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ANC RED-EYE
In any case, if that is correct, for a NYC based flyer, you would have a lot of potential options for redeeming just those miles (before considering additional earning potential). AS has an extensive
partner network. Know, however, that you'd only have access to saver awards (coach, biz, first) on partners, but not flexible awards. You also would be limited to round trip/open jaw redemptions on partners (only one-way redemptions on AS operated flights).
Something that caught me by surprise at first is that you can only use one partner per redemption. That means you can't, for example, fly AA to LHR and then connect to BA on an AS award; you also can't fly AA on the outbound and BA (or DL) on the return. That can be restrictive. You can use AS to position yourself for the partner portion of an award ticket, but that's of limited use in NYC.