“Today in Aviation, American Airlines (AA) introduced one of the first frequent-flyer programs in the industry, AAdvantage, in 1981. A year later, AAdvantage became the first loyalty program to partner with a foreign airline, allowing members to earn and redeem miles on British Airways (BA) flights to Europe.” — Airways Magazine
(Att that time AA miles could not be used or earned between the UK and US flying on BA - though they could between Canada or México, etc. and U.K. - nor could BA miles be earned flying AA US <—> UK.)
Links:
Airways Magazine:
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/amer...es-aadvantage/
The Points Guy FFP history):
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/evolu...lyer-programs/
How early did you join AAdvantage? How have you taken advantage of AAdvantage? Reminiscences?