Originally Posted by bswiz

Can someone confirm - if I "buy" a flight on (for example) American with TY points, do I still earn my usual AAdvantage miles for whatever level I'm at with AA for the flight?

I think this is the case, but I've called Citi and they don't seem to understand what I'm asking. They said I'll only earn miles if I use my Citi AAdvantage card (which I don't even have) to buy a portion of the ticket. I'm talking about earning miles for the distance flown, not the purchase price of the ticket.

I'm thinking as far as the airline is concerned, the ticket was purchased like any other, so I can't imagine why I wouldn't earn the miles.