Summary
Just in time for the holiday travel season, we are making two changes to our employee travel policy that will make it easier and more comfortable for our people to enjoy their travel privileges.
Relaxed Dress Code
Effective today, we are adopting a more casual dress code for non-revenue travel that will allow people to wear neat, clean jeans and athletic shoes in First Class, and shorts in the main cabin.
Non-student Travel
Employees’ children will qualify for travel privileges up to their 24th birthday – one year longer than our current policy – and eligible children have travel privileges whether or not they are full-time students. We’re still completing the technical work necessary to make this change and will share the effective date soon.
Relaxed Employee Travel Dress Code
- What to wear:
- Clothing that is clean and neat
- Clean, neat jeans and athletic shoes are acceptable in any class of service
- Shorts are acceptable in main cabin
- What not to wear:
- Torn, dirty, or frayed clothing
- Clothing that is distracting or offensive to others, such as clothing that is revealing (extreme mini-skirts, halter and bra-tops, sheer or see-through clothing), underwear, swimwear, or sleepwear
- Clothing that is vulgar or violates community standards of decency, including items that have words, terms, or pictures that may be offensive to customers and other team members
- Bare feet
- To ensure an outstanding travel experience for our premium customers, we request team members and guests avoid wearing the following in First and Business Class:
- Any item in the “What not to wear” list
- Shorts
- Beach footwear (such as flip-flops and Croc-style shoes)
- Jogging suits, athletic gear, baseball-style caps (of course, it is acceptable to change into a jogging suit or similar attire during long-haul international flights)
- When traveling to represent American or American Eagle, you should always wear business or business casual clothing.
Non-Student Travel
- We are pleased to now allow the same personal travel privileges for adult children age 19-23, regardless of student status.
- This policy change will extend D2 child travel privileges by one year to the 24th birthday (currently ends on 23rd birthday).
- In general, taxes are payable on the value of travel for children who do not meet the IRS definition of dependent (generally, non-students) and all travelers older than 23.Therefore, imputed income will apply to the value of travel used by non-students and all travelers older than 23, to comply with IRS regulations. The “Imputed income” will be included on employees’ paychecks to ensure that taxes are withheld appropriately. Detailed information will be available during the registration process.
- With this change, American now provides equal status to employees’ adult children serving in the military or the Peace Corps as those who are full-time students.
- Within the next few weeks, we’ll share more information on the timing for this change, the requirements and process to register non-student adult children, and more information on how to calculate imputed income.