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American Airlines just published its latest (and last) set of destinations for its popular Reduced Mileage Awards (RMA) promotion. If you're unfamiliar, AA Reduced Mileage Awards provide a mileage discount for most co-brand cardholders. Depending on which card you have and the distance of your trip, you’ll save anywhere from 1,000 to 7,500 miles off of a round-trip award ticket.
Unfortunately, the latest Reduced Mileage Awards are the final ones. American Airlines has decided to discontinue these in favor of Web Specials — which also offer a discount on American Airlines award flights:
What are Reduced Mileage Awards?
American Airlines Reduced Mileage Awards are discounted award tickets to and from select cities for American Airlines co-branded credit cardholders. The list of eligible airports depends on the month, and the number of miles you save depends on the flight distance and which AAdvantage® credit card you hold.
- Nonstop flights under 500 miles are discounted either 1,000 or 500 miles each way.
- All other domestic flights are discounted either 3,750 or 2,500 miles each way.
You can take advantage of the promotion if either your destination or origin airport is on AA's Reduced Mileage Award list for the month you're traveling. It's also worth emphasizing that you can use this promotion for both round-trip and one-way award flights.
A 7,500-mile discount may not sound incredible. However, if you value American miles at 1.5 cents each, the Reduced Mileage Award discount provides a savings of around $113 worth of miles for just one round-trip per passenger. That alone can offset the annual fee on many of the eligible cards. The savings can really add up if you're able to use it a few times a year and/or if you travel with a significant other or family.
Which Cities Are Included on the Reduced Mileage Awards List?
The current list is valid for flights from August 1, 2021 through November 30, 2021. However, you need to book travel by September 30, 2021. On October 1, 2021, American Airlines will discontinue Reduced Mileage Awards entirely.
The latest list of eligible airports covers an impressive 190 unique airports in what happens to be the last Reduced Mileage Award offering from American Airlines. Over 100 airports are available in all four months in this final iteration.
Below we've gathered a few of the highlights for each month, with maps to paint a picture. While travel restrictions still in place, be sure to proceed cautiously when booking flights. But thankfully, American Airlines has eliminated award cancellation fees.
Which Cards Are Eligible for AA Reduced Mileage Awards?
The full list of eligible cards can be found on American Airlines' website—including several cards that are no longer available to new cardholders. Cards that offer the full 7,500-mile discount and are still available to new cardholders include:
- Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®
- Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard®
- Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard®
- AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard®
- AAdvantage® Aviator® World Elite Business Mastercard®
The eligibility rules and booking processes are the same for both Barclays and Citi cards.
With these perks, it's easy to justify the annual fee of $99, waived for first 12 months.
- Free checked bags for you and up to 4 companions on domestic itineraries
- Priority boarding to help you win the race for overhead bin space
- A 25% discount on inflight food, beverage, and Wi-Fi purchases
- Earn 2X miles for every $1 spent at restaurants
- Earn 2X miles for every $1 spent at gas stations
- Earn 2X miles for every $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases
- Earn 1X mile for every $1 spent on all other purchases
Reduced Mileage Awards – Airports for August 2021
August offerings include 142 different airports, many of which are concentrated in the Southeast, that are eligible for AA Reduced Mileage Awards. While the Northwest suffers from underrepresentation, two major cities in Seattle and Vancouver are options.
- Asheville, NC (AVL)
- Houston-Intercontinental, TX (IAH)
- Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN (MSP)
- Seattle, WA (SEA)
- Vancouver, BC (YVR)
Reduced Mileage Awards – Eligible Airports for September 2021
The month of September features 128 of the 190 included Reduced Mileage Award airports. As is usually the case, the eastern half of the country has many more cities made available for these awards. Notable cities include the following:
- Baltimore, MD (BWI)
- Hilton Head Island, SC (HHH)
- Kansas City, MO (MCI)
- Long Beach, CA (LGB)
- Nashville, TN (BNA)
- Raleigh / Durham, NC (RDU)
- St. Louis, MO (STL)
Reduced Mileage Awards – Eligible Airports for October 2021
October includes just 102 airports, the fewest in a single month on the last Reduced Mileage Award list. Despite the decrease in airports offered, many great options exist throughout the U.S. and Canada — including the typically-underserved West Coast!
- Cincinnati, OH / Covington, KY (CVG)
- Montreal, QC (YUL)
- San Francisco, CA (SFO)
- Santa Barbara, CA (SBA)
- Savannah, GA (SAV)
- St. George, UT (SGU)
- Toronto, ON (YYZ)
Reduced Mileage Awards – Eligible Airports for November 2021
Going out with a bang, November includes a whopping 157 airports for Reduced Mileage Awards. If you're lucky enough, you might be able to score some discounted award flights on Thanksgiving travel. Below is a sampling of just some of the available cities:
- Charleston, SC (CHS)
- Denver, CO (DEN)
- Detroit, MI (DTW)
- Key West, FL (EYW)
- Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)
- Newark, NJ (EWR)
- Portland, OR (PDX)
- Tampa, FL (TPA)
How To Book Reduced Mileage Awards
Here's a quick overview:
- Check award availability. You'll need an economy or business-class “MileSAAver award”, so you might want to use ExpertFlyer to identify award space. If you search using American Airlines' website, you're looking for options that cost 12,500 miles in economy (7,500 miles on nonstop route under 500 miles).
