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Old Dec 7, 2020 | 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
1 Gifting ff miles from one account to another has a cost "American Airlines Customers can transfer miles for $12.50 per 1,000 miles, plus a $15 fee per transaction."
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...hare-miles.jsp
Gifting is different from transferring. Gifting is the same as buying... just for someone else's account and not your own. New miles are issued, your own existing miles remain untouched. Transferring moves existing miles from one account to another.
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