Jan 25, 14, 3:56 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Be sure to check the lengthy http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...elections.html and oneworld and Other Airline (Partner) Awards info, rules 2014 on threads, as many members have posted questions - and useful answers - there. See the wiki posts for informative summaries.
Also be aware - AA have reduced capacity and apparently chosen to make MileSAAver flights significantly less available during predicted periods of high demand and high demand flights, undoubtedly keeping seats available for those willing to pay higher fares and use the new tiered AAnytime awards.
Older posts as of 1 Jan 2015 and later may be found in thd archived thread ARCHIVE: MileSAAver / SAAver award reduction discussion post 2015 AAdvantage merger
Older posts may dating from Aug 2011 through the AAdvantage program merger January 2015 be found in the archived thread here.
MileSAAver / SAAver award reduction / scarcity discussion
Jan 10, 17, 1:00 pm
#31
Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: AA PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,383
Jan 10, 17, 1:10 pm
#33
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: AA LT PLT 3 MM+, BA (very) Blue, CO nobody
Posts: 2,640
Offer for online application for Reserve card expires 1/12.
Jan 10, 17, 1:22 pm
#34
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,339
Jan 10, 17, 1:23 pm
#35
Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: AA PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,383
Jan 10, 17, 1:38 pm
#36
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: DTW, but drive to/from YYZ/ORD
Programs: Chase Ultimate Rewards 2MM, Diner Club points
Posts: 28,668
Jan 10, 17, 2:25 pm
#37
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,339
I agree that CSR is the best travel rewards card out there.
Jan 10, 17, 2:28 pm
#38
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: AA LT PLT 3 MM+, BA (very) Blue, CO nobody
Posts: 2,640
You cannot churn Citi cards any more and even if you could - what would you do with those miles?
Jan 10, 17, 2:32 pm
#39
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: All airline status gone as of 2/1/24, woe betide me
Posts: 20,165
I don't really accrue AA (since most everything in that side goes in the AS bucket), but I come up with a few thousand a year or so (car rentals when a good bonus is going on, dining, random stuff). It would take a long time to get enough miles for J TATL/TPAC, but hey, a free ticket one way every few years as "money for nothing"... OK.
So I redeemed (originally) MIA-LAX(AA 77W)-SEA(AS) coming home from a cruise because "well, why not, at this rate I'd have a J ticket somewhere sometime in 2020 or so". One schedule change later, it became MIA-TPA(AA)-SEA(AS).
Then I decided to stay in Miami with friends at a pool for the day waiting for a flight, and it occurred to me that with AS status I could help get rum home for us by checking luggage for free. Checked for the trip (10 days out). Oh look, there's Y. Oh look, program rules are free changes with destination and origin staying the same. Ring ring, talk to CS, ticket changes easy as pie, I even get MCE as AS MVPG.
So I feel the pain about premium cabins longhaul being bone-dry a lot of the time (I can see that searching on alaskaair.com or aa.com, though I DID fly home from DUS on AA in J last summer), but the program still has some use, I guess. It was nice to see AA inventory available close in (within two weeks of travel).
So I redeemed (originally) MIA-LAX(AA 77W)-SEA(AS) coming home from a cruise because "well, why not, at this rate I'd have a J ticket somewhere sometime in 2020 or so". One schedule change later, it became MIA-TPA(AA)-SEA(AS).
Then I decided to stay in Miami with friends at a pool for the day waiting for a flight, and it occurred to me that with AS status I could help get rum home for us by checking luggage for free. Checked for the trip (10 days out). Oh look, there's Y. Oh look, program rules are free changes with destination and origin staying the same. Ring ring, talk to CS, ticket changes easy as pie, I even get MCE as AS MVPG.
So I feel the pain about premium cabins longhaul being bone-dry a lot of the time (I can see that searching on alaskaair.com or aa.com, though I DID fly home from DUS on AA in J last summer), but the program still has some use, I guess. It was nice to see AA inventory available close in (within two weeks of travel).
Jan 10, 17, 3:12 pm
#40
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: DTW, but drive to/from YYZ/ORD
Programs: Chase Ultimate Rewards 2MM, Diner Club points
Posts: 28,668
can earn a lot of points by buying gift cards. i have redeemed well over 1MM UA miles this way, and that's not including chase UR transferred to other partners. Even post UA deval, UA awards have been good to me.sadly this might be coming to an end as the ink preferred shows.
Jan 10, 17, 3:31 pm
#41
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,339
I have been seeing AA metal J availability JFK-LHR, but only for same day travel, which makes planning a bit difficult.
Jan 10, 17, 3:32 pm
#42
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 802
While Citi has cracked down, it's still possible to get multiple AA cards if you look hard enough. There is a link floating around that does NOT have the 24 month wording for the AAdvantage Plat Select Mastercard. I signed up for one 12/17, and again on 12/29, and both bonuses are confirmed by CSRs. Combine that with a SM asking to get matched to a "60k offer that I saw online" and the AAviator card, in about 3 weeks I've gotten 160k of AA miles on $6100 spend.
Jan 10, 17, 5:57 pm
#43
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: BNA
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 766
While Citi has cracked down, it's still possible to get multiple AA cards if you look hard enough. There is a link floating around that does NOT have the 24 month wording for the AAdvantage Plat Select Mastercard. I signed up for one 12/17, and again on 12/29, and both bonuses are confirmed by CSRs. Combine that with a SM asking to get matched to a "60k offer that I saw online" and the AAviator card, in about 3 weeks I've gotten 160k of AA miles on $6100 spend.
looks like the 50k bonus will go thru even though I currently hold two Citi AA cards. I've had great luck with international sAAVer availability in coach for my family of four. These bonuses are key to our summer vacations.
Question: what's an SM?
Last edited by oysterhead43; Jan 10, 17 at 6:05 pm
Jan 10, 17, 6:29 pm
#44
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Wine Country, Finger Lakes
Programs: LFFRS BOD
Posts: 1,355
thanks for the tip, found the thread on reddit (LINK), applied and was approved.
looks like the 50k bonus will go thru even though I currently hold two Citi AA cards. I've had great luck with international sAAVer availability in coach for my family of four. These bonuses are key to our summer vacations.
Question: what's an SM?
looks like the 50k bonus will go thru even though I currently hold two Citi AA cards. I've had great luck with international sAAVer availability in coach for my family of four. These bonuses are key to our summer vacations.
Question: what's an SM?
Jan 10, 17, 9:56 pm
#45
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,891
I'm hoping the SPG-UA transfer ratio becomes more favorable. Accumulated a $hitload of SPG points with intention to transfer to AA, but invariably they'll be going to other partners at this point. I know I can use MR as an intermediary but MR-UA transfers take way too long.
