American Airlines will allow you to board earlier, from next year
Pay attention to this major update, which you want to take advantage of.
The boarding process varies according to airlines , with a little more rationalized than others. Anyway, you want to get on the plane as quickly as possible, making sure you can set up and mark a place for your hand luggage in these coveted air compartments. When you fly on American Airlines, how long you are able to get on board is determined by your designated boarding group. The carrier has nine groups in total (10 if you count ), according to Nerdwallet, and the lower the number, the earlier you arrive at your headquarters. But although you can fear seeing the number eight or new printed on your ticket, all hope is not lost: American Airlines will give you the opportunity to get on board earlier. Read the rest to find out how you can take advantage of this advantage in 2023.
Read this then: Southwest finally changes the way it takes flights .
Boarding processes have recently obtained renovations.
The news of the American Airlines of boarding intervenes after Southwest Airlines announced a change to its famous (or sadly) unique approach on boarding. As a rule, you are awarded to a boarding group and the position that indicates where you are aligned with the pension and in what order. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Some travelers prefer this method, which allows you to choose your seat when you get on the plane, but when you travel with children, things become a little complicated.
To help families find seats together, Southwest allows families with children under the age of six after the first 60 passengers in group A. But now the airline is testing a system where families can embark before group A, whatever the letter on their boarding card , by beat of Hawaii.
The change has been brought with the hope that it will simplify and save time during boarding, even if Southwest already has one of the fastest in industry. Now, American Airlines followed suit with regard to passengers on board passengers earlier - and they do not limit the option to families.
Some travelers can get on board earlier.
Those who register in AADAU, the loyalty program of American Airlines, will soon benefit from new advantages at the start of the boarding process. According to a press release from the airline, among several other updates to the free program , members will only need 15,000 loyalty points to membership in group 5 (preferred boarding) for the membership year. As the groups embark in digital order, this means that only four groups will be before you.
In addition to putting you on the plane earlier, the boarding of group 5 also offers you "a slightly improved experience", namely additional snacks and additional snacks, drinks and alcoholic drinks, as well as films and Free television, according to Nerdwallet.
The new incitement begins in March 2023 as part of the new loyalty point reward system (previously known as the loyalty choice awards), and the advantages go beyond the simple upgrade of your group D 'boarding.
When you reach this number of 15,000, you can also choose between two other loyalty points awards - priority recording, priority security and group 4 boarding for one of your trips or five coupons for Select favorite seats. According to CNBC, "preferred" seats are often located at the front of economic cabin , but they will not give you an additional leg space.
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Once you win your points, you can keep them.
The members earn loyalty points depending on the price of your ticket, by United States today and a sliding scale is used to calculate the real quantity, according to your Member Status . You can also earn points when you buy goods from one of the airline partners or by providing you with an American co-carcard. Once you reach a certain level, you stay there - you don't need to collect your points to access your reward.
"Consider the points of loyalty as something that you are constantly accumulated throughout the year. They are never spent," Heather samplere , Managing Director of AAD Even, said United States today . "Once you arrive at one of our loyalty reward thresholds, the advantage is unlocked or the choice is unlocked."
While you continue to accumulate loyalty points, you continue to access new benefits and benefits, with rewards available in the Sky-High thresholds like 550,000, 1 million and 3 million, United States today reported. Previously, there was a ceiling of 75,000 miles per ticket, but the airline raised this with the last series of changes, said Samp United States today .
Other changes are not as practical.
Although the American has certainly made exciting updates, not all changes are necessarily positive. To reach gold status, members must now earn 40,000 points, against 30,000, which means that you will have to spend more money to obtain the lowest level of the status of frequent leaflet, CNBC reported.
The number of miles that AAD further members win are also down to only two miles per dollar spent on basic economic tickets, which is down five miles per dollar. This change comes into force on January 1 for travel from March 1, 2023, according to the American press release.
