How to Redeem American Airlines Miles for Flights to Europe
June 4, 2025
Europe is one of the most popular travel destinations for many of us living in the United States, and there are many flight options. On the other hand, there is competition for desirable flights, and award availability is dependent on multiple factors, including specific origin and destination airports, travel dates, planning horizon, types of points and miles available, number of travelers and desired class of service.
For individuals who want to use American Airlines AAdvantage miles to book travel between the U.S.
Loads of Phantom Award Space to Europe Spring 2016 on AA.com
August 6, 2015
Womp womp! This is phantom award space--award space that shows up on a search engine but cannot be booked.
Check out this calendar instead that I made on Award Nexus. It shows award space from New York to Helsinki in April 2016 in Business Class, while excluding British Airways flights and their nasty fuel surcharges. Note that there is zero direct space on the JFK-HEL or HEL-JFK Finnair flights.
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What AA.com Adding Finnair and airberlin Means for You
October 17, 2012
American Airlines has added the ability to search Finnair and airberlin award space on aa.com! If you follow thepointsguy, View From the Wing, or One Mile at a Time, they all beat me to the story, so I'll try to add some valuable information if you want to book one of these airlines.
It's always great news when an airline adds the functionality to its award-booking engine. American Airlines has made big strides this year, so you can now book American, Alaska, Hawaiian, British, Qantas, Finnair, and airberlin online with your AA miles.