- Find the discount code that applies to your American Airlines co-brand card.
- Call American Airlines reservations at 1-800-882-8880 (American Airlines has eliminated fees for booking awards over the phone).
Key Terms
- For the list of cities mentioned above, you must book by September 30, 2021 for travel before November 30, 2021.
- There must be a MileSAAver award available for the flight you wish to book.
- Award travel must originate and terminate in the 48 contiguous United States or Canada.
- Travel can be in Main Cabin or First Class. The discount is the same regardless of your class of service.
- You don't need both your origin and destination to be on the list; either city will make your trip eligible.
- One-way awards can be booked for half the discount of a round trip.
Pro Tip: British Airways Avios can also be redeemed for travel on American Airlines. If your itinerary is a nonstop flight, it may cheaper to book with Avios. British Airways used to offer lower fees for canceling or changing awards — though this recently changed when American Airlines eliminated mileage reinstatement and change fees on award bookings.
Final Thoughts
AA Reduced Mileage Awards are another great way to find discounted AAdvantage award tickets for flights on American Airlines. Unfortunately, American Airlines has announced that this will be the last Reduced Mileage Award offering, opting for only Web Specials going forward. So, it's worth checking to see if you can take advantage of the opportunity to book these awards while they last!
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What is the benefit of this vs BA 7500 miles award ticket?
This uses AA miles instead of BA miles. The AA routes that cost 7,500 Avios (booked through BA) need to be very short, direct flights. With AA RMA, you can have multiple stops and/or travel cross country—either of which would make a BA Avios award much more expensive.
On AA website, ATL to ORD is 10k miles, which is listed as web special. Can I still get RMA at 7500?
Generally, an award needs standard saver availability to be booked as a RMA. However, just because there are web-special prices for 10K doesn’t necessarily mean that there isn’t saver award inventory at 12.5k. I would recommend calling AA to see if it can be booked as a RMA.
Nice to see Denver, CO (DEN) make the list of eligible airports for this reduced mileage awards.
Although I’ve never taken advantage of the reduced mileage award I’m still sorry to see it go for future possibilities… Nice they will be offering web specials instead
Just to clarify as long as I’m departing or flying to one of the airports that are listed for the given month I get the discount on my roundtrip mile cost or just one leg of the trip?
You can apply the discount to a one-way or round-trip – as long as you are flying to or from one of the listed airports. I typically book one-ways separately (as it’s easier to cancel the return if my plans change). But you can certainly apply to a round-trip award.
My home airport (MLB) appears in 3/4 of the months, which is great…and this would be a great last-ditch opportunity to squeeze the most value out of my remaining AA miles just before this program sunsets. The hard part is deciding where to go, and what to do when there…lol
Nonstop flights under 500 miles are discounted either 1,000 or 500 miles each way.
All other domestic flights are discounted either 3,750 or 2,500 miles each way.
First class awards TOO?
That’s correct! The same discount applies whether you’re booking economy or first class
I’ve actually used web specials but never used a reduced mileage award yet I still don’t like that they’re moving from published to random awards.
Any news related with South America? Thanks!!!
Hello, I would like to know if the American Airlines Reduced Mileage Awards can become available to fly within the European continent and if so, how often the airline announces the list of eligible airports. Thanks
Thus far, the RMA program has applied only to the U.S./Canada. This benefit is tied to U.S.-issued credit cards, so I don’t expect to see it expanding to intra-Europe travel.
For nonstop flights within Europe, check out British Airways Executive Club (Avios points). Depending on the route, you’ll find some lower mileage requirements than using AA miles.
Got all excited then remembered you need an AA card…
Very good option, I didn’t know about this, but due to covid it’s a risk to exchange miles in case I cannot travel (I’m from Argentina)
This is excellent! I had no idea…. love this post. Thank you!
Interesting list of airports add reduced mileage awards. Any chance they will include DFW (one of the major American hubs)?
Looks good, hopefully they’ll include international flights some time soon
Sirve también para las compañías de la alianza? o solo aplica AA?
I looks to be worthy for those who travel several times a year.
Unfortunately, it is not my case.
And as I understood, it doesn’t apply to international flights.
Great. Hopefully we’ll get to enjoy some international offers soon also.
I can’t wait to travel again, next year it will probably be possible. I hope everything goes back to normal
It’s a nice iniciative! I really miss travelling, hope covid ends soon and I can go back to meet new places and cultures! Looking forward to use it 🙂
It´s a very interesting iniziative!
I hope include something similar for international flights soon
Great offer. Need the Caribbean to be included
Sounds good but wish it was also available for international travel.
Reduced milage awards are a great idea to get people traveling again. I wish they would also have some reduced milage awards for international flights.
My main hope is that for international flights airlines will make Covid vaccines mandatory. If this were the case everyone would start flying internationally immediately. A lot of people are holding back because they don’t want to spend eight hours on a plane with unvaccinated passengers.
