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Travel to Bogota, Colombia Roundtrip for $303+ from Tons of American Cities
December 11, 2015
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How to Book an Open Jaw Award on AA.com
December 10, 2015
Open jaw awards are valuable because they allow you to see two cities for the price of one. You can always book American Airlines awards to include one or even two open jaws, right on aa.com.
So, what is an open jaw anyway?
An open jaw happens when the origin of one direction of an award does not match up with the destination of the other.
Fantastic American Airlines Awards Space to England and Europe
December 9, 2015
American Airlines is releasing a ton of Business Class award space from New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago to Manchester, England for Summer and Fall 2016.
This award space is easy to connect to from anywhere in the United States, and you can connect elsewhere in Europe with American Airlines partners. These connecting flights do not add to the Business Class mileage price of 50,000 American Airlines miles each way.
Now is the Time to Get the American Airlines Credit Cards
December 7, 2015
American Airlines is devaluing its award chart on March 22, 2016. American Airlines miles are worth more now than they will be then (or at any other point in the future.) Now is the time to get the American Airlines personal and business credit cards to use them for travel in 2016 or 2017 on the current award chart.
Some credit card offers in this post have expired, but they might come back.
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Etihad Releasing A380 First Class Award Space to/from USA
November 30, 2015
Etihad is again releasing First Class award space on its daily A380 flight between New York and Abu Dhabi that you can book for only 90,000 American Airlines miles each way.
Some credit card offers in this post have expired, but they might come back.
Fantastic First Class Space to Madrid and Europe for Summer 2016
November 24, 2015
American Airlines is releasing a ton of First Class award space from Miami and Dallas to Madrid for July though October, 2016.
This award space is easy to connect to from anywhere in the United States, and you can get anywhere in Europe with an Iberia flight from Madrid. These connecting flights do not add to the First Class mileage price of 62,500 American Airlines miles each way.
Six Experts Predicted the DevAAluation in February. How Did We Do?
November 22, 2015
We have all known an American Airlines award chart devaluation was coming for a long time, since United and Delta devalued in 2014.
Comparison of United, Delta, and American Airlines 2016 Award Charts
November 19, 2015
Which airlines has the best miles and frequent flyer program? United, American, and Delta are the big three legacy carriers that most directly compete with each other in the United States. For that reason, I publish charts that compare their award prices.
I have updated my charts to show the prices that United, Delta, and American Airlines will charge for awards booked March 22, 2016 or later.
Massive DevAAluation of American Airlines Chart March 22, 2016
November 17, 2015
American Airlines has announced a massive devAAluation of its award chart for awards booked on or after March 22, 2016. (It also announced negative changes to status and revenue-based award mile-earning on paid flights.)
The only two things I like about the announcement are that a few prices go down slightly and that we were given solid notice. You have just over four months to book awards on the current American Airlines award chart.
Negative Changes to 2016 American Airlines Status Announced
November 17, 2015
Today American Airlines announced mostly negative changes for earning status in 2016 for 2017. (It also announced negative changes to earning award miles on paid flights and to its award chart.) The five big changes to status earning:
1. No More Elite Qualifying Points
There used to be three ways to earn status: elite qualifying points (EQP), elite qualifying miles (EQM), segments. In 2016, there will be two, with EQP getting the axe.
The number of elite qualifying miles and segments needed to qualify have not changed.
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