AA.COM/flightchange

American Airlines has airline tickets, cheap flights, vacation packages and American Airlines AAdvantage bonus mile offers at aa.com/flighchange.

How to Change to Flights with American Airlines?

  1. Firstly open your web browser and visit aa.com/fligthchange.

  2. Here you will get options to find your registered trip.

  3. Fill the required details:

    • Passenger first name

    • Passenger last name

    • Confirmation / Record locator

    • Try searching by ticket number

Note 1: Your record locator, or confirmation code, is a 6-letter code included on your boarding pass and confirmation email.

Note 2: Your ticket number, is a 13 number code included on your boarding pass and confirmation email for each passenger.

  1. Click on "Find your trip" button.

  2. Now you will be redircted to a new page where you will get your trip details.

  3. You can make changes with your trip here.

Travel flexibility

Life changes … and so do we

We’re making travel easier by giving you even more flexibility and the freedom to make your own choices when you fly with us.


Here’s what you can expect:


No more change fees for all domestic, short-haul international and select long-haul international flying on Premium Cabin, Premium Economy and Main Cabin fares.

Fly standby for free on earlier domestic flights, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to the same destination on the same day.

If you buy Basic Economy fares you may now buy extras like upgrades, seats, priority boarding and same-day flight changes.

AAdvantage elite members may apply their travel benefits on all tickets, including on Basic Economy fares.

Long-haul international flights

We also eliminated change fees for First, Business, Premium Economy and Main Cabin tickets for all long-haul international flights originating in North or South America for tickets issued on or after November 19, 2020.


If your trip starts in North or South America and you're flying to:

  • Asia

  • Australia

  • Europe

  • New Zealand

  • North America

  • South America

  • United Kingdom

And if you’re flying in any of these cabins:

  1. Main Cabin (except Basic Economy fares)

  2. Premium Economy

  3. Business

How to Make Changes to Flights with American Airlines

Making changes to flights is so common that airlines actually overbook flights where possible, based on the assumption that a certain percentage of booked passengers will not actually make a particular flight. If more passengers show up than the plane can accommodate, the airline asks for volunteers to accept a voucher for a later flight. American Airlines issues approximately 250 such vouchers a day, as of February 2011. The airlines provides a number of options for re-booking your itinerary. The amount of time remaining until the flight takes off affects your available choices.