Originally Posted by
teamflyer
If we can add a T when traveling from other airlines to AA/AE, is there a way to carry our tickets through? Like if we have checked bags, can those bags connect from other airlines to American without having to recheck those bags?
I've never tried, simply because I find it much better to have flexibility with carry on only. That said, you may have luck at places like NRT that are efficient at grabbing bags and retagging them via the transfer counter. Other folks might have experience with this.