Tag: American Airlines (AAdvantage)

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®

June 4, 2024 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^® 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.

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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 30, 2023 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

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

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

Changes Coming to American Airlines Admirals Clubs^® and Citi AA Executive Card

July 11, 2023 1

American Airlines and Citi just announced a slew of changes to Admirals Club® membership costs and the benefits and fees of the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Legend Mastercard®. Thankfully, some of the negative changes don't take effect for another two weeks, giving you time to plan. But these changes see the elimination of one of our favorite credit card perks. Are the changes worth the additional fees? Let's dig into the changes to see.

Ryan Smith

The Winners and Losers of American Airlines First Class Upgrade Changes

June 6, 2023 1

Effective June 9, 2023, American Airlines is making some big changes to how complimentary upgrades work for AAdvantage elites. Starting then, all elite members will be eligible for complimentary upgrades on American Airlines award tickets. However, anytime there are changes to who gets a limited supply, there are going to be winners and losers. Let's dig into the details of what's changing and review who this benefits and who's losing out.

JT Genter

American Airlines Now Offering Mileage Discount When Booking Round-Trip Awards

May 11, 2023 3

You can now save AAdvantage miles by booking a round-trip! American Airlines is pricing round-trip awards at significantly fewer miles than two one-way awards. On flights to Europe, a round-trip costs as much as 26,000 fewer miles than two one-way bookings. Here's everything we know so far about this new development and how you can take advantage of it.

JT Genter

AA Introduces Dynamic Pricing, Eliminates Saver and Award Charts

May 5, 2023 4

American Airlines recently announced a move to a dynamic award pricing model, eliminating its MileSAAver Off Peak, MileSAAver, AAnutime Level 1, and AAnytime Level 2 awards and rebranding its Web Specials as simply Flight Awards. Here's what these changes actually mean for travelers.

Sam Helmy

Wide-Open Availability: Book Etihad First Online From 62.5K AA Miles

May 4, 2023 2

Etihad's business and first class award flights are in high demand and often impossible to find. Now, book these sought-after awards online via American Airlines with routes from the U.S. and worldwide. Costs start at 62,500 miles and range up to 115,000 miles for the longest flights.

Carissa Rawson

American Airlines Introduces AAdvantage Status for a Day Redemption Option

April 2, 2023 0

AAdvantage recently launched a new program called "Enhance with Miles". Through the new Status for a Day offering, you can now gift status for a day or purchase it for yourself using miles. However, you'll first need to unlock the ability to do so. Here's everything you need to know about this new redemption option.

Sam Helmy

Free Holds, Maximizing Award Regions, Other Tricks for Booking Awards Using AAdvantage® Miles

March 30, 2023 11

American Airlines AAdvantage® is one the most versatile and valuable frequent-flyer programs in the world. Bask Bank makes it easy to put your savings to work earning these miles with the Bask Mileage Savings Account. In this post, we share some advanced techniques to maximize the value of your AAdvantage® miles.

JT Genter

American Airlines Slashes Mileage Earning Rate for Alaska Saver Fares

March 24, 2023 0

American Airlines just unveiled a cut to the AAdvantage earning rate for Alaska Airlines Saver fares. Starting May 1, 2023, Alaska Airlines Saver fares will earn just 1 AAdvantage mile per 10 miles flown. That's a 60% cut from the current earning rates. Here's what this means in practice and where else you might want to credit Alaska basic economy flights.

JT Genter