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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by brooklynmatt
Originally Posted by Jophiel
I'm about to go to Italy myself. I'm using AA miles b/c of the off-peak awards and the 10% rebate from using the AA card, so it's only costing me 36k miles. As everyone else has mentioned, you should rely on AirBerlin or AA if you're using AA miles, in order to avoid the BA surcharges.

Since you're originating in NY, you actually have a good chance to take advantage of a free one-way or two. MileValue has a great explanation of all this for AA awards here. It's a great way to increase the value of your award redemption. United is also a great option for free one-ways as well and MileValue has some great articles on that too.

Good luck and have a great time!
Run that by me again? 36k miles?
During AA's off-peak season between North America and Europe (October 15-May 15), a roundtrip, SAAver Coach award costs just 40,000 miles. Holders of most Citi/AA credit cards get a 10% rebate on the miles spent (up to a maximum annual rebate of 10,000 miles per cardholder).
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