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HackTX 2018

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HackTX 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 HackTX rules and policies. We reserve the right to perform a technical inspection for any hack.

Judging Criteria

  • 25% - Likelihood of your app improving customer experience, boosting operational efficiences and employee performance, or enhancing brand image
  • 25% - Look and Feel
  • 25% - Functionality
  • 25% - API Utilization (use our Mock Engine or some other source or data)

Prizes

Each team member from the top three teams will receive prizes according to the following:

  • 1st Place - Miles for (2) round trip economy airfare tickets to any European city where American flies OR (1) round trip economy ticket to any Asia/Australia/New Zealand city where American flies (100,000 AAdvantage Miles)1
  • 2nd Place - Miles for (1) round trip economy airfare tickets to any European city where American flies OR (2) round trip economy tickets to any domestic city where American flies, including Hawaii and Alaska (50,000 AAdvantage Miles)1
  • 3rd Place - Miles for (1) round trip economy ticket to any domestic city where American flies, including Hawaii and Alaska (25,000 AAdvantage Miles)1

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.


HackWars Invitation

One lucky team will be invited to participate in Hack Wars VI, an American Airlines internal hackathon in Dallas, Texas in Spring 2019 with approximately 1,000 AA participants and 50 top-tier sponsors. Invitees will be partnered with AA employees in teams of 10 with the potential to win incredible prizes based on hack idea, technical complexity, and sponsor API utilization. Free flights and accommodation for the event accompany an invitation.

So you think you can fly?

Want to have some fun while getting a chance to win a Star Wars X Wing Drone or Amazon Gift Card? Check out our paper airplane contest: So you think you can fly?

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