Originally Posted by
clacko
look at partner awards on aa.com....also check 1 world.....good luck...
Originally Posted by
jukie
anyone have specific suggestions on how to book this award ticket short of calling the plat desk which probably won't share that much insight? thanks!
he's answered your question (admittedly vague to one who does not often redeem miles)
AA has 3 types of redemption for flights (that I know of ):
(1) a reward on AA - priced per flight / class - only on AA
(2) an partner reward - priced per flight / class - includes a longish list of partners
(3) a one world award - priced per distance/ class 16-segment limit.
if you want to go to that many cities, I would suggest (3). which is one of the two possibilities clacko raises.
you really can't use (1) unless you want to fly back to the us a few times in between.
with (3), you pay based on total distance and class. there are some other rules. there's a huge thread on one-world awards and another on all-partner.
good luck (which is to say that no one here is your travel agent).