What’s better for award to Europe, British Airways or AA?
Also can those be reduced mileage?
For nonstop flights, BA might come out ahead. For connecting itineraries and business class, you’ll probably do better through AA.
Whichever miles/points you use, you want to make sure to fly on AA-operated flights if possible due to BA’s high fuel surcharges: https://awardwallet.com/blog/avoid-paying-high-fuel-surcharges-booking-flights-avios/
Es una buena oportunidad para aprovechar cuando podamos viajar desde Argentina.
Lástima que no aplique para viajes fuera de USA!
Great! I wish they include international flights too!
I remember the days not too long ago when reduced awards to Europe and other continents were common. Bring ’em back, AA!
Great news! It’s great that you can have half the discount in one-way trip too, unfortunatelly this saving is not applicable for flying outside U.S.
Cannot wait to travel again!
Got some miles to spend into the US. Great deal, I’ll look into it !
I’d like to be applied in international fligths too.
However, it’a a great iniciative.
I cant wait for the rebooking of the flights from Montevideo
Good iniziative!
Too bad it’s not also for international flights
Gah, I miss my AA Amex card – there aren’t many (any?) good airline credit cards here in the UK, we miss out on loads of these deals. One day I’ll get around to using my AA miles…
I know exactly how you feel as I am in the same boat, although mine was via an MBNA credit card who later dropped their affiliation.
The global pandemic also not helping in being able to plan trips to spend the miles as pretty much all locations are not allowed from the UK.
At least AA suspended, at least temporarily, the expiry of our AA miles but it looks like the annual fight to keep them alive will be back on us soon.
Adding back Colorado for some summer getaways would be great. Hope to see that
This seems like a good policy, probably just short term though?
Am I able to use this to book a ticket for my SO?
If you’re also flying: yes. If not, it’s hit-or-miss getting an agent to book a RMA flight for another person.
Reduced mileage awards are great, but booking travel right now is difficult due to changing quarantine regulations in many of the places we travel to. I’d love to see an option to buy an “open ticket” with expiring points, or better yet, just to have American Airlines join Delta, United, Alaska, Virgin Atlantic and others and stop expiring points altogether!
It’s a good initiative. I’d like to travel soon if Covid Pandemic allow it
This is a great offer. I am ready for travel!
In covid 19 situation reduced award miles is a way to fulfill the flight.
Hope to continue more and more destination.
I love your Key Terms and ProTips sections. Great way to take advantage of the RMA program before Summer rush.
Discounted travel to Nantucket in June sounds nice.
Excellent info! I cannot wait to get back to travelling!
I love AA and AAdvantage!
Speaking about miles I do believe they have one of the best loyalty systems . Especially when booking it shows cheeper options than what I have ever found with United or Delta
Nice of AA, for those flying during that time. The closest applicable airport for NY Metro denizens is EWR, which is a schlep but at least do-able.
This makes me want to get a cobranded american airlines credit card. Good thing there is a choice also between two banks, citibank and Barclays.
Wish they would do these reduced mileage fares more often and expand more internationally!
I wish American Airlines would bring back a cobranded credit card to the UK
Are these reduced mileage awards available for those who are authorized users on the Citi cards? If so, it gives even more value to those authorized user cards.
Gran noticia para nosotros los viajeros frecuentes
It’s a shame that Banco Santander has decided to end the AA miles program.
I had no idea this program existed! I’m going to check this site before I make travel plans in the future (when we can actually travel…). Glad to see that BTV, Denver, and Austin all make appearances!
Great news! It is a pity that the program has ceased to exist in Argentina. I hope it comes back sometime.
Great perk from a great program, but sadly not available to PDX in March when i want to go…..
So happy that RDU was listed in March. Hope to use depending on COVID shot.
This is one reason to get or to keep the American Airlines Citibank credit card. I wish they had it more often in my neck of the woods.
Spectacular. Too bad that in Argentina the Santander bank ended the alliance with AA. Now there was no way to earn miles with American. I hope that in the future we will be able to earn miles again.
No love for my home airport… AGAIN! 🙁
How does this work when the cities – for example do you have to fly both ways in the same month that the city is reduced? Or if a city is reduced one month and not the next and my trip leaving is in one month and departing in another, than I only get the reduced award for the month the city is listed?
At least one of the cities has to be on the list in the month for each flight. Atlanta (ATL) is on the list for April but not May (and LAX is on neither). So, if you fly ATL-LAX on April 27, you’ll get the (up to) 3,750-mile discount. But, you won’t get a discount if you return on May 1.
Do they run such promotions regularly (non-COVID times)? I’m debating which airline card to start with and this may be a good reason to choose an AA branded one over the alternatives
Sadly this will all go away when the vaccine starts to put a dent in the Covid numbers and people begin flying regularly again.
That’s Interesting! I wish I could have a cobranded credit card to be eligible for these reduced rewarded flights. As of being a non US resident, it is not applicable for me.
Very nice of the AA to do this and save the customers money. Especially when they want to get more flyers.
Unfortunatelly this saving is not applicable for flying outside U.S.
