Stacked Discount and Bonus on Buying American Airlines Miles. Good Deal?
October 14, 2015
American Airlines is running a sale on the purchase of their miles through November 13, 2015. You can buy up to 125,000 American Airlines miles during the sale and get up to 35,000 bonus miles plus 10% off the normal price.
The discount is fixed, but the bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase.
American Airlines miles cost 2.95 cents each plus a 7.5% excise tax, and every purchase has a $30 processing fee.
American Airlines Awards to US and Canada for 8,750 Miles
October 7, 2015
Key Link
The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months
The list of discounted American Airlines economy awards within the United States and Canada
American Airlines offers discounted MileSAAver awards within the United States and Canada to select cardholders. All the cards you're likely to have because they're the ones with the big sign up bonuses and best benefits qualify for 7,500 mile discounts on certain roundtrip economy awards.
Every two months, American Airlines publishes a list of new destinations in the United
American Airlines Awards to US and Canada for 8,750 Miles
October 7, 2015
Key Link
The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months
The list of discounted American Airlines economy awards within the United States and Canada
American Airlines offers discounted MileSAAver awards within the United States and Canada to select cardholders. All the cards you're likely to have because they're the ones with the big sign up bonuses and best benefits qualify for 7,500 mile discounts on certain roundtrip economy awards.
Every two months, American Airlines publishes a list of new destinations in the United
Will American Airlines Open Up Award Space If You Just Ask
October 1, 2015
The Points Guy and View from the Wing have reported success asking American Airlines to open up award space in two circumstances: to complete a party and to complete an award.
"To complete a party" is when you find two Saver award seats but you need three or something similar.
"To complete an award" is when you live in Houston and you find award space from Dallas to Miami to Lima, but you cannot find award space from Houston to Dallas to start the trip.
That's all according to JonNYC from the Traveling Better forum who always seems to have
Anatomy of an Award,AAdvantage
Anatomy of an Award: Visiting Family at Christmas in International Business Class
September 28, 2015
I'm going to spend most of the rest of the year in Buenos Aires, but I want to spend Christmas with my family in Hawaii. I recently put on hold an award that will allow me to do that.
Get Three People to Japan or Korea with One Credit Card Sign Up
September 23, 2015
American Airlines miles are ideal for super cheap economy awards and ultra-luxury First Class awards. The cheap economy awards rely on American Airlines’ off peak award pricing.
Get $2,800 in American Airlines Flights in Five Steps from Only Two Cards
September 17, 2015
The Citi Prestige offer mentioned in this post is expired. See the new offer and analysis here.
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Getting both the Citi Prestige® Card and Citi ThankYou® Premier Card offers about $2,600 in free American Airlines flights. This isn't a deal that should just get some ink.
Two Roundtrips to South America from One Credit Card
September 16, 2015
American Airlines miles are ideal for super cheap economy awards and ultra-luxury First Class awards. The cheap economy awards rely on American Airlines' off peak award pricing.
Two Roundtrips to South America from One Credit Card
September 16, 2015
American Airlines miles are ideal for super cheap economy awards and ultra-luxury First Class awards. The cheap economy awards rely on American Airlines' off peak award pricing.
Japan Airlines Flat Bed Business Class Wide Open USA to Asia, But You Have to Search a Weird Place
September 14, 2015
Award space in Japan Airlines' brand new flat bed Business Class on its Dreamliner from Dallas to Tokyo is wide open from November 30, 2015 to August 2016 for two or more passengers.
You can book it for an amazing 50,000 American Airlines miles each way. For a limited time, the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months. That means you’ll have 82,500 American Airlines miles after meeting the spending requirement.

