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American Airlines |
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| Fare |
Domestic
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International
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Description |
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| A |
First
Class |
First
Class |
First Class, Oneworld Explorer, and from coach on 2-class
flight using miles/VIPOW
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| B |
Yes |
Yes |
Full-fare 2nd tier; usu. 3-day adv. purchase, generally
unrestricted, refundable |
| C |
NA |
Business
Upgrade |
Full Fare Unrestricted Business Class. Upgradeable to F
domestically. |
| D |
NA |
Business
Fare |
Discounted Business fare and Round the World Explorer |
| E |
No |
No |
'Employee travelling on A12 (or A9 - family emergency) |
| F |
First
Class/Award |
First
Class/Award |
International or 2-class domestic. Also AAnytime award travel |
| G |
Government |
Government |
There are two government fares for all federal travelers, they are the YCA and -CA. The -CA is the capacity controlled government fare (limited number of tickets per flight), which is much cheaper than the YCA and still allows for full refund. This is the one that would be ticketed as G. |
| H |
Yes* |
No |
3rd Tier, discounted economy Class with few restrictions. |
| I |
NA |
Business
Fare |
Group Business Fare |
| J |
NA |
Business Fare |
Full fare Business Class. Also, AA Anytime Award. |
| K |
Yes |
No |
4th tier economy; discount refundable changeable fare (e.g. K26d). Also,
Air/sea fares (cruise+flight packages) |
| L |
Yes |
No |
10th tier, discount economy promotional fares; seat sales;
webspecials |
| M |
Yes |
No |
5th tier economy. Also, RTW Explorer Coach Award |
| N |
Yes |
No |
9th tier economy |
| O |
No |
No |
11th tier, discounted economy, consolidator fares
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| P |
First
Class |
First
Class |
Premium transcontinental Flagship service. Domestic first class on 3-class
flights |
| Q |
Yes |
No |
7th tier discounted economy. Consolidator fare for travel ex-Europe |
| R |
NA |
Business
Upgrade |
Upgrade from coach using e-upgrades. Also, from full Y on int'l flights
using TRANSUPG |
| S |
Yes* |
No |
8th tier AA Vacations special discount fare |
| T |
Coach
Award |
No |
Plan AAhead (?) Award travel |
| U |
NA |
Business
Award |
Plan AAhead Award travel |
| V |
Yes* |
No |
6th tier, discounted coach |
| W |
Yes* |
No |
Air/sea fares (cruise+flight packages) |
| X |
FC Upgrade |
Business
Upgrade |
First Class UPGRADE AWARD from paid Business* (Better known as 'NF').
Also, from full J on int'l flights using TRANSUPG |
| Y |
Yes |
Yes |
1st Tier, Full Fare unrestricted economy class |
| Z |
FC Award |
NA |
Plan AAhead Award travel |
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AA fare codes for economy class in this order: Y, B, H, K, M,
V, Q, S, N, L, O
Fare codes sorted by type:
Coach excursion fares are: B, H, K, M, V, N, L, Q
Employees: E
Government: Y/L
Youth/student international: H/K
Military: H/M Promotional (e.g. VUSA - Visit USA): L
NetsAAvers: L
Bereavement: M
Consolidator: K, W, V, L, O
Air/sea: W, K
RTW: M (coach), D (business), A (first)