Customer Assistance Representative Part Time

American Airlines; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

American Airlines in San Diego is seeking a Customer Assistance Representative to greet travelers, assist with self-service kiosks, verify travel documents, and help manage baggage and queue lines. You will support passengers at the ticket counter and gates, ensuring safety and compliance with DOT, FAA, and TSA rules.

The role requires strong English skills and a customer-focused approach, with potential for overtime, weekends, and holidays. Training will be provided, and a valid U.S.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED or international equivalent.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Read, write, fluently speak and understand the English language.
• Bilingual language skills may be required in some locations.
• Applicable valid driver's license as required by local authorities.
• Completion of a pre-employment drug screen, comprehensive background check and/or fingerprinting to satisfy company and security requirements.
• Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA), if applicable.
• Must be able to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges, if applicable.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Greeting customers when they enter the airport or arrive in the ticket area.
• Monitor the ticket counter area to ensure it is in compliance with safety policies and procedures.
• Assisting customers with self-service kiosk check-in and kiosk baggage processing.
• Servicing and maintaining kiosk machines.
• Troubleshooting kiosk technology issues to identify the source of issues or errors.
• Communicating with IT about kiosk technology issues that require additional servicing.
• Verifying that customers’ carry-on baggage complies with FAA/American Airlines polices.
• Verifying and clearing travel documents for customers traveling internationally.
• Assisting customers with checked baggage processing.
• Queuing lines in ticket counter areas based on departure times or type of assistance needed.
• Accepting and activating customers’ self-tagged baggage at the activation station.
• Physically moving baggage throughout the ticket counter area.
• Assisting customers with checking their assistive devices, sporting equipment, and other oversized items.
• Refer customers to customer service agents when appropriate.
• Performing clearance and verification of documents at kiosks.
• Assisting with the physical movement of non-ambulatory customers as they board, deplane, or otherwise move throughout the gate and larger terminal area.
• Assisting unaccompanied minors with boarding, deplaning, or other transportation.
• Providing customers with gate information and directions.
• Performing paging activities at some airports.
• Possibly performing additional related duties as deemed operationally necessary by management.
• Reporting to position on time, including mandatory overtime requirements, varying shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• Adhere to government regulations (e.g., DOT, FAA, TSA) and company policies.
• Wear uniforms as required by company policy.
• Provide quality customer service in a professional manner in accordance with American's guidelines.
• Use multiple internal resources/systems, including during customer interactions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualifying individuals with disabilities.

Skills

English fluency

Bilingual (where applicable)

Customer service orientation

Communication skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Sabre / Passenger Service System

Airport kiosk systems

Job description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

The Customer Assistance Representative interacts with customers in a courteous, efficient, friendly and professional manner. Starting pay is $17.25 per hour.

What You'll Do

These are the essential functions of the job

This list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed when operationally necessary, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Greeting customers when they enter the airport or arrive in the ticket area
• Monitor the ticket counter area to ensure it is in compliance with safety policies and procedures
• Assisting customers with self-service kiosk check-in and kiosk baggage processing (e.g., printing boarding passes and receipts)
• Servicing and maintaining kiosk machines (e.g., load paper, clean surfaces)
• Troubleshooting kiosk technology issues to identify the source of issues or errors
• Communicating with IT about kiosk technology issues that require additional servicing
• Verifying that customers’ carry-on baggage complies with FAA/American Airlines polices (e.g., size, quantity)
• Verifying and clearing travel documents (e.g., passports, visas) for customers traveling internationally (e.g., using the Timatic database available in the kiosk)
• Assisting customers with checked baggage processing (e.g., completing credit card transaction, self-tagging, verifying weight)
• Queuing lines in ticket counter areas based on departure times or type of assistance needed (e.g., special assistance, to reduce volume of lines or wait time)
• Accepting and activating customers’ self-tagged baggage at the activation station
• Physically moving baggage throughout the ticket counter area (e.g., move checked baggage to belt, move oversized bags to designated oversized baggage location)
• Assisting customers with checking their assistive devices, sporting equipment, and other oversized items (e.g., verify adherence to appropriate policies)
• Refer customers to customer service agents when appropriate
• Performing clearance and verification of documents at kiosks
• Assisting with the physical movement of non-ambulatory customers as they board, deplane, or otherwise move throughout the gate and larger terminal area
• Assisting unaccompanied minors with boarding, deplaning, or other transportation
• Providing customers with gate information and directions
• Performing paging activities (e.g., to announce forgotten items, to ask customers to return to locked bags) (at some airports)
• Possibly performing additional related duties as deemed operationally necessary by management consistent with the collective bargaining agreement
• Reporting to position on time, as scheduled, and at your assigned station or location, including mandatory overtime requirements, varying shifts, weekends, and holidays Complete job-relevant trainings
• Adhere to government regulations (e.g., DOT, FAA, TSA)
• Adhere to company policies, procedures, and performance standards
• Wear uniforms as required by company policy
• Provide quality customer service in a professional manner in accordance with American's guidelines
• Use multiple internal resources/systems, including during customer interactions
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualifying individuals with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• High School diploma or GED or international equivalent
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Read, write, fluently speak and understand the English language.
• Bilingual language skills may be required in some locations
• Applicable valid driver's license as required by local authorities
• Completion of a pre-employment drug screen, comprehensive background check and/or fingerprinting to satisfy company and security requirements
• Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA), if applicable
• Must be able to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges, if applicable
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Working knowledge of Sabre or any other Passenger Service System
• Previous face to face Customer Service experience
• Working in a fast pace environment