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Old Feb 29, 2024 | 11:25 pm
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Originally Posted by JJeffrey
With a little flexibility 9,000 miles is enough to get a one-way award ticket practically anywhere in North America, relatively speaking. The easiest way to keep them from expiring is to just book a random award ticket for some date way off in the future, wait for it to ticket, then cancel it. Your miles and taxes will be refunded and your expiration date will be reset.
Has anyone tried this recently? I was hoping to redeem some miles for a throw-away magazine subscription, but AA doesn't offer that option. If the award trick doesn't work, I might just donate 1K miles as last resort.

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