Monday July 1, 10:56 am Eastern Time American Air Changes Travel Agent Commission Policy FORT WORTH , Texas -(Dow Jones)- Effective Oct. 1 , American Airlines will no longer pay a base commission for tickets issued by travel agents located outside of the U.S. (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada , for flights on itineraries originating within the territory of the U.S. (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada . In a news release, the air carrier said this is an expansion of the policy change implemented March 18 whereby the company no longer pays a base commission to travel agents within the U.S. (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada . The change applies to all tickets, miscellaneous charges orders, prepaid ticket advices and bookings made via the Internet for travel originating within the U.S. and Canada . American Airlines is an AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR - News) company. Company Web Site: http://www.amrcorp.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup