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AA miles are not just good on AA: CX and JL are AAdvantage partners, but you cannot check CX/JL award-seat availability on aa.com; call AA.

Note that the AAdvantage award chart is changing -- and not in a good way -- in March. If you can book your trip with AA miles before the change, you can benefit from the current rates -- even though you won't be traveling for months. And if you cannot find AAdvantage award seats on all of the portions of your trip, you can transfer some Amex MR points to another FFP that -- like AA -- offers one-way awards.

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