Pet Reservations
American 𝔸𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 limits the number [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖] of pets per flight to 2 in first class, 2 in business class, and 4 in the main cabin.
ʜᴏᴡ ꜱᴛʀɪᴄᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴀɪʀʟɪɴᴇꜱ ᴘᴇᴛ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄʏ?
ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇɴꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ: ᴘᴇᴛꜱ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ʙᴇ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪᴛ [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖] ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟʏ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇᴅ / ᴢɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇʀ. ɴᴏɴ-ᴄᴏʟʟᴀᴘꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴋᴇɴɴᴇʟꜱ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴇxᴄᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ-ꜱᴇᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴍᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴʏ ᴀɪʀᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ. ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰʏ ᴍᴀxɪᴍᴜᴍ ᴅɪᴍᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴꜱ.
Pets in the Cabin
𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝔸𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝑒𝓉𝓈 (𝒹𝑜𝑔𝓈, 𝒸𝒶𝓉𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝒹𝓈) 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰𝓃𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈, 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒹𝒶, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓃 𝐼𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒫𝓊𝑒𝓇𝓉𝑜 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝑜. 𝒫𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝐻𝒶𝓌𝒶𝒾𝒾 [+𝟣 𝟪𝟧𝟧 𝟩𝟥𝟪 𝟦𝟣𝟪𝟪]. 𝒯𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒻𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓃, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒫𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝟣𝟢 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁, 𝟣𝟨 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰𝒮𝒜 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝑒𝓁𝓈𝑒𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝟣𝟧 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝐸𝓊𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝒰𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁. 𝒫𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝟣 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓇, 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰𝒮𝒜 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝒻𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝑜𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝟣𝟢 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝟨 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝑜𝓁𝒹. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓃 𝓋𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓈 [+𝟣 𝟪𝟧𝟧 𝟩𝟥𝟪 𝟦𝟣𝟪𝟪]. 𝐹𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜/𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒮.𝒜, 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒹𝒶, 𝒫𝓊𝑒𝓇𝓉𝑜 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓃 𝐼𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓇 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝒻 $𝟫𝟧, 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒮. 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓇 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝒻 $𝟤𝟢𝟢; 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝐵𝓇𝒶𝓏𝒾𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓇 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓉 𝒻𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝒻 $𝟩𝟧.
Pets in Checked Baggage
Unfortunately, American 𝔸𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖]does not allow pets to travel as checked baggage.
Pets in Cargo
Animals who are too large to be taken in the cabin, [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖] or are being transported separately from their owner, can be shipped as cargo through American Cargo. Pets shipped domestically via American Cargo cannot be booked until 14 days prior to departure, pets are not guaranteed to be shipped on the same flight as their owner [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖]. Shipping a pet requires dropping it off at a American Cargo location at least 3 hours before departure.
Carrier Guidelines
For pets traveling in the cabin, maximum carry-on kennel dimensions are determined by your flight. You must contact American Reservations to determine the appropriate kennel size. However, a soft-sided carrier with dimensions of 18” x 11” x 11” (45 cm x 28 cm x 28 cm) is recommended as this will fit on most American aircrafts [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖]. Pets must remain inside the carrier while in the airport boarding area, during boarding, as well as throughout the duration of each flight. For pets traveling with American Cargo, carriers can have any of the following dimensions (as long as pets fit comfortably inside): 27" x 20" x 19" (68 cm x 50 cm x 48 cm); 32" x 22" x 23" (81 cm x 55 cm x 58 cm); 36" x 24" x 26" (91 cm x 61 cm x 66 cm); 40" x 27" x 30" (101 cm x 68 cm x 76 cm); and 48" x 32" x 35" (122 cm x 81 cm x 89 cm). Kennels must be rigid with a solid top, have proper ventilation on at least 3 sides domestically or 4 on international flights, have a solid door, and nuts and bolts securing loose parts. The kennel should be large enough for animals to stand, turn around, and lie down comfortably [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖]. Carriers must include food and water dishes clipped securely inside and absorbent material on the bottom.
Other Restrictions
American does not accept brachycephalic breeds, [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖] including American Bulldog, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Brussels Griffin, Bulldog, Chinese Pug, Chow Chow, Dutch Pug, English Bulldog, English Toy Spaniel, French Bulldog, Lhasa Apso, Japanese Boxer, Japanese Pug, Japanese Spaniel (Chin), Mastiff (all breeds), Pekinese, Pit Bull, Pug, Shar Pei, Shih Tzu, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Tibetan Spaniel; and cats, such as Burmese, Exotic, Himalayan, and Persian [+𝟏.𝟖𝟓𝟓(𝟕𝟑𝟖)𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟖].
