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Old Feb 16, 2026 | 9:48 pm
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I have done this recently (although booked in J),

for equal amount of miles and equal balances in both programs, I’d use the operating airlines program.

Ive been successful (after a few HUCAs) getting flight changes on AA metal AA awards when the schedule change was small.

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