Overview

• American Airlines confirmed it is relocating the metal bag sizers from boarding gates to check-in areas as part of its ongoing boarding-process changes begun in 2024.
• Carry-on rules remain the same, allowing one personal item up to 18 x 14 x 8 inches and one carry-on up to 22 x 14 x 9 inches.
• An internal memo instructs staff to use judgment and err on the side of the customer, with uncertain items to be checked and clearly oversized bags to be forcibly checked, as reported by the Mirror.
• The airline says staff will continue to monitor bags in the lobby and at the gate, and oversized items must still be checked ahead of departure.
• Frequent flyers offered mixed reactions, with some warning of more subjective enforcement and others welcoming the removal of gate sizers, while the top oversized-bag fee remains $200.