Great article! It’s great that you can have half the discount in one-way trip too..
This is great, but are foreign countries going to be added to this program?
Unfortunately, I don’t see AA extending this program to international flights.
Very good opportunity during the first quarter of next year to save miles and be able to travel between participating cities and airports. It will also be positive to increase the flow of travelers.
No news about AA program in Argentina. No bank agreements in my country
$30 telephone fee NOT charged because you cannot book this online. Did not know that so have never used. SUGGEST you write this upfront on future updates as it is unclear/unknown.
Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, this is a moot point now though, as AA has eliminated the fee for booking awards over the phone: https://awardwallet.com/blog/aadvantage-award-fees-eliminated-miles-expiration-paused/
Flying Philadelphia to Phoenix next May. Do either of those cities ever pop up around then?
Unfortunately not. In my years of tracking this program, I’ve never seen an AA hub listed – and both PHL and PHX are AA hubs.
Some great deals, let’s hope 2021 brings more stability to airline bookings!
Has AA extended the timeframe for the expiration of FF miles? I think it’s normally 18 months with no activity, but wondering if that has been suspended or extended due to COVID-19?
This post may help:
https://awardwallet.com/blog/american-airlines-miles-expire/
nothing for denver…
Denver is on the list now, for April 2021 and May 2021. Also, the article says you can find the discount even the airport at the other end of your flight is on the list, so maybe your other endpoint helps get the discount.
Es muy bueno encontrar canjes de recompensas baratos.
Muchas gracias por la informacion.
Could you inform me if in Argentina AA has an alliance with a credit card? Before it had with Santander but no today.
Unfortunately it looks like the Santander partnership ended in August and there’s currently no credit card: https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/partners/credit-card/aadvantage-credit-cards.jsp?locale=es_AR
Do you know if you are going to add other airports?
Awesome article!. I’m an AAdvantage member, and this kind of news are music form my ears. Thanks @RossDenkin
Great news! Lot of airports included!
Too bad I spent my miles recently lol
Some of the routes looks pretty good. Have found up to 5,000 miles of discount. Thanks
Thanks for the article. I didn’t realize how many airports this applied to. The graphics are helpful to plan the next getaway. Kudos.
Will I be able to travel on B777-300ER domestic short-haul flights with the 7500-mile award?
It’s possible! Although, I’d clarify that it’s 7,500-miles of savings instead of a 7,500-mile award. I listed the domestic 77W routes here: https://twitter.com/JTGenter/status/1311032439049990145. However, since ORD, MIA, DFW, and LAX are never on the RMA list, you’ll need to fly to or from a listed city to get the discount. Or, you might be able to find a connecting flight (e.g. I’ve done TPA-MIA-LAX)
Some nice sun and ski routes for December.
This is great especially I have a route that I can take advantage of reduced mileage.
Always nice to find cheap reward redemptions.
They never seem to do these promo for their hubs like Dallas or Los Angeles. Still I guess if you can go to Burbank instead of LAX, you can take advantage of this promo if you hold their credit card.
In these situations I regret that Santander no longer has AAdvantage. Will you come back one day?
found some options that might work out, thanks for the heads up
actually some routes do look viable, will look into it!
Jackson Hole is a great destination for this promotion indeed.
Such an expensive place to get to with cash, I agree completely.
Just learned about these not long ago after getting my hands on the Platinum Select, super excited about this! Could definitely help offset some costs to places I’ve been looking to visit until international restrictions are lowered.
This is too bad. None of the airports I can use are on the lists for any of the months.
Hi. In Uruguay the flights are suspended until December 2020? I am from Argentina, and we have no news here. The starting date was September; even American Airlines is already selling for October 2020, but as things are, I think the ban will be extended.
Ho Florencia! AA flights in Uruguay are scheduled yo start in November, 2 frequencies per week with B772 instead of the old B763
Great promo. Unfortunately I do not see Canadian cities
Glad to see some cities close to where I live, hope to take advantage of this should travel situations improve.
Thanks, miles about to expire
American is offering reduced awards to LYH? American flies to LYH? I thought that was a General Aviation airport.
Some of the airports that I need to use are included but I need paid flights to re-attain status. I might make executive platinum for next year due to the reduced requirements. Also the flights are very cheap right now. So, although these would benefit me, I will have to pass.
Sorry? It’s only US , if it’s support outside would be better. But i am also lovely AA miles.
Thanks, I just wish they made it easier to book these (not that calling is hard). They already know I have their card so why cant these just show up on the award travel page?
Very good promotions, I would like them to be included in international flights, I travel every year from Uruguay, with the pandemic suspended until December 2020, flights to this country, I hope to find promotions like that on those dates. Thank you
So glad i got the Platimun select card. i just wish the reduced mileage would be good for flights to Toronto (yyz)
Could anyone tell me if overseas airports are normally included in these promos? I appreciate the current worldwide travel situation is delicate which may account for only seeing US domestic airports at this time. I really hope to be able to travel to North America from the UK soon and even better if I can utilise a promo!
Woow, American Airlines continues promoting Mileage Awards. This miles discounted are for people who want to take advantage of the program.
