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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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Best ways to get to the Caribbean / Central America using points and miles

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Looking for the cheapest ways to get to the Caribbean? This post outlines the best options available to get there by using frequent flyer...

The best way to book North American AA flights, a $100 US resort fee...

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A new US property with a $100+ resort fee, a great award chart for North American AA flights and One Key is so bad...

(EXPIRED) American Airlines: Earn up to 50x AAdvantage Miles with cancer research donation

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American Airlines is back again with its now-annual co-promotion with Stand Up to Cancer. This year, it's offering 25x miles on any donation above...
Qatar Airways award devaluation American Airlines Alaska Airlines

Another major devaluation, this time using Qatar Avios to book American & Alaska

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It seems to be open season on award pricing at the moment. Program after program are instituting award redemption increases with no notice, with...

(EXPIRED) Earn 1,000 bonus AAdvantage Miles on IHG stays of 2 or more nights

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Earlier this week, American AAdvantage launched another reciprocal elite status match and fast track challenge with Hyatt, an option that could be very exciting...

(Expired) American Airlines Shopping Portal Promo: Earn up to 2,000 bonus miles

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The American Airlines shopping portal is currently offering up to 2,000 bonus miles when hitting certain spending thresholds over the next couple of weeks. While...
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10 best hotels in the Maldives, AA loses more bags than any other airline...

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AA loses more luggage than any other airline, Amex officially excludes Google Fi from its wireless credit and the ten best luxury hotels in...

British Airways kills redemptions on AA and Alaska (again for the very first time)

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Evidently, they're still a little sore about the whole Independence Day thing on the other side of the pond. Overnight, British Airways seems to...
American Airlines award sale

(EXPIRED) American Airlines economy award sale: 21k one-way to Europe, 28,500 to Australia &...

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American Airlines launched a new award sale yesterday, giving discounted pricing when booking both domestic and international flights using AAdvantage miles. Only economy flights...
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A couple of Nick’s booking tricks uncovered during Flying by the Seat of our...

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During our Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge, my journal became quiet after the first couple of days. The truth was that...
United shopping portal promotion 06.11.24

(EXPIRED) American, United & Southwest portal promos: Earn up to 2,500 bonus miles/points

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Following on from the start of an Alaska Airlines shopping portal promo last week, three other airline portals are now offering bonus miles/points when...
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(Update) American Airlines increasing baggage & pet fees, eliminating mile & loyalty point earnings...

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Update 5/29/24: A few months ago, American Airlines announced that they'd be making a number of customer-unfriendly moves; they'd be increasing baggage fees, increasing...

Earn elite status: AA vs Delta vs United

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In this post I've compared the requirements for earning elite status among the big three: AA, Delta, and United. In recent years, all three...
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(EXPIRED) Bilt losing American Airlines as transfer partner after June 24, 2024

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Update 5/21/24: Bilt announced a couple of months ago that American Airlines would be removed as a transfer partner in June. At the time...

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