Checked bag policy

We calculate the size limits of your bag by adding the total outside dimensions of each bag, length + width + height.

For all regions, except to / from Australia or New Zealand, your checked bag allowance is:

• Dimension: 62 in / 158 cm
• Weight: 50 lbs / 23 kgs
• For First / Business, weight is 70 lbs / 32 kgs for complimentary bags and 50 lbs / 23 kgs for excess charged bags

For all confirmed customers on flights to / from Australia or New Zealand:

• Dimension: 62 in / 158 cm
• Weight: 70 lbs / 32kgs for complimentary bags and 50 lbs / 23 kgs for excess charged bags

Oversize and overweight bags

In some cases, you won't have to pay the fees for up to 3 bags when traveling on itineraries marketed and operated by American Airlines. If you qualify for complimentary bags based on your AAdvantage^® status or oneworld^® status, the benefits are based on your highest status level at time of ticketing or check-in.

If your status level is:

• Higher at ticketing than at check-in, show your ticket receipt to the airport agent
• Lower at ticketing than at check-in, current benefits will automatically apply

Free checked bags may not apply to codeshare flights operated by our partners. Visit the website of the airline operating your flight for details.

Other airlines

1st checked bag is complimentary for:

• Eligible AAdvantage^® Aviator^® and Citi^® / AAdvantage^® cardmembers (on domestic American Airlines operated itineraries)
• AAdvantage Gold^® status
• GOL Diamond Smiles members
• oneworld^® Ruby

or when traveling to these destinations:

• Argentina*
• Australia^
• Brazil*
• Chile*
• China^
• Colombia*
• Cuba*
• Ecuador*
• El Salvador*
• Haiti*
• Hong Kong^
• India^
• Israel^
• Japan^
• New Zealand^
• Panama*
• Paraguay*
• Peru*
• Qatar*
• South Korea^
• Transatlantic*
• Uruguay*

1st and 2nd checked bags are complimentary for:

• AAdvantage Platinum^® status
• oneworld^® Sapphire members
• Confirmed Domestic First customers
• Confirmed Business customers
• Confirmed Premium Economy customers

1st, 2nd and 3rd checked bags are complimentary for:

• Confirmed Flagship^® First and Flagship^® Business Plus customers*
• AAdvantage Executive Platinum^® status
• AAdvantage Platinum Pro^® status
• oneworld^® Emerald
• Active U.S. military and / or dependents with ID traveling on orders (1st - 5th bags free of charge)**
• Active U.S. military with ID on personal travel**

Save time, pay online

Don’t wait in line at the airport – get the best price available and check up to 3 bags when you check-in on aa.com or in the app.

Pay for your checked bags online within 24 hours of departure and receive the best price available for travel on domestic flights within and between the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska, and select markets in the Caribbean and Central America.

For tickets issued on / after February 20, 2024, save $5 on the 1st checked bag fee for travel within and between the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

For more information about paying for your bags online, visit our customer service FAQs.

Customer service FAQs

All published bag fees apply at each check-in location and are base rates according to travel dates and destination; applicable taxes are not shown.

Region	Bag 1^	Bag 2^	Bag 3	Bag 4+
U.S. (including HI / AK), Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands	$40^^	$45^^	$150	$200
Canada and Mexico	$35^^	$45^^	$200	$200
Haiti	$0 / $35*	$65	$200	$200
Caribbean (except Cuba and Haiti)	$35^^	$45^^	$200	$200
Central America (except Panama)	$35^^	$45^^	$200	$200
Guyana and Suriname	$35^^	$45^^	$200	$200
Panama / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru	$0 / $45*	$100**	$200	$200
South America (except Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname)	$0 / $60*	$100**	$200	$200
Transatlantic	$0 / $75*	$100	$200	$200
Transpacific	$0 / $75*	$100	$200	$200

All bag fees are non-refundable and apply per person, each way, even if you buy or get an upgrade that includes free checked bags. If you believe you were incorrectly charged for bag fees, contact an American representative for help or file a refund claim within 45 days.

• Bag and optional fees
• Refunds

Flights departing Canada

Find out how much you'll pay for checked bags and other fees on roundtrip and one-way flights departing Canada, displayed in CAD.

Bag and optional fees - Canada

If your region isn’t listed, we can still help:

• Reservations and ticket changes
• Bag regions

Through checked bags

We only through check bags if all your tickets are in the same reservation and you’re connecting to another American Airlines or oneworld^® flight.

Customer service FAQs

All published bag fees apply at each check-in location and are base rates according to travel dates and destination; applicable taxes are not shown.

Trips originating in Cuba	Bag 1	Bag 2	Bag 3	Bag 4+
From Cuba	$0	$0	$200	$200
To Cuba	$0	$150 / $200**	$200	– Not available

Trips originating outside Cuba	Bag 1	Bag 2	Bag 3	Bag 4+
To Cuba	$0 / $35*^	$150 / $200**^	$200	– Not available
From Cuba	$0	$0	$200	$200

All bag fees are non-refundable and apply per person, each way, even if you buy or get an upgrade that includes free checked bags. If you believe you were incorrectly charged for bag fees, contact an American representative for help or file a refund claim within 45 days.

• Oversize and overweight bags
• Bag and optional fees
• Refunds