From Europe To The U.S.
Effective immediately, and until further notice, customers travelling on American Airlines from Europe will be limited to
one carry-on item. The carry-on item must fit in an overhead compartment or under the seat and cannot exceed 45 dimensional inches / 114 cm (length + width + height) and weigh no more than 40 lbs/18 kgs. This limit will apply to customers originating on
American Airlines and customers originating on other carriers connecting to American Airlines for flights to the U.S. from Europe.
Exemptions:
The normal carry-on allowance of one bag plus one personal item still applies for:
- American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum®, AAdvantage Platinum® or AAdvantage Gold® members
- oneworld Alliance Emerald, Sapphire or Ruby members
- Customers travelling in First Class
- Customers travelling in Business Class
- Customers travelling with PriorityAAccess
- AAirpass® members
Checked bag charges will not apply for items that customers intended to carry on which are now restricted and must be checked. For this waiver to apply, the additional item being checked must be within the carry-on bag size limits of 45 dimensional inches / 114 cm (length + width + height) and weigh no more than 40 lbs/18 kgs.
This restriction applies on all American Airlines flights to the United States from Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris, Rome, and Zurich.
