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HackUTD Challenge

Thousands of people fly American each and every day. This awesome responsibility opens the door to incredible opportunities. Help us elevate the customer travel experience, boost operational efficiences and employee performance (baggage handling, gate agents, etc.), or enhance American's brand image with your innovative hacks!

General Rules

Attendees and hacks must adhere to all event rules and policies. We reserve the right to perform a technical inspection for any hack.

Judging Criteria

  • Likelihood of your app improving customer experience, boosting operational efficiences and employee performance, or enhancing brand image
  • Look and Feel
  • Functionality
  • API Utilization (use our Flight Engine or some other source of data)

Prizes

Each team member (max 4 members) from the top three teams will receive prizes according to the following:

  • 1st Place - 50,000 AAdvantage Miles1
  • 2nd Place - 35,000 AAdvantage Miles1
  • 3rd Place - 25,000 AAdvantage Miles1

To see where your miles can take you, visit the Flight Award Chart

1 Nominal service fee for booking travel is not included. Miles must be redeemed in the MileSAAver category of service to obtain tickets to the regions mentioned above.


So you think you can fly?

Want to have some fun while getting a chance to win some awesome prizes? Check out our paper airplane contest: So you think you can fly?

  • First Place: $75 Amazon Gift Card
  • Second Place: $50 Amazon Gift Card
  • Third Place: $25 Amazon Gift Card
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