Tag: American Airlines (AAdvantage)

My Trick to Booking An American Airlines Award That Includes a Partner

July 12, 2024 2

American Airlines has an annoying bug that prevents award travelers from booking awards involving an overseas partner like Japan Airlines. Here's my simple but effective workaround to snag these awards.

JT Genter

How To Access American Airlines Admirals Clubs®

October 6, 2025 3

American Airlines operates nearly 50 Admirals Clubs® across the globe, plus an additional 50+ partner lounges. An Admirals Club® membership can go a long way. So how do you access Admirals Clubs®? Where are these lounges located, and what amenities do they offer to guests?

Max Prosperi

Reviewed by Tyler Glatt

Fiji Airways to Adopt the American Airlines AAdvantage® Program. Here’s What We Know.

June 27, 2024 0

Big things are happening at Fiji Airways. A few short weeks ago, Oneworld announced Fiji's flag carrier would become the alliance's 15th full-fledged member. And today, on a random Thursday in June, Fiji Airways shared it's adopting the American Airlines AAdvantage® program effective next year. Here's what we know and don't know about the latter development.

Tyler Glatt

Last Call: Bilt and American Airlines Partnership Ending on June 24

June 21, 2024 2

We've known for quite some time now that Bilt's partnership with American Airlines would end. The partnership's final day is coming up quickly, ending on June 24, 2024. In other words, time is running out to initiate a transfer from Bilt to AA, so act soon if you want to convert your Bilt points to AAdvantage® miles.

Ryan Smith & Tyler Glatt

Earn 50,000 Bonus Miles With the AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard®

October 1, 2025 60

The AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard® can provide solid value for the occasional American flyer, with perks like early boarding, a free checked bag, and discounts on inflight purchases. It's also one of the few cards offering a welcome bonus you can earn by making just a single purchase (of any amount) within the first 90 days of card membership. Here's a quick overview of why you should pick up the Aviator Red.

Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

American Airlines Scraps ‘Preferred Partner’ Changes for How You Earn on Bookings

May 29, 2024 9

The long-awaited change to how you'll earn AAdvantage miles on bookings is no more. American Airlines scrapped its plans to only award miles on bookings made directly through the airline and preferred travel agencies. Here's what you need to know.

Tyler Glatt & Ryan Smith

Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Card Review: Free Test Drive, Fair Benefits

May 9, 2024 8

The Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® offers travelers a free checked bag, preferred boarding, and the chance to earn AAdvantage elite status just from spending on the card. Plus, the card is currently offering a solid sign-up bonus of 80,000 bonus miles and a waived annual fee for the first year. Here's our full review to help you decide if it's a good addition to your rewards portfolio.

Mark Jackson & Jess Farley

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

AAdvantage® MileUp Card Review: A Mediocre Option for Earning AA Miles With No Annual Fee

April 27, 2024 0

The American Airlines AAdvantage® MileUp® Card is an okay option with no annual fee and a few benefits. It earns 2X on AA purchases and at grocery stores. If you're trying to earn AA miles in as many ways as possible, then you might consider adding this card to your collection. Otherwise, there are better options for benefits. However, for those wanting to earn miles with no annual fee, you might be interested.

Jenna Hansen

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

AA Shopping Portal Can Supercharge Your Miles

April 13, 2024 43

American Airlines offers a lucrative online shopping portal called AAdvantage® eShopping. Use this portal to supercharge your AA earnings with minimal effort and no additional spending. In this post, we'll walk you through how using the AA portal could earn you a ton of miles on your regular purchases and accelerate your path to elite status.

Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

AAdvantage^® Dining Offers 150 Bonus Miles With OpenTable Bookings

April 11, 2024 0

AAdvantage Dining has a new promotion to earn 150 bonus miles per advanced booking with OpenTable reservations. This bonus is an addition to the normal miles you earn through the dining portal. This is yet another benefit to one of the best ways to earn miles and keep them from expiring: eating. Here are the details.

Skye Class

Complete Guide to American Airlines AAdvantage® Loyalty Points

March 10, 2024 8

If you're after American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status, you'll need to focus on one thing: Loyalty Points. In this comprehensive guide, we look at the many ways to earn Loyalty Points — what counts and what doesn't — to help you on your way toward AAdvantage elite status. Let's dig into the many ways to earn American Airlines Loyalty Points — and the ways that don't yield any elite status earnings.

Ryan Smith & Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by JT Genter

How the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ Card Improves the AAdvantage Business Program

March 10, 2024 7

American Airlines launched their new Business AAdvantage program late last year. Now that the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard® waives the Business AAdvantage requirements. even more people can participate in the program in order to earn points, miles and status faster. Learn more about how to enroll if you're a new or current cardholder and other perks of this valuable business card.

Samantha Holland

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

You Can Now Upgrade Qantas Flights with AAdvantage® Miles

March 5, 2024 0

One of the teased changes to the AAdvantage frequent flyer program for 2024 was mileage upgrades on partner airlines. Sure enough, American just introduced mileage upgrades on Qantas-operated flights. Here's what we know so far about this just-introduced redemption option.

Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by JT Genter

American Airlines Announces AAdvantage Program Changes for 2024

January 9, 2024 2

Today, American Airlines announced tweaks to its AAdvantage loyalty program for the 2024 membership year. Changes include a new Loyalty Point Rewards choice at 15,000 Loyalty Points, less-restrictive basic economy fares, and using AAdvantage miles to upgrade on partner airlines. Here's what's been shared so far about these changes.

JT Genter

American Airlines Adjusts How Card Spending Counts Toward AAdvantage Status

December 7, 2023 0

American Airlines has made an incremental adjustment to how credit card spending counts towards AAdvantage elite status. With the changes, statement closing dates will no longer factor into which status qualification year your Loyalty Points will be credited to. Now, you can spend towards this year's status qualification until February 29, 2024, regardless of when your statement closes.

Tyler Glatt

AA Just Announced New Mileage Earnings Rates on Japan Airlines for 2024

December 4, 2023 0

American Airlines is amending the mileage earning rates for Japan Airlines flights for 2024 and beyond. Thankfully, the impending changes are overwhelmingly positive, thanks to more base miles and higher cabin bonuses. Here's a look at all of the impending changes.

Tyler Glatt

Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard® Review: Benefits Justify the Fee

November 18, 2025 26

Leverage your business expenses to fly for free on American Airlines with the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard®, thanks to its everyday earnings and solid welcome bonus. Plus, enjoy a suite of benefits when you fly American that can more than pay for the card each year.

Ian Snyder

Applications 'Paused' on Another American Airlines Credit Card. Here Are Your Remaining Options.

October 7, 2023 2

The AAdvantage® Aviator® World Elite Business Mastercard® has been unavailable for the past few days. Barclays has now confirmed to AwardWallet that it's "pausing new applications" for this card as it explores "future enhancements" to the card. Here's what we know so far and your other American Airlines credit card options in the meantime.

JT Genter

American Airlines Rental Car Promotion: Up to 2,000 Miles and 5X Loyalty Points

September 22, 2023 2

American Airlines allows members to earn bonus miles on Avis and Budget car rentals, and now there is a promotion for extra earnings. Through October 31, 2023, earn up to 5,000 bonus miles, plus double base miles and Loyalty Points.

Skye Class

Mileage Earnings, Status Benefits, Lounge Access Ending Date Revealed in American, JetBlue Breakup

September 14, 2023 0

The next phase of the forced breakup of American Airlines and JetBlue's Northeast Alliance was just unveiled. Starting early next year, American Airlines AAdvantage members will no longer earn AAdvantage miles, qualify for lounge access, or enjoy elite status perks when flying on JetBlue flights. Here's the latest details of the Northeast Alliance breakup.

JT Genter

Why I’m No Longer Crediting Flights to the American Airlines AAdvantage Program

August 31, 2023 9

I've earned AAdvantage elite status each year since 2015 — including Executive Platinum elite status in all but one year. However, I'm giving up on it. After recent changes to American Airlines' elite status qualification, I'm going to switch, earning Oneworld elite status through another program. Here's what's finally causing me to "break up" with American Airlines and my new strategy going forward.

JT Genter

Which Citi American Airlines AAdvantage^® Credit Card is Right for You?

August 24, 2023 6

Citi offers several types of American Airlines AAdvantage® credit cards. So how do you decide which card is right for you? Here is a comparison of the benefits, perks, and fees associated with the cards to help you understand what ongoing value they provide beyond just the welcome offer. There's likely a card that fits in everyone's wallet, so let us help you decide.

Ryan Smith

American Airlines To Add Revenue-Based Earnings on British Airways and Iberia

August 21, 2023 1

American Airlines will be changing how you earn miles with British Airways and Iberia starting October 18, 2023. Travel after this date will earn miles based on the fare you've paid rather than the distance you've flown, matching American's policy for its own flights.

Carissa Rawson

American Airlines (Re)Adds Free Award Changes for Certain AAdvantage Awards

July 19, 2023 5

As part of its switch to dynamic award pricing, American Airlines sunsetted a flyer-friendly policy: Free AAdvantage award changes. Going forward, all AAdvantage awards would be treated like the now-retired Web Special awards. Today, American Airlines is reversing course. On certain eligible AAdvantage awards, you'll now be able to change your award flights without having to cancel, refund, and rebook your flights. Here are the details of this policy change.

JT Genter

Act Now: Book AAdvantage Awards, Codeshare Flights Before Northeast Alliance Breakup

July 14, 2023 2

Today, American Airlines announced an initial breakup timeline of its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue. Travelers have less than a week to book AAdvantage awards on JetBlue, book codeshare flights, or change their loyalty number in existing bookings. Here's a breakdown of what that means and what you might want to do in the next week.

JT Genter