American Airlines

Not Verified | The plane was packed like sardines. No social distancing from the moment I walked in the terminal. When I got off the plane in Charlotte the area was so packed with people we couldn't get through to exit plane. They don't even give you water on the plane, no internet or TV on the plane.

✅ Trip Verified | I suggest all travel RN's avoid using American Airlines. Each time I book with them, there seems to be a problem with their service. This trip I spent $500 plus $30 for my bag. We were delayed in McAllen due to an air traffic controller in Dallas testing positive for covid 19. I missed my connecting flight in Dallas and had to spend the night in the airport with other passengers with the same story. They refused us a hotel voucher and did nothing more than reschedule flights for the following day. So American Airlines will take your money but does not have your back. Would suggest not flying with them.

Not Verified | Do not fly American Airlines unless you are willing to have your flight changed. I booked a flight months in advance on a flight that only had one layover with less than two hours in between. I did this on purpose so as not to expose myself for long to crowds of people during this pandemic. American changed my flight weeks before I was to fly to having a 6 HOUR layover before my next flight! When I contacted the airline the only solution they could provide me was a double layover in multiple airports to "break up" the time of my flight. So instead of one stop with a six hour layover I would have two layovers with several hours before each flight took off. This was there way of "helping" to compensate me for their changes. What they did was change the size of plane I would be flying on. That was the whole reason for the extended layover. Do not fly with them. If you do be prepared to have your flight changed, or delayed. Nothing else was even offered to me for the changes. No upgrades. Not even access to the Lounges. This is not customer service. Now my day went from an 8 hour day of flying to a 15 hour day of flying.

Not Verified | Prior to booking this first class ticket I confirmed with American there were dedicated flight attendants for the few seats in First Class and they were strictly monitoring and enforcing mask wearing. On my flight, the passenger next to me, kept taking his mask off. The flight attendant knew him and kept stopping to chat with him and also served him 8 huge glasses of Chardonnay, despite the fact he was visibly intoxicated. She even opened a fresh bottle at his request as we were landing. When I asked the flight attendant to enforce the mask policy she first told me she did not notice he wasn't wearing a mask, which is so lacking in credibility as she stopped at least 20 times to chat with him. When I confronted her on this she laughed in my face. I sent a complaint to American today and received a form email back reciting the law and how seriously American takes it. Do not fly American. They do not care about their passengers and do not enforce their own policies or the law.

✅ Trip Verified | Worst airline ever. I'll never fly with them again. They had mechanical issues leaving Denver to AZ that delayed the flight. Then on the flight back to Denver they had mechanical issues again. This time they needed everyone to disembark the aircraft. The employees are very rude. Zero customer service.

Not Verified | They delayed my flight which was going to be a nice and simple hop going from O’Hare to Las Angles at the last moment. This has happened twice before. Because of this, they had to change the 2nd flight which was going to Hawaii and we would be 2 hours late. The next flight was at midnight and would arrive the next day. I called customer service and they managed to get us a non-stop flight to Hawaii the next day which I am not giving this a 0 or 1 star review. Because of the flight change, no cost, we had to change the hotel date which cost us $124 dollars more. If American would’ve replaced the plane or payed for the hotel like many other airlines, I would not be giving this review.

Not Verified | We have two kids, 2 and 4 year old and they gave us seats 20, 25, 29 and 31! And not willing to resolve this at all. The flight attendant lady was the rudest person in my life. And we did check in two days before the flight and we had normal seats on time of check in, so we were super surprised when got on the plain. Worst flight in my life!

✅ Trip Verified | I'm incredibly disappointed and our flight hasn't even moved yet. When purchasing my ticket, it showed our plane having 3 seats on each side per row. I paid extra to have space between a stranger for covid safety precautions. The flight was not full and I politely asked the lady attendant if I could move up 3 seats to the empty one because I was not sitting with family and we were very close in seating. Her response was "no, that's for first class." I mean, I already paid extra to get a seat which I thought would have a space between, but now money comes before customer's comfort? I was not rude and said ok. But then the gentleman who was also an attendant walked by a minute or so later and allowed another woman to sit in that seat for space reasons. What did I pay extra with my seat for then? Once this trip is over, I will pay more for a ticket with a compassionate and understanding airline. Having to walk away from this experience feeling like money means more to you than my health or another person's health is more important than mine makes me disappointed. I even drove to the Myrtle Beach Airport rather than charleston where I am from and then to have to feel like I dont matter. Thank you.

✅ Trip Verified | Today April 2nd 2021 at about 1.30pm I was boarding a flight from Miami International Airport to ATL. I was boarding at Gate D36 when a crew member from American Airlines was checking my husband and me into our flight. We travel often via American and always take our carry on with electronics. The member proceeded to tell us that there was no cabin space for the bag, and we mentioned that they always let us place our bag underneath our chair (we fly almost monthly so we are very experienced with this). She began to yell and state that if we wanted our bag she needed to tag it. I turn over to my husband and say “just leave her the bag, its difficult because whenever you approach a different member they may give you different instructions despite us always being allowed to stow our bag under the chair”. The employee at that point got very aggressive and began to yell and insult us in front of other customers and employees yelling she has been a part of AA for 33 years, and that she can do what she wants and that we must leave the bag (which we had already agreed to - we didn’t want to miss our flight). At that point I’m placing the bag down to remove my ipad in fear of it being stolen or broken - and she proceeds to rip my bag out of my hands and even put her hands on me. At that point I tell her that she cannot touch me or my belongings that I am just removing my electronic. She yells back stating its her property not mine and she can do as she pleases. At this point I proceed to walk away as she continues to yell. As I board my flight I realize the cabins were more than half empty which I photographed. Another employee who witnessed the whole thing, proceeds to offer my husband assistance and even returned us our bag. This behavior is unacceptable and would it been a client doing this to an employee they would be banned from AA. I feel harassed and violated. I truly hope AA takes action and cares for our safety.

Not Verified | Horrible experience with on flight entertainment and free WiFi. Worst of all they forgot our bags at Dallas airport and instead of the ground staff being helpful at Buffalo they were so indifferent. It’s almost like they were penalizing us for flying. Really sad, would never fly American Airlines ever ever again.