Does American Airlines Gold Status get you lounge access?

Complimentary access Additionally, American AAdvantage members with Platinum status or higher and Alaska Mileage Plan members with MVP Gold status or higher can access Admirals Club lounges (with one guest) when traveling in any cabin on a qualifying international flight with American Airlines or a Oneworld partner.



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Relax before the runway You can access the Admirals Club® lounge based on membership, class of service or AAdvantage® status.

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Use your benefits around the world with oneworld ® Ruby SM status. Your AAdvantage Gold ® benefits entitle you to oneworld ® Ruby SM status. When you travel on oneworld ® airlines, you'll receive priority check-in, standby and preferred seating privileges.

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Leverage elite status AAdvantage Platinum, Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum elite members get to select Main Cabin Extra seats for free at any time. However, AAdvantage Gold elites need to wait until 24 hours prior to departure before getting complimentary access.

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Group 4 is considered priority boarding on American Airlines. Eligible passengers include elite flyers holder AA Gold or Oneworld Ruby status, as well as AirPass travelers, premium economy ticket holders, travelers who bought priority boarding and eligible corporate travelers.

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You have to earn at least 40,000 Loyalty Points to qualify for AAdvantage Gold.

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Yes. As an AAdvantage Executive Platinum® member, even if you have not re-qualified, you can buy a lower status level. Please log in to see your offer/s.

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Unlike Delta and United which offer multiple credit card options for access to their lounges, American Airlines offers only one — the AAdvantage Executive World Elite card.

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AAdvantage Platinum ? status gives you priority over AAdvantage Gold ? members for upgrades to the premium cabin where more room, dining options and other comforts come standard.

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As we mentioned, the easiest way to get priority boarding with American Airlines is to fly in a premium cabin. First class passengers board in Group 1; business class passengers board in Groups 1 and 2; and premium economy passengers board in Group 4.

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A couple airlines make it really easy to achieve, too. Aegean: Aegean offers the easiest track to Star Alliance Gold. If you're able to fly six segments with them, you only need to collect a total of 36,000 flown miles in a year for Star Alliance Gold status.

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For most people, it probably won't be worth going very far out of your way to chase airline elite status. You can easily replicate many of the perks that a low- or even mid-tier elite traveler would enjoy by holding the right credit cards and buying the occasional upgrade to first class.

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As an AAdvantage member, you must have some mileage earning or redeeming activity once every 24 months or have an open AAdvantage credit card account to retain your miles. If not, your AAdvantage miles will expire unless you pay a fee to reactivate them.

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Oneworld status: As an AAdvantage Gold member, you receive Oneworld Ruby status, which gets you access to business-class priority check-in lanes, preferred seating and priority on wait lists and standby lists. Priority boarding: Board an American Airlines aircraft in Group 4.

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1st checked bag is complimentary for: Eligible AAdvantage® Aviator® and Citi® / AAdvantage® cardmembers (on domestic American Airlines operated itineraries) AAdvantage Gold.

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Check-in times To check bags or check in at the airport, you must be there a certain amount of time before scheduled departure: Within the U.S. – 45 minutes. To or from destinations outside the U.S. – 60 minutes.

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