news/amer...rogram-ending/
Zero communication about this from AA so far, by the way.
#934
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: AA Ck, Delta DM, Marriott ambassador , Hertz President, National EE, Hilton Diamond ,
Posts: 136
I got the official email. It’s true unfortunately
Last edited by Microwave; Dec 2, 2022 at 11:05 am Reason: Merged consecutive posts for readability
#935
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: STL/ORD/MCI/SAN
Programs: AA CK MM, AC SE100K, BA Gold, UA 1K, DL Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,990
I received it also. I had originally posted the email here, but I'm going to delete it (at least for now), as I'm not sure whether it contained individual/personal info. The FAQ linked by another poster below contains most of the details that were in the email.
Last edited by metallo; Nov 30, 2022 at 11:06 am
#937
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: STL/ORD/MCI/SAN
Programs: AA CK MM, AC SE100K, BA Gold, UA 1K, DL Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,990
#938
formerly wchinchen
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Honolulu
Programs: AA CK, BA Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,599
#939
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: SPI. EXP 7 million miles
Posts: 77
Airpass to be discontinued March 31, 2024
I received an email today stating that "American Airlines is discontinuing the AirPass program effective March 31, 2024. Rest assured, we will continue to honor our travel agreements with our lifetime members".
#940
Join Date: Apr 2006
Programs: AA ExP 5MM, DL Lifetime Medallion 2.3MM
Posts: 68
End of AAirpass
Having been an AAirpass member for almost 20 years, I'm saddened by this. There are a number of odd problems with AAirpass, but it can be a great program. In the last few years I've found the best use of it is for international flying when the ticket prices have soared. Often, AAirpass has saved quite a lot of money. The BIG surprise is ending the ability to add additional funds with no notice! I had just extended my contract till the end of 2023, but would have liked to be able to add more money. Also interesting, they just added free wifi as an AAirpass member on all flights. That was just a few days ago. I assume that will continue till the end of the program. As someone who changes flights all the time (because of changes in circumstances), ending AAirpass will potentially hurt. I can't believe they did a focus group on this first. Why not fine tune it as a program instead of cancelling it? AAirpass members have to be some of the most lucrative fliers on AA.
#941
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
Posts: 7,770
I've gotten a lot of use out of the program and will be very sad to see it go, but it seems like this is the direction every loyalty program is going these days...less about individual big spenders and more about how they can maximize the dollar value of every single ticket or hotel night. Maybe if the economy softens and utilization goes down, then we'll see companies rethink this.
#942
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: AA Ck, Delta DM, Marriott ambassador , Hertz President, National EE, Hilton Diamond ,
Posts: 136
Having been an AAirpass member for almost 20 years, I'm saddened by this. There are a number of odd problems with AAirpass, but it can be a great program. In the last few years I've found the best use of it is for international flying when the ticket prices have soared. Often, AAirpass has saved quite a lot of money. The BIG surprise is ending the ability to add additional funds with no notice! I had just extended my contract till the end of 2023, but would have liked to be able to add more money. Also interesting, they just added free wifi as an AAirpass member on all flights. That was just a few days ago. I assume that will continue till the end of the program. As someone who changes flights all the time (because of changes in circumstances), ending AAirpass will potentially hurt. I can't believe they did a focus group on this first. Why not fine tune it as a program instead of cancelling it? AAirpass members have to be some of the most lucrative fliers on AA.
being able to choose. Or being able to just cancel
always a chance a new program comes out.
Last edited by scott56; Nov 30, 2022 at 3:47 pm
#943
Join Date: Nov 2022
Programs: Frequent AA Flyer
Posts: 176
This is really bad news for my travel profile. I fly AA exclusively due to my home city being pretty much controlled by AA, and I fly frequently to Europe in J on fairly short notice, so Airpass has been very valuable to me, particularly as premium fares have skyrocketed the past 18 months or so. I'm quite surprised they chose to do this so suddenly, with no advanced notice, and more importantly no opportunity to add funds to our accounts prior to the announcement. As others have said, I'm going to have to hope they choose to replace Airpass with something that offers similar benefits, though I'm guessing that's unlikely, as I would have thought they would announce a replacement at the same time as they made this announcement.
Last edited by GoBirds; Nov 30, 2022 at 5:14 pm
#944
Join Date: Oct 2012
Programs: AA EXP, PriorityClub Gold, SPG Gold, Hertz Gold fivestar
Posts: 486
Sad to see it go.
The increased flexibility (no change fees) on normal tickets took away quite a bit of the value of airpass. But I still liked it for not-too-expensive YUPs to europe and the faster-than-exp helpine to contact during delays.
The increased flexibility (no change fees) on normal tickets took away quite a bit of the value of airpass. But I still liked it for not-too-expensive YUPs to europe and the faster-than-exp helpine to contact during delays.
#945
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: AA Ck, Delta DM, Marriott ambassador , Hertz President, National EE, Hilton Diamond ,
Posts: 136
im really going to miss it when those fees come back. Hoping for a Airpass 2.0 or something similar