Originally Posted by mia

American Express Platinum does not offer trip cancellation, interruption or delay insurance. American Express does offer extensive lounge access, but NOT for AA or UA clubs.



After you transfer it's essentially the same as booking award travel through aa.com.

I suggest you begin by reading the Wikipost at the top of this thread, you will find links to a list of transfer partners, and a summary of how to travel on airlines that are not Membership Rewards partners:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...l-program.html