American Airlines Adds Flights to World Cup 2026 Host Cities

Updated: December 4, 2025, 2:03pm CST

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AA Adds More World Cup Flights
Use Miles for Match Tickets
Final Thoughts

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is bringing the largest sporting event in the world back to North America for the first time in more than 30 years. To help fans get to matches, American Airlines has added flights and increased capacity to host cities.

As the official North American airline supplier of FIFA World Cup 2026, AA will also feature special decals on its domestic fleet and offer exclusive access to miles redemptions for match tickets.

Let’s take a look at the details.

AA Adds More World Cup Flights

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11, 2026, and American Airlines can bring fans to any of the 16 host cities across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

American has announced that it will add 27,000 seats, including more flights and higher-capacity aircraft, to meet demand for most of the matches.

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In addition to increased flights between Boston (BOS), Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), and Seattle (SEA), AA will add limited-time, nonstop service between Atlanta (ATL) and Kansas City (MCI) during the quarterfinal round.

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Route	Dates	Additional Flying
Atlanta (ATL) to Kansas City (MCI)	July 8 to July 13	New nonstop flights
Atlanta (ATL) to Miami (MIA)	June 16 to July 17	More flights and higher-capacity aircraft
Atlanta (ATL) to New York (LGA)	July 16 to July 17	More flights and higher-capacity aircraft
Atlanta (ATL) to Philadelphia (PHL)	June 20 to June 21	More flights and higher-capacity aircraft
Boston (BOS) to Dallas (DFW)	June 18 to July 11	More flights and higher-capacity aircraft
Dallas (DFW) to San Jose (SJC)	June 17 to June 27	More flights
Kansas City (MCI) to Philadelphia (PHL)	June 15 to June 22	Higher-capacity aircraft
Los Angeles (LAX) to Seattle (SEA)	June 13 to July 8	Higher-capacity aircraft
Los Angeles (LAX) to Vancouver (YVR)	June 16 to June 26	More flights
New York (LGA) to Kansas City (MCI)	June 21 to June 22	New nonstop flights
Miami (MIA) to Toronto (YYZ)	June 28 to June 29	Higher-capacity aircraft
Philadelphia (PHL) to Toronto (YYZ)	June 15 to June 30	Higher-capacity aircraft

Flights are now on sale at aa.com/en-us/fwc26 or via American’s mobile app.

Use Miles for Match Tickets

American Airlines saw big success with its first round of World Cup ticket redemptions using AAdvantage miles and is planning another opportunity to snag exclusive access.

AAdvantage members will have early access to redeem miles for match tickets based on their elite status level:

December 17: AAdvantage Executive Platinum status and ConciergeKey members
December 18: AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, and AAdvantage Platinum Pro status members
December 19: All AAdvantage members

Members can secure their tickets on the American Airlines V a cation website.

Hot Tip:

American Airlines elite status can be extremely valuable even if you aren’t using it to score World Cup tickets!

Final Thoughts

Whether you have tickets for the first or the final match, American Airlines will have more and bigger planes flying to host cities to make sure you can watch the action in person. And you can even use your hard-earned AAdvantage miles to pay for match tickets, if you want.

If you have elite status, set a reminder, as early access for tickets starts on December 17.