What can I do best with (so many / so few) miles? (Consolidated)
Oct 11, 2014, 12:02 pm
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What can I do best with (so many / so few) miles? (Consolidated)
Hey all,
I'm a United guy, so this sub-forum is a strange and scary place.
My mother and father each have 20,000AA miles, which expire in June 2015. They most likely won't be flying American or OneWorld anytime soon.
What are the options for not letting them go to waste?
I'm a United guy, so this sub-forum is a strange and scary place.
My mother and father each have 20,000AA miles, which expire in June 2015. They most likely won't be flying American or OneWorld anytime soon.
What are the options for not letting them go to waste?
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Oct 11, 2014, 12:23 pm
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Parents have 2 x 20,000AA Points - what to do?
You can either buy 2 one way ticket to some destination, Europe off peak award travel for example, or just 1 roundtrip ticket. You can also search in the AA forum for the thread on how to prevent miles from expiring.
Oct 11, 2014, 4:29 pm
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Least expensive way to keep their miles from expiring is for them to sign up for AA Rewards Network (AA iDine program) and buy a drink from one of the iDine restaurants. This will extend their miles by another 18 months.
Oct 12, 2014, 12:42 am
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, because one way tickets can cost as much as round trip ones.
Oct 12, 2014, 11:30 am
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Thanks all, good suggestions.
I forgot to mention that my folks live in the UK.
Looking for Saver Award offers on AA is a definite option. Are there also Saver Awards on [British Airways, AirBerlin, OneWorld] that would be eligible for use of AA miles?
Can those offers be found via the AA website, if not where do you recommend I look?
I forgot to mention that my folks live in the UK.
Looking for Saver Award offers on AA is a definite option. Are there also Saver Awards on [British Airways, AirBerlin, OneWorld] that would be eligible for use of AA miles?
Can those offers be found via the AA website, if not where do you recommend I look?
Oct 12, 2014, 11:53 am
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Oct 12, 2014, 12:11 pm
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Taking a TATL re-positioning cruise from Europe to Florida, and then using the miles to fly home on AA metal would be a great use, which avoids having to pay the UK APD and the LHR PSC, and also avoids carrier surcharges.
Otherwise, an intra-Europe Economy roundtrip can be had for 20K AA miles/person. Out of the UK, use AY or S7 to avoid surcharges. (AB and HG are also surcharge-free, but neither serves the UK.)
Taking a TATL re-positioning cruise from Europe to Florida, and then using the miles to fly home on AA metal would be a great use, which avoids having to pay the UK APD and the LHR PSC, and also avoids carrier surcharges.
Otherwise, an intra-Europe Economy roundtrip can be had for 20K AA miles/person. Out of the UK, use AY or S7 to avoid surcharges. (AB and HG are also surcharge-free, but neither serves the UK.)
I am new to this airline and its partners across the global.
Oct 26, 2014, 11:18 am
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What would you like to do? Fly internationally? Fly domestically? Redeem for hotels/rental cars?
Have you looked at the AAdvantage flight redemption charts, which can be found at aa.com?
What would you like to do? Fly internationally? Fly domestically? Redeem for hotels/rental cars?
Have you looked at the AAdvantage flight redemption charts, which can be found at aa.com?
Oct 26, 2014, 11:31 am
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Here's AA's partner award chart:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/a...rtnerChart.jsp
Here's AA's partner award chart:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/a...rtnerChart.jsp
Oct 26, 2014, 11:43 am
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As American Airlines and US Airways are still operating as distinct airlines, this question is being moved to the appropriate pre-merger airline forum. Once there, we recommend reading the FAQ and the (linked from the FAQ) threads on oneworld and partner awards, and MileSAAver awards. These will give you some idea of how you can use those miles and get more than two standard one way domestic trip awards.
Please note the sticky at the top of the consolidated thread which is titled STOP! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING! Welcome to the New American Airlines Forum!. With all of the changes about, it is important to know where to post, and reading that thread before posting (as the title suggests ) will help get you in the right place.
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Please note the sticky at the top of the consolidated thread which is titled STOP! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING! Welcome to the New American Airlines Forum!. With all of the changes about, it is important to know where to post, and reading that thread before posting (as the title suggests
) will help get you in the right place.~Moderator
Oct 26, 2014, 2:22 pm
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(1) take a domestic round-trip in First Class for 50,000 miles
or
(2) a one-way Business Class ticket to Europe or South America for 50,000 miles