What is the American Airlines upgrade cost?

Making a flight reservation with American Airlines is always a beneficial option as you can receive multiple services such as earning miles while traveling, free lounge access for premium bookings, representatives to resolve queries, etc. After making the reservation, if you cannot travel in the selected class, you can upgrade your bookings to a higher class. The American Airlines upgrade cost that you have to pay will varies as per the class and route of your flight, but still, you have to pay 75 USD to 100 USD or 15000 to 15500 miles. If you want more details on the American Airlines upgrade, read below.

American Airlines class upgrade policies are mentioned below.

There are multiple policies of upgrade given by American Airlines through which you will receive details about whether the charges are applicable for the upgrade or can do it without paying charges. To know about American Airlines's class upgrade policies, read below.

• You can upgrade the class without paying charges if you upgrade within 24 hours of reservation, but after that free upgradation period, you need to pay the cost.
• If you are upgrading the class due to any medical issues, you must show genuine documents of your health, and you will not need to pay the class upgradation fee.
• You can only upgrade the seat if any seat is vacant, and if no seats are available in the higher class, then you can not upgrade the seat.
• After upgrading the seat, the upgraded seat rules will apply to you, such as baggage allowance.

Ways to upgrade the seat on American Airlines are given below.

Different options are available to upgrade the class, and know about these ways; you have to read below.

Use the official website: You can use the official website of American Airlines to upgrade your bookings to a higher class, and this is the best option as you can upgrade the class through some easy steps. To know about the American Airlines class upgrade process, read below.

• Reach on the American Airlines website.
• Locate the manage booking section and provide your last name with the reference number
• Following this, you have to choose the upgrade class option and then choose the new travel class
• Further, you have to save the changes and then navigate the payment section
• Last pay the cost comes on screen, and you will get an email of upgradation

Connect with a representative: You can also request the seat upgrade by connecting with the representatives, as the representative have complete information about vacant seats. For this, dial the American Airlines customer service phone number 800-433-7300 / 1802-304-5759 and choose the comfortable connecting language. After this, listen to the instructions of IVR, which are given below.

• Press 2 for new reservations or upgrade your bookings
• Press 5 to learn about cancellation or refund policies
• Press 7 to add the pet assistance
• Press 9 queries about damaged baggage claim
• Press # to communicate with the representatives

You have to choose the option relevant to your query, and the best time to communicate is 06 AM to 09 AM; in these, you do not have to face any call hold barrier.

Through the above information, you can upgrade your American Airlines ticket. If you are at the airport, you can also reach the American Airlines counter to upgrade the bookings.