Originally Posted by
guv1976
You can try searching for award availability of the IB flight at aa.com, which would display AA's pricing -- not IB's -- if the flight is available to AAdvantage members.
Yeah I searched AA award travel and had actually booked on that first, but then realized I'd rather use the AMEX points and earn AA miles as I'm a bit behind this year on the status quest. The AA miles were about the same but the Avios were way more. Worth a look though!