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Pros

  • plus Cabin comfort
  • plus Wide range of destinations
  • plus Wi-fi and entertainment

Cons

  • minus Inconsistent customer services
  • minus Frequent delays and cancellations
  • minus Baggage handling issues
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2.92

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Philip M

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 1, 2026

  • Jacksn Hole-Philadelphia
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline

Flight delay

I was disappointed with American Airlines lack of staff at Jacksonhole Airport. On Saturday you only had one ticket agent for a couple hundred people and on Sunday when hundreds of people showed up at 8 o’clock to check in for their flights and there were no agents at the Desk when two agents finally showed up it took hours for everyone to check in .When our flight was canceled because of airplane problem on September 19, we were promised another flight would take us to our original stop of Chicago O’Hare, but it never showed. When we were then booked to Dallas Fort Worth all this rebooking took hours and finally around 10 o’clock on Saturday night we were rebooked and we’re told we had to book our own hotel and get our own cab to the town of Jackson hole. That is a disgrace. American Airlines caused the problem and did very little to alleviate our grief. American Airlines, lack of compassion for passengers on September 19 and 20 caused most of us to put American Airlines on the bottom of our flying list for future bookings. You have nobody but yourself to thank. We spent almost 24 hours in Jackson hole airport and received very little information about our future bookings, and it took hours to be rebooked and then told to fend for yourself

  • Jacksn Hole-Philadelphia
  • Economy
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Maureen M

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 29, 2026

  • Wichita-Barcelona
  • Economy

Flight delay

We bought Business Class tickets but were sent from Dallas to Barcelona on economy. We want return of our cost of expensive tickets for Maureen Miles and Kenneth Kallenbach

  • Wichita-Barcelona
  • Economy
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Anonymous member

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 22, 2026

  • Charlotte-Myrtle Beach
  • Economy

Missing Co-pilot -Delayed

Missing co-pilot. "mix up in scheduling". Another delayed flight. This company needs to focus on getting something right.

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  • Charlotte-Myrtle Beach
  • Economy

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Jason H

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 22, 2026

  • Omaha-Dallas-Fort Worth
  • Economy

Little to no help when my flight wa...

Little to no help when my flight was delayed which caused me to miss my connecting flight. Wont get back to me about reimbursement for added expenses they caused. Garbage on my seat and crumbs as well. I wish to give them negative stars

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  • Omaha-Dallas-Fort Worth
  • Economy

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Tamara B

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 21, 2026

  • Amsterdam-Los Angeles
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline

Flight cancellation

They cancelled our flight at 4 in the morning the day of the flight, instead putting us on a plane arriving 9 hours late in LAX. Customer service was rude when we requested a hotel and by the time the shuttle got us there, we had 3 hours to sleep before we had to wake up for our replacement flight. Also meals were mid.

  • Amsterdam-Los Angeles
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline
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Anonymous member

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 19, 2026

  • Orlando-Nashville
  • Economy

American Airlines, last resort.

I travel quite frequently. My experience has been that American Airlines do not care about customer experience. My last trip, my gate was changed, no exaggeration, 5 times. They told us that we were moving to a different plane, 3 times. I had the opportunity to fly back on the same flight with my brother, it was the earlier flight. He said his flight was half empty and yet they wouldn't even let me pay to move my flight to the earlier flight. They said it was because I made the mistake of buying a basic ticket, so under no circumstances could I change my flight. The flight that I ended up on was extremely packed. How is that good business? I have the app and the gates that kept changing were not updated on the app either. If they weren't running so behind, I might have missed the flight as nothing was sent to me, telling me about the change. I spoke with a young family, their flight was cancelled the night before and all of their stuff for the kids had been checked in. They said that it was worst experience they ever had. They were pacing with crying kids who had none of their toys etc. They had to get on that packed plane with those kiddos. Ridiculous. Sometimes, I have to pick them, when I don't have another option, but membership comes with absolutely nothing and I will do whatever I can to not choose American!

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  • Orlando-Nashville
  • Economy

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Drayson F

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 15, 2026

  • Madison-Boise
  • Economy

Essentially, my flight got delayed

Essentially, my flight got delayed over a total of 12 hours and they did absolutely nothing to try and make it right Oh wait they did give me a TWELVE dollar "meal voucher" which got me a gatorade and some cheese When I raised these concerns via their official customer relations page they did nothing about it.

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  • Madison-Boise
  • Economy

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Andrew H

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 10, 2026

  • Economy

Out of order lavatory on the plane,...

Out of order lavatory on the plane, restrictive seating, CRUSTY blanket, and 3 out if 4 flight legs were late, early, or rescheduled. Probably the least comfortable transatlantic flight I’ve had in 5 years. - On top of all this, 2 out of 3 of our checked bags arrived broken or damaged.

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Anonymous member

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 10, 2026

  • Columbus-Charlotte
  • First

it was my first time flying first c...

it was my first time flying first class and the flight attendant treed my like coach! never fly from cmh to clt! and i got glass wen every person got glass and wen the served worm nuts i got ice cold nuts.

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  • Columbus-Charlotte
  • First

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Delaney C

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 4, 2026

  • Los Angeles-Glasgow
  • Economy

There was a delta flight that would...

There was a delta flight that would have gotten us home near original time but AA said they would not book us on another flight. I'm assuming cause it was a different airline.

  • Los Angeles-Glasgow
  • Economy

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American Airlines Ratings

All-time Rating & Reviews

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Average Star Rating

2.92
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130651
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    AirAdvisor

    2.92

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    TripAdvisor

    3

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    Flight Radar

    3.85

    12184 (9.3%)

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    Kayak

    3.55

    10000 (7.7%)

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    Yelp

    1.4

    5568 (4.3%)

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    Trustindex

    1.6

    4909 (3.8%)

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    ConsumerAffairs

    1.2

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    TrustPilot

    1.4

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    Google

    4.3

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    Influenster

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    Airline Ratings

    2.3

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    FlightReport

    3.6

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    PissedConsumer

    1.7

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    eSky

    4

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    Airlines-Inform

    3.73

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    SiteJabber

    2.4

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    Glassdoor

    3.6

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    Tiket2

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