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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 8:21 am
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Originally Posted by benzguy80
I've never seen miles flown on AAward tix count towards anything. I wouldn't consider them BIS for that reason.
Except you can manage to book a VERY short connection on your award flights and get rebooked onto a later flight into full fare. Voila - fresh miles
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