Right now with the COVID-19 issue, very few people are traveling, so take advantage of the one that can …
International travel will take much longer than domestic to get back to where it was.
These are attractive prices, but I think booking for Christmas-time is still a bit iffy.
Do you know if AA is planning to extend the miles expiration date due to covid as many other airlines already announced?
Are Citi cards issued in Argentina eligible for this promo?
Now it is the perfect time to book a flight and save those precious miles we’ve earned!
Nice. With the virus situation getting better, people can actually take advantage of these discounts.
While this promotion seems decent, especially if you’re traveling to smaller cities, its no where close to the old fixed AA award chart. That and the old web-saver specials. 7.5k miles for OW transcon was an amazing deal!
Glad to see Pittsburgh is back on the list!
Didn’t AA announce they would stop serving several small airports in western Colorado? Yet they appear to be having award sales to those destinations.
I have to fly to small regional airports to visit family, and I love that they are almost always included in this promo–saves me a lot of points!
was hoping Las Vegas would be on there!!
Excuse me…Can i use this promo if i buy a ticket to that destinations, but this ticket is to depart from other airports? Example: From BUE to FLL for September? Or just its valid between that airports? Kind Regards
Unfortunately, Reduced Mileage Awards are only available for flights within the US and Canada. As noted in the article: “Award travel must originate and terminate in the 48 contiguous United States or Canada.”
I fully expect once the covid scare dies down then the airlines will be back to playing games making it impossible to really find a good deal
Great info – been flying AA for decades and was never aware of this. One of the key terms is for travel by Sept 30th. Does this mean the return flight of round trip has to be be scheduled / occur prior to this date – or is it good as long as the outbound is before Sept 30th?
Sorry if this is a repeat ? – tried scanning the blog posts – but it’s very long!
It’s a complicated and not very well known promotion! All dates of travel must be before September 30. If you’re flying out before October 1 and back after Oct 1, you can book two one-ways. The outbound would qualify for the discount but the return would be at the normal rate.
Or, if you don’t mind waiting, you can wait until August 1. On that date, AA will release new airports for August, September, October, and November. The gamble is that the airports you need might not be available.
Do we have to call? The last time I looked at the credit card discount, I thought it couldn’t be booked without calling. It is a shame the took away the 10% up to 10K rebate for award bookings, that was the only feature I ever used.
Why do they do these deals from mostly small airports and not major airports?
I have a question. Is this promo available in AA website, to apply to from/to other outside US destinations? Thanks!
Unfortunately, this promo is limited to the US and Canada, and Canada isn’t even reliably included.
For those that still need to travel, reduced mileage certainly makes a difference. Better to use them now than to see them disappear if the airlines look to Chapter 11…
Always a good idea to use your miles when you can! But, many US airlines have gone through Chapter 11 and left mileage accounts alone. Now, US airline mileage programs are worth more than the airline operations. So, airlines are very likely to leave them as is.
It’s great that some of these deals are out into September. Nice perk. Hopefully people will feel safer to fly by then and use these deals to get to some of the family functions (graduations, weddings, etc.) that have been delayed.
This is a really great deal! 7,500 miles definitely isn’t insignificant. With some round trip flights for just 15,000 miles this is like saving a full one-way ticket for other travel!
Great info! Hope the restrictions ease up a little bit now so we can start traveling again soon.
There are some destinations here that fit into my plans for this summer, however, the cash price might be so cheap due to the situation, that it would not be worth it to use miles, even at this reduced rate.
Personally I’m trying to use my miles up though in case there is a devaluation. Cash is king.
A lot of airports available in Texas. Pretty slim pickings for nyc though.
These specials have been the best way for me to maximize redeeming my AA miles over the years and I plan to use them again for September trips now that my home airport is on the list! They’re one of the key reasons I still earn the miles and keep my AA credit card.
This is one reason to get the american airlines citibank credit card.
A great and effective way to make miles go further before they expire… Thanks for the informative post.
It looks like AA chose the smallest airports in their system!
Dynamic pricing has messed this promo up. These little airports can be more expensive and hard to route with long layovers if you can. Tried Monterey and Flagstaff a few times and gave up and took SFO and Phoenix cheap nonstops.
Hopefully restrictions start easing up in the summer.
Are there explicit domestic travel restrictions?
Thanks for the information. Hope we can use it
Plenty of space now but nobody should be traveling!
I’m surprised this promotion is continuing. However, since some people do still need to travel, it’s good that the reduced mileage awards will still be available.
Can’t see people being incentivised to travel because of it though, which is a good thing during a lockdown!
This promotion does not drive me crazy. For me, 7,500 miles is a good deal, but getting a ticket before May 31 is not. Hopefully they continue with the promotion (or improve it) in the future.
Hard to see this as being great timing for most people. But I get that some planes and people still need to travel.
You had me at 76k! I’ve taken the time to look this deal over, and it seems to be a very workable option. It is not always necessary to incur a large cash expenditure to realize good point acquisition. This is such a deal.
