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Travel Guide 2016
As an employee or retiree of American Airlines,
Envoy, Piedmont or PSA, you are eligible for travel
and the extent of these privileges is based on your
employment status (e.g., employee, retiree, etc.).
We also extend travel privileges to certain former
employees of certain subsidiaries and companies
that have been directly affiliated with the company.
These privileges may differ from those extended to
employees or retirees of the company.
You may also identify a spouse, domestic partner
or registered companion, and your eligible children
and parents — all of whom may enjoy your travel
privileges. Find out more below.
Eligible travelers
Eligible travelers include employees, retirees,
spouses, domestic partners (DPs) or registered
companions (RCs) and qualified children.
Employee
You qualify as an employee if you are currently on
the company’s payroll, or on a leave of absence.
Retiree status
To qualify as a retiree and receive lifetime travel
privileges pursuant to company policy, as amended
from time to time, you must have retired under
a previous retirement plan or meet the 65 Point
Plan criteria. You are eligible for the 65 Point Plan
retirement if:
• Your years of service plus age are equal to at
least 65,
• You have at least 10 years with the company,
• You leave the company in good standing and
• You give appropriate notice to your department.
Spouse
A qualifying spouse is defined as a person who is
currently and legally married to the employee,
retiree or former employee with travel privileges.
Domestic partner (DP)
If you are not married, you may designate a
same or opposite gender domestic partner for
the purpose of employee travel privileges. To be
eligible, your domestic partner must meet the
applicable legal definition of a domestic partner,
or you must be living in a committed relationship,
meet certain requirements and provide the proper
documentation as requested by the company, as
detailed in the registration section of this Guide.
Domestic partners are considered equivalent to a
spouse for travel on other airlines. However, their
space-available travel on American Airlines and
American Eagle is subject to imputed income. For
more information regarding taxable income, please
refer to the Taxable travel/Imputed income section.
Surviving spouse/Domestic partner (DP)
In the event of the death of a retiree or an
employee who has met the eligibility requirements
of the 65 Point Plan, the company will extend
retiree travel privileges to the employee’s spouse
or company-recognized DP. These privileges are
currently valid for the lifetime of the spouse or
DP until he/she remarries or becomes involved
in another domestic partner relationship. The
privilege includes unlimited space-available travel
for the surviving spouse/DP, qualified children,
parents or parent in-laws; privileges include
vacation passes, as well as eight guest passes to be
shared among registered guest travelers. Travel on
other airlines is not included.
Registered companion (RC)
If you are neither married nor have a domestic
partner, you may elect to enroll a registered
companion (RC) on your travel profile. Space-
available travel by your RC on American and
American Eagle flights is subject to imputed income.
For more information regarding taxable income,
please refer to the Taxable travel/Imputed income
section. Note that non-rev travel on other airlines
for a RC is limited to members of our
oneworld alliance.
Qualified children
The following qualified children may be added
to your travel profile and are eligible for travel:
your natural-born or adopted child, stepchild or
exchange student*, foster child or court-appointed
ward currently placed in your home for which you,
jointly or individually, are the legal guardian or legal
custodian. The same qualifications apply to your
domestic partner’s child(ren).
These children mentioned above generally fall into
three (3) different classifications:
• Dependent Child – child, up to 19th birthday
• Dependent Student – student child, age 19 up to
23rd birthday
• Nondependent Child – nonstudent child age 19
up to 23rd birthday and all 23-year-old children
regardless of student status
Eligibility