American Airlines

[athurstance]

I've just booked our flights for next Easter with AA - does anyone know how you pre-reserve your seats?

Thanks

Angela

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Yes - the travel agent should give you a number to call.

[Biggus]

Angela,
Are you flying direct or going via a different gateway?
Who did you get the flights through and what was the damage?

[athurstance]

We are flying via Dallas. We had real trouble getting any decent priced flights because we are very inflexible on our dates. We got them through the OV flights link and cost us £1240 for 4 of us - which I think is quite a bargain for Easter.
Did you fly AA? And if so did you book your seats in advance?

Angela

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Angela

We flew AA last year and booked through the OV flights link and they gave us the number for Amewrican Airlines at which we booked our veggie meals and reserved our seats.

[neilandkay]

If you go to www.AA.com and into the reservations section there is an option to check which seats are available for a flight.

--Kay

[athurstance]

I had an email from the travel agent - I can book my seats and meals 6 months in advance. She is going to give me the numbers.
So I am just being my usual self and trying to get things organised too far in advance. I had a look at the AA site and it looks like our planes will be 2-5-2 layout which suits us as we like to have 2 rows of 2.
I read on their site they have more legroom than most so sounds good.

Angela

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

AA certainly have the best legroom of any of the carriers we have been on - a big improvement on when we flew with them to Dallas in 1999 and it was very cramped .

[Biggus]

Angela,
We flew via Miami on the way out and Boston on the return. The extra legroom is very noticeable, we had bulkhead seats on the transatlantic flights but the two internal flights were in 'normal' rows, I had no probs with the internal flights despite being 6'4" and the extra legroom was comfortable. We booked the bulkhead seats with our agent when we booked the seats (less than 6 months before we flew). Which flight were you looking at with the 2-5-2 config? I assume that it was a Boeing 777, they are very comfortable and the seat back TV's are good - you even have an adjustable headrest (up/down and flex wings) which helped me no end - my neck didn't ache like it generally has with other flights - overall impression was very good.

[JB]

It's worth contacting AA direct for anything you wish to know. I recently took a flight to Orlando Via JFK, the return saw my route from MCO to La Guardia, trans. to JFK and return to London. This was the only combination available for a fare of £305 in February, booked through Airline Network. The outward flight was fine but I didn't fancy the transfer between the two NYC airports. When I arrived at MCO to return the booking-in clerk said "who gave you this" and then promptly changed it so that I flew from MCO directly into JFK and then on to London.

The section on AA.com showing seat allocation has,in my experience, not given an accurate picture of the true availability. My Feb. flight showed only a few seats available, but on the day I was given a choice of seating. In theory you should have a code on your confirmation that will allow you to access the seating plan and allocate your choice, give it a whirl.