American Airlines is releasing a ton of flat bed Business Class award space to

One of the main reasons why people who don't know how miles work think that miles are a scam is because they searched award space in the wrong place! For instance, they wanted to use American Airlines miles and searched AA.com. While that sounds logical, that's often the wrong place to search. BA.com is often the better place to search.

Knowing how to use BA.com is crucial for making award bookings with British Airways Avios and American Airlines AAdvantage miles.

The three best uses of ThankYou Points are:

Transferring to Singapore miles to book Singapore Suites

Transferring to Singapore miles to book United First Class to Hawaii
Transferring to Etihad miles to book American Airlines flights

Singapore Suites
Singapore Suites is inarguably one of the nicest First Class in the world.

American Airlines is releasing a ton of Business Class award space from Los Angeles and Chicago to Shanghai for most of 2016.

This award space is easy to connect to from anywhere in the United States, and you can connect elsewhere in Asia with American Airlines partners.

MG asks:
I’m not too well-versed with AA miles, but I have about 100k. I really want to use them for off-peak to either Chile or Argentina and somehow use them to get down to either country’s Patagonia region. Where do you recommend searching for LAN and TAM to get to Patagonia… the airport codes don’t seem to show up on BA.com???
 

If you search ba.com for award space, which you should do a lot when trying to redeem American Airlines miles, you will notice some missing airports.

American Airlines is offering up to a 50% bonus on the purchase of AAdvantage miles through January 29, 2016. You can now buy 100,000 American Airlines miles and get 50,000 bonus miles, for a total of 150,000 miles, for 2.13 cents each.

The bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase. The best deals are to buy 70k + 35k or 100k + 50k.

American Airlines miles cost 2.95 cents each plus a 7.5% excise tax, and every purchase has a $30 processing fee.

The American Airlines devAAluation is coming. For awards booked March 22, 2016 or later, you will need a lot more miles. This affects all awards from First Class all the way down to off peak economy.

If you book an award by March 21, though, your award is locked in, and will not be affected by the devAAluation. On March 21, you can book through February 16, 2017.

What are great awards you can book at the last minute to take travel in February 2017?

Australia
Argentina
Southeast Asia
Japan

The first two are in the middle of summer.

According to Airline Route, British Airways has begun operating its 787-9 Dreamliner on three routes from London-Heathrow:

Delhi
Abu Dhabi/Muscat
Kuala Lumpur

In 2016, it adds a ton of 787-9 destinations including several in the United States:

Austin from February 1
Newark from April 2
Philadelphia from April 9
San Jose from May 4
Houston from August 1
Boston from October 1

The British Airways 787-9 Dreamliner is exciting both because it is a brand new plane and because British Airways features First Class on the plane, which the British Airways 787-8 doesn't have.

These flights have fuel surcharges, but

American Airlines is releasing up to six Business Class award seats between Los Angeles and Sydney in its best Business Class beds. The westbound award space is within one week of departure. The eastbound space is within one month of departure.

This award space is easy to connect to from anywhere in the United States, and you can connect elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand on Qantas. These connecting flights do not add to the Business Class mileage price of 62,500 American Airlines miles each way.

In November, American Airlines announced a massive devAAluation of its award chart for awards booked on or after March 22, 2016,  negative changes to status, and revenue-based award mile-earning on paid flights.

Let's take a close look at the changes coming to off peak awards.
What are Off Peak Awards?
American Airlines offers discounted economy Saver awards to many regions of the world during seasons of low demand.

American Airlines does not offer discounted awards in premium cabins or discounts on "AAnytime" (non-capacity controlled) awards.
What Changes Are Coming?
Here is a chart of the changes.