Originally Posted by
biggreen
You might have to book it as a round trip in the other direction and you'll definitely need to have your account address in California or Illinois. Two years ago with a NY-restricted promotion they didn't grant it to folks who recently changed addresses to New York just to qualify. YMMV.
Will have to do it as a roundtrip BUT getting the credit shouldn't be too much of an issue. I have both a NY and CA address with AA due to me going back and forth so often...