American Airlines Teams With MasterCard in AA.com 'Fly Away Get Away' Sweepstakes

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As Americans swing into baseball season, American Airlines is giving one lucky traveler the chance to see his or her favorite baseball team in action around the country. Through June 15, 2007, customers who purchase an airline ticket at AA.com with their MasterCard(R) are automatically entered to win the Ultimate Baseball Fan's prize package in the AA.com "Fly Away Get Away" sweepstakes. Additionally, customers can enter without purchase by registering at http://www.aa.com/promo and/or by forwarding the sweepstakes information to up to four other people.

Customers are eligible for three sweepstake entries per person, and there is no purchase necessary to win. The grand prize includes:

     * A $15,000 MasterCard gift card which can be used towards baseball
       tickets, hotel stays and more

     * $10,000 in American Airlines gift cards for the winner and a guest to
       travel from their hometown to cities such as San Francisco, Boston, New
       York and Chicago

     * A Premium baseball gift bag, courtesy of MasterCard

"American Airlines has made summer travel planning easier than ever," said Rob Friedman, American's Director of Interactive Marketing. "With our new AAdvantage Award booking tool and new Spanish language reservations booking path, more customers than ever are using AA.com. The 'Fly Away Get Away' sweepstakes will reward one of those lucky travelers with the ultimate all- American summer travel experience."

American is a founding member of the global oneworld(R) Alliance. For complete sweepstakes rules and to register without purchase, visit http://www.aa.com/promo .

About AA.com

The American Airlines Web site, http://www.aa.com , is the best place to do business online with American. AA.com provides numerous ways to conveniently search for and book low fares and award travel, select seats, make hotel, rental car and cruise reservations, get flight arrival/departure information, sign up for flight status notification, and even check in and print boarding passes. Customers who purchase tickets on AA.com earn AAdvantage bonus miles with each ticket purchased, get a lowest-fare guarantee (see http://www.aa.com/guarantee ), and don't pay an online booking fee. Additionally, customers who log in with an AAdvantage number and password can manage their AAdvantage account online and also receive personalized news and specials. AA.com twice has received the World Travel Award for World's Leading Airline Internet Site and has also received multiple Web site awards from various organizations.

About American Airlines

American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve more than 600 destinations in over 135 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR). AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and We know why you fly are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.

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