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American Airlines AAdvantage Overview

American Airlines AAdvantage is the loyalty program for American Airlines. Given American’s extensive reach within the United Sates and abroad, they are the loyalty program of choice for many folks (including Greg the Frequent Miler). In 2022, American completely changed how elite status is earned with the introduction of Loyalty Points, making it possible to earn all the way up to Executive Platinum status without flying.

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(EXPIRED) AA shopping offering “Mystery Bonus”

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Just as Alaska Airlines announced yesterday, American Airlines has now launched a "Mystery Bonus" offer for shopping through the AAdvantage eShopping portal. My "mystery...
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American Airlines extending status, waiving some fees

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American Airlines announced today that like Delta and United they are extending elite status by a year, reducing elite status requirements for 2020 if and...
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AA offering increased voucher value in some cases

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While updating our Coronavirus / COVID-19 cancellation policies post (which also includes everything you need to know about elite status and free night extensions...
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Premium routes with wide open awards

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UPDATE 3/20/20: I've added Qatar flights from North America to the list. Business class awards are wide open in January and February 2021!  I've...
American Airlines Hyatt Status Match Challenge Fast Track Elite Status

(EXPIRED) Hyatt & American Airlines Offering Reciprocal Fast Tracks To Elite Status

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Last year, Hyatt and American Airlines announced that they'd be launching a partnership that would allow reciprocal earning, status challenges and more. That partnership...
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(Update: Now Valid On Flights Booked Before March 1) American Airlines Waiving Change Fees...

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Update 3/10/2020: In addition to Delta and United, American Airlines has announced that they're extending their waived change fees to include flights that were...
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(EXPIRED) Japan Airlines First class Sydney to Tokyo wide open for 60K miles

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Executive Traveler reports that Japan Airlines has adjusted its schedule to add flights with a first class cabin between Tokyo and Sydney beginning on September 1,...
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Yeah, AA’s award search map tool is pretty cool…and frustrating

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Yesterday, The Points Guy published a post titled, "Your favorite AA award tool is back — and better than ever". The thing is, I...
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(EXPIRED) Transcon business class from 15K each way w/ American Airlines

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American Airlines is offering some business class web specials with transcon flights available from just 15K miles each way according to The Points Guy. The...
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AA eliminates close-in award ticketing fees

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American Airlines has today eliminated the $75 close-in booking fee for booking an award ticket within 21 days of travel. That appears to be great...
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Easy AA miles w/ new bank account through Bask Bank

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View from the Wing reports on a new, easy, and potentially fairly lucrative offer to earn miles with a savings account from Bask Bank....
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(EXPIRED) American Airlines & United Shopping Portal Bonuses: Earn 1,000/500 Bonus Miles When Spending...

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Last week the Alaska Airlines shopping portal launched a promotion offering 500 or 1,000 bonus miles when spending $150 or $300 respectively. That promotion...
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(EXPIRED) American Airlines SimplyMiles Offering 5x Bonus AAdvantage Miles

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Update 12/23/19: My initial assessment of how the 5x is calculated for fixed-rate bonuses was incorrect - it turns out this promotion is much...
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Pluses and hidden devaluations in AA’s dynamic pricing for domestic awards

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Yesterday, American Airlines debuted fully dynamic award pricing. We now see prices running the gamut from a few thousand miles (5K or 6K) up to...

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