Is anyone traveling? This is one NUTTY promo from AA
This has been around for years. They just haven’t chosen to stop it during the current situation, which is a good thing.
These would have been great destinations in normal circumstances. I’ve wanted to visit Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard for years. I hope they’ll have these destinations again.
Too soon ?
Can AwardWallet give notice to specific cities when they come up for these awards? We missed ours and our city doesn’t come up often. Also please remind people to check for web specials. We were told by a platinum desk person to check because they couldn’t do that for us. We would have missed it otherwise.
I don’t believe AW currently offers that functionality. However, there are a number of services online that can monitor a website and alert you when changes to the page are made. So, you could set up one of those monitors for the AA award page here, and it will alert you immediately when the new round of cities is released.
GREAT PROMO! I used this once and hope it extends to Outside US destinations!
Great promo!! need more than that for more miles 4 my trip!
if only it included foreign cities
It turns out that it is not so practical to travel abroad right now.
Thank you so much for informing about the American Airlines new set of destinations for its popular Reduced Mileage Awards promotion. This kind of information is key to save miles for a round-trip ticket. Valuable information 🙂
Great article! Good timing for award booking. Thanks.
Gracias por la información. Les quiero comentar que hay muy buenas promociones con descuento de millas a muchos destinos de american airlines pero la oferta solo es valida en http://www.aa.com, yo encontre varios tickets con mucho descuento desde mi pais a EEUU
Necesitaría que me lleguen ofertas por app alguien sabe como?
These awards should be bookable on their website. Why in this day and age, it requires a phone call?
An optimistic way to look at the phone requirement is that it perhaps limits promo participation a bit, leaving awards available for a longer period of time…
I feel like this used to be a better perk before the Web Specials days, now it is still useful – and a reason to keep the Citi Exec card (converted the other to Costco) – but as an LAX person usually its not that big a perk.
This is great news for Citi and Barclay card holders!
Good info to know, thanks.
So…if you do not specifically have the Citi or Barclay co-branded cards, you aren’t eligible for the reduced fare?
Correct, this discount only applies to the cobrand cards listed.
There’s often a catch and in this case they want you to hold the cards.
Although it is nice that you are offering 5 free AA miles for every comment on your blog (BTW, I am not logged in myself, so I am not getting the miles) , this well-intended policy resulted in a humongous number of comments with ZERO value… (like, “oh, thank you”, “good to know”, “I have nothing to say, but give me my miles”…) and that makes it really hard to even scroll through all of them, not to mention find the useful ones.
I suggest you stop doing that, and instead, if you want to award your readers pick the ones who provide meaningful and useful tips and information, and award those.
Great idea, but ended up hurting the readability of your blog.
All the best!
Correct! We don’t want people gaming the system, we are simply looking for more meaningful comments where people share their personal experiences or opinions related to the post. Typically, comments like “Thanks for the heads up”, “Great deal”, “Cool” go to spam automatically (not always though as we tweak the system) because they clutter the discussion without adding value. Thanks for your feedback.
Irene, I completely understand the value of that feature … the main value is that 5 miles can help users to avoid the miles balance expiration. For this purpose it is priceless…. but to achieve that you can even limit it to once a month per account, and that hopefully would reduce the number of “empty comments”.
All the best.
Thank you for everything you are doing… especially for your application.
Pass my thanks to your IT folks… they are doing a GREAT job!
VL, good to know that you enjoy our service 🙂 Thanks! We will consider your suggestion.
I agree and disagree. I come here every day for the miles but I also am sure to add to the discussion. I never just post “thanks” and move along.
Correction – American Eliminated $75 Close-In Award Booking Fee effective, January 15 2020.
https://viewfromthewing.com/american-eliminates-75-close-in-award-booking-fee/
… look who also reported that a week ago :)))
https://awardwallet.com/blog/american-airlines-drops-close-in-booking-fees/
Thanks VL Much appreciated!! 🙂
Timely article, thanks as I have some AA miles to use.
I wasn’t aware of these reduced mileage awards. I will definitely keep an eye out for future awards. Thanks for sharing.
It’s great! But it should include destionations outside the US
That would be nice. Web Saver Specials have been expanding, and those do cover international routes. Rather than a flat discount, you’ll just see lower prices than the saver level on select routes and dates. For example, we covered some good ones back in December https://awardwallet.com/blog/american-airlines-business-class-to-europe-for-84k-round-trip/
Interesting information, a route at 7500 miles is always worth it and if the route is longer even more.
Wow!! Did not know that. Will have to keep an eye out. Thanks.
Great Promo! thank you for the data! will try to remember in the future.
The post says “The current list is valid from December 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020”. Does this mean this is something AA does on a regular basis like IHG with its Points Break hotels?
Yes, the airport list is updated every 1-2 months
Somewhat shocked to see New Bern on the list….nice!
Great Info! I’m planning to sign up for the barclay card soon.
Thanks for sharing this info! Really appreciated!!
Excellent post, I will see if I can use it to travel to any city
I wish these were in the NYC area. I feel like they NEVER are.
Great news!
This program has been around for many years and has value. I have a repeating appointment in my calendar to check it . Down side is I often want to lock my flights a long time ahead to get best rates
Good timing, just about to look for award flights ! Thanks !!
