Originally Posted by
GNRMatt
I just got the e-mail below for American Airlines Cruises. I was curious if anyone on here who takes cruises has ever booked it through American Airlines before and what your thoughts are. Or, if when booking on a boat, referred it to AA as your Travel Agent to get bonus miles. Any negatives of booking with AA?
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The only advantage to booking an AAdvantage cruise is that you get one AAdvantage mile per $ regardless of how you pay for the cruise.
When I was UA elite, I would regularly book cruises through UA's vacation portal. As a comparison, on one cruise I booked through UA and my friend booked through AA. We both paid the same amount. He received approximately 4,900 AAdvantage miles while I received 35,000 Mileage Plus miles due to other bonus mile offers (balcony, having UA credit card, 7+ day cruise, etc) that AA does not offer.
As
JDiver said, shop around and compare!