American Airlines has launched a new award sale, advertising 1,000,000 seats starting at only 5,000 AAdvantage miles. That includes transcontinental flights between Los Angeles and New York, the Caribbean, and Mexico. In addition, this year’s sale includes European routes starting at 15K one-way.
The Deal
- Book American Airlines award flights from 5,000 miles, including:
- US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean starting at 5,000 miles each way
- United Kingdom starting at 15,000 miles each way
- Continental Europe starting at 20,000 miles each way
- Book by May 28th
- Travel between August 1st and September 30th.
Key Terms
- Offer is valid for reservations made from May 15, 2025 through 11:59 PM CT May 28, 2025 for travel from August 1, 2025 – September 30, 2025.
- Offer valid for flights in Main Cabin within the contiguous 48 U.S. states; and between the contiguous 48 U.S. states and Mexico, Caribbean and Central America destinations.
- Excludes: San Jose, Costa Rica; Panama City, Panama; Managua, Nicaragua; Guatemala City, Guatemala; San Salvador, El Salvador, San Pedro Sula and Comayagua, Honduras.
- Offer valid for flights between the contiguous 48 U.S. states and London, England (LHR) from 15,000 miles
- Other European destinations are available from 20,000 miles one way
- American Airlines may, at any time and without notice, change, stop or end this offer.
- This offer cannot be applied retroactively or to existing reservations.
- Valid only on flights marketed and operated by American Airlines and American Eagle® flights. Not valid on codeshare flights.
Quick Thoughts
1,000,000 seats is a lot of inventory, but I imagine that high-demand routes like transcontinental US or US-London will get snatched up pretty quicky. It’s important to be aware of the dates before searching: it’s only valid on flights from August 1st to September 30th, and awards have to be booked by May 28th.
Based on a few quick searches it looks like American is actually making a lot of inventory available as part of the sale. For example, here’s the award availability throughout August for four people from New York to Los Angeles. Almost the entire second half of the month has 5k availability:
It’s worth noting is that these are Main Cabin seats, so you’ll be able to select your seat at the time of booking, which is particularly appealing if you’ll be traveling with others.
The award sale is scheduled to end on May 28th, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the most desirable seats selling out before then. Book ASAP if you’re interested.
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