Any idea when the next promo would start?
This is a great deal, love how they have these reduced mile options.
Thank you for the detailed instructions. This is much appreciated!
Really useful information! Thanks for the info on the promo!
Here in Argentina the Web Platform to redeem doesn´t allow to change online =(
Nice promo, and I love their special Web fares!
Always a pleasant surprise if you find one of these.
MSY for Mardi Gras usually expensive, hopefully this articke will help us there. Les Bon Temp Rouler and Geaux Tigers!!
Awesome blog! Very Useful about American Airlines tips and for bonus miles. Thanks
Sounds fun! Gotta get cracking on them!
So puzzling – other than laziness or unwillingness to pay to do it – that they can’t program this to work online.
The more difficult the process is, the less likely people are to take advantage of it. It’s a win for any company.
I never knew there was a place named Hilton Head Island…is this city/island related to the Hilton hotel chain?
No, it is just an island off the coast of South Carolina famous for resort vacations.
They had great promos to Australia for the last promotion.
Good use of miles… before they get further devalued.
Also, look out for intl deals.
I booked USA-Germany (MUC) RT for 34K miles for March.
Good tip about British. I tend to book nonstop flights with them
Vail/Eagle, CO (EGE) is handy for the ski season if you can score a deal.
I was just thinking the same!!!
No doubt. I can’t believe this is an underutilized route at this time of year in need of such a promotional discount.
I see that these promotions have become a quarterly event.
This promotion is valuable. Will check and book
I was able to take advantage of one of these for the first time. Definitely nice when my plans coincide with an offer.
Very good deal. Thanks!
Great offer from AA, however the $75 ‘short notice’ fee is a real downside of this programme
They all get you somewhere. United just “did away” with that fee but now you’ll find that those flights just cost more miles instead.
Awesome news ! Now I can save some miles for Jan rewards ticket booking.
Most of these destinations are obviously underutilized, however they appear to be very good value options. It would be worthwhile to keep an eye on the available options since they change.
Perfect! I’ve been sitting on a stash of American miles/
Thanks for the reminder!
Information is new for me. Thansk. Please would be nice to read the blog in spanish.
Very good so I can take advantage of this offer for travel in next January!
I just booked two AA award flights CLT to AUS for Christmas using my Barclay card for the incidental pay, but it seems I’m much too late to get the discount. I booked online and seats were running out so I didn’t want to delay. Too bad. I could have saved many., many miles. Oh well, I just need to watch your blog more carefully in the future I guess. Thanks.
The close in fee really kills these deals for me. I always end up just using my BA Avios when booking an AA flight because of that. Fortunately, I usually travel short distances so am not penalized by BA for that.
Excelent article. Thanks for this valuable information!
Thank you very much for this information!
Thanks a lot for this information!
Great info!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!
Thank you for the article.
Thanks for the info. Useful.
Good chance to spend some miles. Thanks for the information.
Any idea when the next promo would start?
Time to start planning for my next trip!
Reduced mileage awards are awesome! I once caught one of this promo where my trip Buenos Aires – Miami round trip cost 45.000 miles instead of 60.000. I do not use miles till one of this promo is announced.
Yes! Gonna book one soon!
Thank you for the info!! I’ve reddemed a trip to Santa Barbara for me and my brother!!
Thanks again!!
Thanks. I missed this when it was first posted. Good deals and just in time for ski season. See you on the slopes!
First thank you for the info. It’s about waiting for something for Ry NY Boston???
Any idea when the Feb 2020 cities will be listed?
I’ll have to see if the discount is worth it because there will be a $30 fee to reserve by phone….
In this case there is no fee because it can ONLY be booked by phone.
This promos work if I travel from Argentina? Thanks!
This one is for flights in the US and Canada only.
Thanks for the information, very good promo
Thanks for the information ! Really useful, now that we are planning a short vacation !
Thanks for the article. It’ll be very useful for my next holidays.
Yo realice canje de millas para vuelo entre los angeles y san francisco y salio todo perfecto incluso me ayudaron con el canje
Great promo!! Thanx
Great info! Thanks!
VERY GOOD INFORMATION, I WAS TO EXCHANGE MILES … THANKS
are destinations outside the USA are included
Just a few in Canada.
muy claro el articulo, esperemos que se incluyan destinos en centroamérica, y principales ciudades de latinoamerica.
It s a good promoción, i d like for more destinations, i ll be looking forward.
Great info! Is this going to be available for international destinations too?
No, this is U.S./Canada flights only.
Fees associated to this promo?
Just the normal taxes you’d pay without the promo on an award ticket.
Great article. The airporlist may or seems to bring slight restriction to the chances of using the promo.
Its kind of awkward that at this time and age, you have to call to take advantage of this kind of promo…
Yes that is rather clunky!
Agreed. How on earth do you still have to call in for this??
So you have to pay the phone booking fee?
No, the phone booking fee should be waived because you can’t book this online. I’ve very rarely gotten any pushback on that, but it is definitely policy to waive the booking fee. You can ask for a supervisor or hang up/call back.
