American Airlines Travelers Can Now Redeem AAdvantage Miles for COVID-19 Testing by JT Genter February 25, 2021 37 Starting today, American Airlines travelers can redeem AAdvantage miles for an at-home COVID-19 PCR testing kit. You'll need to redeem 12,000 AAdvantage miles for the PCR test. Here's the process on how to do so — and why you might want to skip this redemption option.
Earn Bonus Miles For Commenting by Erik Paquet September 25, 2023 395 Interested in earning some AAdvantage® miles for free? Leave a comment on any blog post for an opportunity to earn a few miles. While it won't be enough for a free flight, it's an easy way to keep your account active and keep your miles from expiring.
American Airlines Introduces Elite Choice Rewards for Top-Tier Elites by JT Genter December 10, 2020 19 Starting in 2021, American Airlines high-level elite members will get to choose from a menu of benefits upon qualifying for elite status. Even better, there's an extra mileage bonus for AAdvantage credit cardholders. In addition, Platinum Pro elite members will now be elevated to Oneworld Emerald elite status. Here are the details of these changes to AAdvantage elite status.
Why I Moved All of My Savings to Bask Bank by JT Genter December 9, 2020 34 With Bask Bank, you can earn American Airlines AAdvantage® miles instead of cash interest from your savings. When Bask Bank launched earlier this year, I opted to dip my toe in the water. But now, I’m all in on Bask Bank. Here's why I've made the decision to move all of my cash savings into Bask Bank.
How To Claim Your Free Gift From American Airlines and Enter a Sweepstakes for 500k Bonus Miles by Skye Class December 3, 2020 35 AAdvantage members can claim a free gift this holiday season and enter to win one of six amazing prizes, all of which include 500,000 bonus AAdvantage miles. You must register by December 16, 2020 to claim your free gift, enter for a chance at one of the bigger prizes, and register to earn double miles on flights in early 2021. Here's how to claim your gift.
American Airlines Eliminates AAdvantage Award Fees, Extends Mileage Expiration Pause by JT Genter November 10, 2020 98 American Airlines just announced three positive changes to its AAdvantage program. Effective November 11, 2020, AA is eliminating all award reservation fees and eliminating all fees for canceling awards and redepositing miles. Plus, AA is extending the pause on mileage expiration through June 30, 2021. Here's what you need to know about these changes.
American Airlines Just Improved Basic Economy Fares for Elites and Non-Elites by JT Genter October 1, 2020 20 As part of announcing the elimination of change fees, American Airlines teased improvements to basic economy fares. Starting "this fall", elite members would get upgrade privileges, extra-legroom seats, and even same-day flight changes. Without fanfare, these changes took effect overnight. Here's what you need to know about the changes to American Airlines basic economy.
Limited Time: Earn Miles When Flying on American Airlines AAdvantage Award Flights by JT Genter September 16, 2020 26 Typically, points and miles travelers don't earn miles when flying on award flights. However, American Airlines is changing that for a limited time. AAdvantage members can earn up to 2,000 bonus miles from award flights flown in October. But, you'll need to register to get these bonus miles. Here's how.
Widespread AA Domestic Web Specials Starting at Only 5,000 Miles! by Patrick Stouffer September 14, 2020 35 The AwardWallet team found another massive wave of ultra-discounted AA domestic award availability. Fly across the U.S., make a short hop to a small town, or visit that favorite travel destination—all for only 5,000 AA miles each way. Even better, book worry-free, thanks to waived award reinstatement fees for all award bookings through the end of 2020.
See If You’re Targeted To Earn Double Million Miler Qualifying Miles in 2020 by Patrick Stouffer August 21, 2020 27 American Airlines is offering a new promotion allowing targeted AAdvantage members to earn 2X Million Miler qualifying miles for all flights flown through the end of 2020. But just how exciting is this? In this post, we go through all the details and show you why it probably shouldn't make a difference in your decision to travel this year.
American Airlines Extends Award Change and Cancellation Fee Waiver by JT Genter August 10, 2020 61 Good news AAdvantage® members! American Airlines just adjusted its award cancellation policy for the better. Now, members can cancel and refund award flights booked by December 31, 2020 without fees. Here's what you need to know about this policy change.
Book American Airlines Flagship First Class From Just 33K Miles Each Way! by Patrick Stouffer August 9, 2020 19 Want to get away in style? We just found another wave of amazing AA Flagship First award availability for travel in spring or summer 2021. Fly across the U.S. in a lie-flat seat for just 20,000 miles. Or, jet off to London, party in Brazil, or take in the wonders of Tokyo—all starting at just 55,000 miles each way in Flagship First Class!
