Book your flight, check in, have your boarding pass ready, and fly to over 350 destinations in more than 50 countries around the world with the largest airline in the US and the world American Airlines. You can check in for American Airlines through many methods all you need to do is follow some requirements to travel as well as be at the airport on time or as early as possible.
American Airlines has a very precise check-in, boarding and, gate closing time. The airline expects to have punctuality from its passengers, which is why the airline has given some time-related guidelines to be followed by the passengers. We have written all the guidelines about different timings related to American check-in, please read the following so that you could not get late for your American Airlines flight.
The best way and time you can check in for your American Airlines flight is online check-in where you can check in even 24 hours before your flight departure time with the help of the website or your mobile.
The Cut of time for the American Airlines Online check-in is you should check in at least 45 minutes before the scheduled departure of your domestic flight and 90 minutes before your International flight with American Airlines.
If you want to check in at the airport the time you should reach the airport at least 2 hours before your domestic flight and the cut-off time for the check-in is that you must check in at least 45 minutes before your scheduled flight departure.
You must reach the airport at least 3 hours before your flight departure if you have an international flight with American Airlines. As well as the cut-off time of international flights is that you should check in at least 1 hour or 60 minutes before your scheduled flight departure.
There are also certain International destinations airports where you need to check in even earlier, you can get the information about those airports in the table provided below:
| Location of the Airport | Airport Code | check-in before Scheduled Departure |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | SJU | 60 minutes |
| Barcelona, Spain | BCN | 75 minutes |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | EZE | 75 minutes |
| Dublin, Ireland | DUB | 75 minutes |
| Aruba | AUA | 75 minutes |
| Madrid, Spain | MAD | 75 minutes |
| Paris, France | CDG | 75 minutes |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | TLV | 75 minutes |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | SKB | 90 minutes |
| Tampa, Florida | TPA | 90 minutes |
| St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | STT | 90 minutes |
| St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | STX | 90 minutes |
| Georgetown, Guyana | GEO | 90 minutes |
If you have baggage then you must check them before the minimum American check-in time of 45 and 60 minutes for domestic and international flights respectively.
There are some exceptional airports where you can not check bags for 4 hours before your flight departure such as:
The boarding to the aircraft starts usually 30-50 minutes before your scheduled flight departure. American Airlines requires that you should be ready at the boarding gates for the boarding process at least 15 minutes before if you have a domestic flight and 45 minutes before if you have an International flight with the airline.
If you are traveling with children or infants on American Airlines you need to keep in mind some very important points to have a safe as well as great travel experience.
You can add an infant to your trip with the following methods:-
With American Airlines you can check-in in many ways, you have the main 5 options available to check in. With American Airlines Online check-in you can check in through the official website as well as with the help of the American Airlines mobile application on your mobile devices. Offline or in person you can check in at the airport through the curbside, kiosk machines, and check-in desk available at the airport. To know about these methods in brief read the points mentioned below:-
On the official website, you can easily do American Airlines web check-in for your flight 24 hours before your flight, know how to read the following steps:-
To American Airlines mobile check-in download the American Airlines Application on your Android or iOS devices. After downloading the app log in with your account on American Airlines.
Now you may see the option for managing your flight where you can find your flight and check in if you have 24 hours left for your flight.
You will receive your digital American Airlines mobile boarding pass that you can show at the airport and you don't even need to have a printout of it. Just check your baggage and go to the boarding area directly.
The American Airlines self-service kiosk machines also allow you to check in between 45 minutes to 24 hours before your flight departure. Just for the Miami Airport the kiosk machine check-in time is 45 minutes to 5 hours before the flight departure.
Almost all over the US and the world from where American Airlines have a departure flight you will find its self-service kiosk machines available.
The machines are very efficient you can check in as well as check your baggage from it. Also, you can print your American boarding pass and collect your baggage tags from these kiosk machines.
American Airlines has its curbside available at many airports in the US for check-in and checking baggage quickly. Mostly you can find these curbsides outside the airport near the drop-off parking areas.
All you need to do is visit the curbside and provide a government-issued photo Identification card along with any information from Name and flight number, Confirmation number, or Destination.
American Airlines Curbside is not available at all of the airports in the US, you can find these curbsides at the following airports:
Check-in service for American Airlines is also available at the counter in every airport from where the airline has a flight departure.
Reasons why you need to check in with the Kiosk machines or at the Airport Desk
There can be many reasons because of why some people need to check in at the airport with the help of kiosk machines or the airport desk such as:-
The boarding process at American Airlines is very clear and you must board the plane at least before the required time. American Airlines have made a total of 9 groups for the boarding process you must also board according to your group as mentioned below:-
ConciergeKey® members are given the ConciergeKey type of boarding pass which gives them the first priority to board the American Airlines Aircraft.