American Airlines is my number one airlines when it comes to travel. Great deals and excellent customer service!
Great promo! I will use it on my next trip! Thks
Great article. This is a good reminder. When do you blog in Spanish? Thanks!
Thanks for the information!
Thank you! Good promo!
I did find nonstop saver awards from Chicago to Washington in December. Thanks a lot!!
Thanks a lot for the post. This info really helps. Very interesting!
This is timely, we’re planning to travel soon and being able to use award travel at a reduced rate is more of an incentive to fly AA. Thank you.
+1 on including international destinations. I like the AAdvantage program but as an overseas customer I’m not feeling the love sometimes.
Cheers!!! I really appreciate this information, I’ll be taking advantage of this. Thanks!!
Thanks for this. Very good promo
Great article! Thanks.
Very good option to fly by AA from my city Cordoba to Miami.
It s a good promotion, I d like for more destinations . I ll be looking forward. Thanks
Thank you very much for the information! I will use for my next holidays!!!
It is interesting, a great offer for people that travel to and from select cities 🙂
American Airlines always has great promos
United, please take note.
This Is great! Thank you flor share This promo with así!
Graet Blog! tks for the info
Great discount. It is an interesting tip and it is useful for me. Thank you
Great! thank you
Great! Thank you!
Que bueno para poder aumentar las millas de American Airines
Not bad. but i miss the RTW awards, you can do a RTW trip in Bussines for 190k Miles!
I forgot about that! Those were the days!
When was the award withdrawn?
You need at least 25% more miles for similar awards these days.
This is a very good promo!!
Very good promo. Would be better if outside US destinations were included.
This is a great deal if you’re a Citi card holder!
I wish there was an easy way to look at all the reduced price deals. For now, I have to keep trying different destinations and pick different calendar dates, and feel like it’s not the best way to do this…Am i missing something?
dont think so.. but i was wondering the same thing
Thanks for the tip!
Great information! Thanks!
Cheers thanks for the pro tip
I appreciate this promo and can be useful, but i have a hard time finding award space, let alone for multiple people.
Crazy in 2019 that they make these such a pain to book. That’s American IT for you.
Businesses don’t make things difficult for no reason.
Nice info but too bad about the $75 close-in fee
Not anymore! AA just dropped their close-in fee. ????
It seems that the things just get better with AAdvantage 🙂
If they offered more locations it would be great but THANKFULLY I do live near one of these listed and I WILL be taking advantage of this offer. If I can I will do it twice.
Thanks. I just booked several award tickets, but nothing on the list. Hopefully next time.
Another interesting promo, thanks for posting!
I wish all of the major airlines would have sales.
Awesome tip thank you
Thanks for the great info!
Great promo to some smaller market with high fare prices. I see MCI is there now, great for some BBQ.
Thanks. Perfect for my upcoming trip to LA.
Thanks for the information. I am hoping, by leaving/returning to an airport on the list, will allow for an Caribbean non-U.S. destination.
Still one of the better perks from these cards
It’s good to know AA is offering a few discounts here and there. Especially in light of the recent news that they are making moves towards dynamic award pricing. Points inflation does not make me happy. :/
I bet there are not too many who remember this. Also, with the hassle of having to call would drop how many do this. I know I forget all the time. I should bookmark that AA page somewhere it’ll pop up at me when I’m looking for flights.
This is a huge discount. Perfect for this time of the year!
the British Airways Avios points option is more useful if your uk based
Or if you only have Ultimate Reward points.
Or if you have a short nonstop flight
Thank you. This is a good reminder.
Good deal, thanks!
Thanks for this – will get looking!
Surprised (but happy) to see Aspen in the list during the winter peak season there.
Great article! Thanks.
Good discount if the cities work but the catch is that you need to hold the credit card in order to benefit from the discount.
Yeah, if you think of these more as a perk of the card, it’s a great deal but if you’re getting the card just for these, you really need to evaluate how much it’s worth.
I wish it was for all destinations instead of a select few.
That certainly would be nice. However, it’s very unlikely. They’re likely offering up underutilized routes at the discount, and they have no incentive to discount popular routes with high demand, unfortunately.
Most of the destinations are “underutilized” currently. What a difference a year makes.
Perfect Timing as my miles are expiring. How often does AA publish these breaks though?
Changes quarterly.
In your experience, do they play games with availability to/from the cities on the list?
I did find nonstop saver awards from Chicago to Charleston S.C. in November. Thank you for the reminder!
Does this reduction apply to web specials as well? Or just to “sAAver” fares?
I don’t believe you can apply this to the Web Specials, but it might be possible with the right phone agent. Please let us know what you find out if you give it a try.
do these reduced miles award show up as the ‘saver’ level for partner awards?
Hey Charles, the inventory you can book is the same as the normal saver awards. So this could be verified by checking AAs website. You can’t use the Reduced mileage award on partner flights.
Just used this for a trip to Kansas City.
Excellent promo for this special days. But I think it would be great that American Airlines make a similar promo including international cities!
I hope destinations outside US were included.
Great promo Thanks for info