Originally Posted by
swgsword
Find out how much the change + fare difference will be, because for most of these options (except booking through UA, which currently doesn't show any availability), the taxes/fuel surcharges will already be a few hundred. Not sure if it's worth spending 100k+ miles 头save a few hundred.
Not on AA. AA generally does not charge anything but taxes for AA-operated flights when redeeming AA miles. An all-AA-metal award AMS-PHL/DFW-LAX will incur $47.06 in cash outlay per person to cover taxes, that's it.