AA Simplifies Online Award Cancellations, Expands Automatic Mileage Refunds by Patrick Stouffer July 25, 2020 51 American Airlines has updated its cancellation policy to offer automatic mileage refunds for more award bookings. Getting your miles back may no longer require a phone call! Has AA made the painful process of canceling an award booking any easier? We're walking you through the process to find out.
American Airlines Adds Online Award Booking for 20th Partner Airline by JT Genter June 3, 2020 22 Over the past few years, American Airlines has added new partners, strengthened partnerships with existing partners, and made it easier to search and book awards online. On Wednesday afternoon, American Airlines added the ability to book award flights online for yet another partner. You can now search and book awards for 20 different partner airlines on AA's website.
The New Workaround to Use the Old American Airlines AAdvantage Award Search by Ross Denkin June 3, 2020 28 Slowly but surely, American Airlines continues its transition toward its refreshed award search tool. However, many travelers prefer the legacy search tool for the options it offers those looking for saver award availability. While it may now require more steps, a workaround remains available for those who prefer the old award search tool.
You Can Now Use AAdvantage Miles to Pay for Seat Reservations on American Airlines by Patrick Stouffer May 19, 2020 58 American Airlines just launched a new way for AAdvantage members to redeem miles. As AwardWallet confirmed with American Airlines this afternoon, AAdvantage members can now use their miles to purchase seat reservations. For now, it's limited to select airports, but this is likely to be the start of a larger rollout.
Airlines Offering Bonus Miles, Incredibly Generous Rebooking Options for Booking Flights Now by Patrick Stouffer May 17, 2020 34 Airlines are doing everything in their power to convince people to book travel for 2020. It's hard to guess if it will be safe to do so. However, between bonus points, double flight earnings, and the most flexible change/cancellation policy we've ever seen, things are definitely starting to get interesting.
AA Adds GOL Airlines as a Mileage Earning, Redemption Partner by Patrick Stouffer May 9, 2020 24 American Airlines has just added GOL Airlines—Brazil's largest domestic carrier—to its AAdvantage® partner airlines, opening the door to earning and redeeming AAdvantage® miles on GOL itineraries. But now that you can use AA miles for flights with GOL, the question is: should you?
American Airlines Moves Morocco To Europe, Decreasing Award Prices and Increasing Routing Options by Ross Denkin April 28, 2020 29 Overnight, American Airlines moved the entire country of Morocco from Africa to Europe—at least for the purposes of award travel. Believe it or not, the impacts of this change are largely positive for award travelers traveling between many regions—including from the U.S. to Europe. Read more about the impacts on mileage costs, possible routings, and award ticket taxes and fees.
American Airlines Adds Automatic Mileage Refunds on Certain Award Cancellations by Patrick Stouffer April 26, 2020 34 Canceling an award trip is not something that anybody enjoys doing, especially when the process can be challenging and complicated. American Airlines seems to have recognized this and has recently made the process of canceling (some) award trips much simpler—now no longer requiring a phone call.
What Award Travelers Should Do Now as LATAM Leaves Oneworld, Partners With Delta by Ross Denkin April 21, 2020 37 LATAM is approaching its accelerated departure of the Oneworld airline alliance on May 1, 2020. However, its partnership with Delta began effective April 1, 2020. That makes now a great time to book a South American adventure since you can use either American Airlines AAdvantage miles or Delta SkyMiles to book your award flights. Here's what you need to know now about this transitional time.
AA Extends Elite Status, Lowers Elite Requirements for 2020, Waiving Mileage Redeposit Fees by Patrick Stouffer April 14, 2020 49 American Airlines, fashionably late as always, has finally announced the extension of elite status in response to COVID-19. With elite status extensions, lowered elite requirements, waived redeposit fees, and the ability to make up the loss on your Million Miler journey through spend, it's an impressive wave of updates that will make a lot of travelers happy. But, there's a potential devaluation hidden in the good news.
American Airlines Drops Close-In Booking Fees! by Sam Helmy February 15, 2020 39 American Airlines has dropped its $75 close-in booking fee for awards ticketed less than 21 days from the date of travel. At this point, this seems to be a genuinely positive change, without any obvious downside. Still, the lack of fanfare from American's PR team leaves us wondering if the other shoe is still waiting to drop.
American Airlines Business Class to Europe for 84K Round Trip by Ross Denkin December 18, 2019 58 American Airlines is offering some very tempting Web Specials right now, especially for travellers originating in small regional airports: 84,000 miles round trip to Europe in business class. The same flights can be booked for just 34,000 miles round trip in economy. Act fast to take advantage of this rarely seen promotion!
