AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
485APOS, 2000-06-30
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2000
                                                     933 Act File No. 33-11387
                                                     940 Act File No. 811-4984

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-1A

      REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933         [ X ]
            Pre-Effective Amendment No.
                                           --------                   [   ]
            Post-Effective Amendment No.     31
                                           ------                     [ X ]

                                     and/or

      REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
            Amendment No.                    32
                                          ------
                        (Check appropriate box or boxes.)

                            AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                           4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76155
               (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
       Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (817) 967-3509

                           WILLIAM F. QUINN, PRESIDENT
                           4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76155
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                    Copy to:
                              ROBERT J. ZUTZ, ESQ.
                           Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
                          1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
                              Washington, DC 20036

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

     [   ]  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
     [ X ]  on July 7, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
     [   ]  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
     [   ]  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
     [   ]  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
     [   ]  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
     [ X ]  This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for
            a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Registrant  has  adopted a  master-feeder  operating  structure  for each of its
series.  This  Post-Effective  Amendment  includes  signature  pages for the AMR
Investment  Services Trust and the Quantitative  Master Series Trust, the master
trusts, and the American AAdvantage Funds, the feeder trust.


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                            AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
                       CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This registration statement is comprised of the following:

            Cover Sheet

            Contents of Registration Statement

            Signature Pages






The sole  purpose of this  filing is to delay the  effectiveness  of the Trust's
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 30 to its  Registration  Statement  until July 7,
2000.


<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,  the  Registrant  certifies
that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to its
Registration  Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 31 to its  Registration
Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly  authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on June 30,
2000. No other material event requiring disclosure has occurred since the latest
of the three dates specified in Rule 485(b)(2).

                                    AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS

                                    By: /s/ William F. Quinn
                                        --------------------------------
                                            William F. Quinn
                                            President

Attest:

/s/ Barry Y. Greenberg
---------------------------
Barry Y. Greenberg
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 31 to the  Registration  Statement has been
signed  below  by the  following  persons  in the  capacities  and on the  dates
indicated.

Signature                           Title                   Date
---------                           -----                   ----

/s/ William F. Quinn                President and         June 30, 2000
--------------------------------    Trustee
William F. Quinn

Alan D. Feld*                       Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Alan D. Feld

Ben J. Fortson*                     Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Ben J. Fortson

John S. Justin*                     Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
John S. Justin

Stephen D. O'Sullivan*              Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Stephen D. O'Sullivan

Roger T. Staubach*                  Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Roger T. Staubach

Dr. Kneeland Youngblood *           Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Dr. Kneeland Youngblood

*By   /s/ William F. Quinn
      ------------------------------------
      William F. Quinn, Attorney-In-Fact


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,  AMR  Investment  Services
Trust certifies that it meets all of the requirements for  effectiveness of this
amendment  to its  Registration  Statement  pursuant  to Rule  485(b)  under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 31
to the Registration  Statement on Form N-1A for the American AAdvantage Funds as
it relates to AMR  Investment  Services  Trust to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State
of Texas,  on June 30, 2000. No other  material event  requiring  disclosure has
occurred since the latest of the three dates specified in Rule 485(b)(2).

                                    AMR INVESTMENT SERVICES TRUST

                                    By: /s/ William F. Quinn
                                        --------------------------------
                                            William F. Quinn
                                            President

Attest:

/s/ Barry Y. Greenberg
---------------------------
Barry Y. Greenberg
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 31 to the  Registration  Statement  for the
American AAdvantage Funds as it relates to the AMR Investment Services Trust has
been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities  and on the dates
indicated.

Signature                           Title                   Date
---------                           -----                   ----

/s/ William F. Quinn                President and         June 30, 2000
--------------------------------    Trustee
William F. Quinn

Alan D. Feld*                       Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Alan D. Feld

Ben J. Fortson*                     Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Ben J. Fortson

John S. Justin*                     Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
John S. Justin

Stephen D. O'Sullivan*              Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Stephen D. O'Sullivan

Roger T. Staubach*                  Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Roger T. Staubach

Dr. Kneeland Youngblood *           Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Dr. Kneeland Youngblood

*By   /s/ William F. Quinn
      ------------------------------------
      William F. Quinn, Attorney-In-Fact


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,  Quantitative  Master Series
Trust certifies that it meets all of the requirements for  effectiveness of this
amendment  to its  Registration  Statement  pursuant  to Rule  485(b)  under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 31
to the Registration  Statement on Form N-1A for the American AAdvantage Funds as
it relates to the Quantitative Master Series Trust to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the Township of Plainsboro and
the State of New Jersey,  on June 30, 2000. No other  material  event  requiring
disclosure  has occurred  since the latest of the three dates  specified in Rule
485(b)(2).

                              QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES TRUST



                              By: /s/ Terry K. Glenn
                                  --------------------------------------
                                    Terry K. Glenn
                                    President

      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
for the  American  AAdvantage  Funds as it  relates to the  Quantitative  Master
Series Trust has been signed below by the  following  persons in the  capacities
and on the dates indicated.

Signature                           Title                   Date
---------                           -----                   ----

/s/ Terry K. Glenn                  Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Terry K. Glenn

Jack B. Sunderland*                 Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Jack B. Sunderland

Stephen B. Swensrud*                Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
Stephen B. Swensrud

J. Thomas Touchton*                 Trustee               June 30, 2000
--------------------------------
J. Thomas Touchton

*By   /s/ Terry K. Glenn
      ------------------------
      Terry K. Glenn, Attorney-in-Fact




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