American Airlines, GOL Announce Codeshare Agreement

American Airlines, GOL Announce Codeshare Agreement

American Airlines has launched codesharing on flights operated by GOL Airlines between Sao Paulo and Salvador, Belem, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre and Recife, as well as between Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre.

The codeshare agreement between American and GOL offers customers more convenient travel when flying to and from points in Brazil not served by American. With its service to five major Brazilian cities from the United States, combined with GOL’s flights to 51 destinations in Brazil, American offers a level of accessibility between the U.S. and Brazil unequalled by any other airline.

Members of American’s AAdvantage program will continue to earn AAdvantage miles on GOL flights as well as on these new American codeshare flights operated by GOL. Members are also able to redeem miles for travel on GOL flights.

The new agreement also expands the opportunities for AAdvantage members to earn miles, points and segments that count toward qualification for elite status membership when traveling on the American codeshare flight (booked using the AA flight number) to the additional destinations flown on GOL.

With the codeshare agreement in effect, customers transferring from GOL to an American Airlines flight leaving Brazil will be able to check their luggage through to their final American Airlines destination when they check in for their GOL flight.

Similarly, customers traveling to Brazil on American and transferring to a GOL flight within Brazil, or elsewhere in South America, can purchase a single ticket for their journey, rather than multiple tickets, and check their luggage to their final destination. As always, customers will still have to clear U.S. and Brazilian customs upon arrival.