-You can book tickets for 7,500 less miles than American Airlines regularly charges if you have an AAdvantage Select, Executive, or Business credit card.
-Consumer cardholders also get a 10% rebate on miles redeemed, so a coach reduced award will now cost just 15,750 miles round trip after the instant 7,500 mileage reduction and the 10% (in this case 1,750) mileage rebate.
To book these awards just call AA’s AAdvantage desk at 800-882-8880 and reference the following award code:
7,500 miles off Coach: TB8X7A
7,500 miles off Business/First: UB21X2A
Below is a sample list of some of Q1’s valid destinations, origination is allowed from any US48 City.
While BA Avios may be a better deal for nonstop short-haul flights, bear in mind that you pay for each segment when redeeming Avios, whereas with AA miles you pay for the entire journey.
-Atlanta
-Boston
-Charlotte
-Cincinnati
-Cleveland
-Columbus
-Colorado Springs
-Detroit
-Houston (IAH and HOU)
-Indianapolis
-Kansas City
-Minneapolis
-New York (LGA)
-Newark
-Orange County, CA
-Philadelphia
-Pittsburgh
-S. Barbara, CA
-S. Louis
-Washington D.C (DCA)
-West Palm Beach
-Calgary
-Montreal
-Ottawa
-Toronto
-Vancouver
Note: Some readers have reported success in:
-Originating from one of the cities on the list and flying to anywhere with a 7,500 mile discount.
-Getting them to waive the $25 phone fee as these can’t be booked online.
-Getting a 3,750 mile discount on one-way travel.
-You can always pull a hidden city trick (for example for fly JFK-LAX-SBA and just get off at LAX), though you’d probably have to forgo checked luggage.
YMMV! (Your mileage may vary)
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Dan,
What would you value AA miles at now?
Do you know how much if any discount on a AAdvantage Citi World Collage mastercard
Thanks, Dan-booked! But couldn’t get the 25. fee waived even calling twice:(
@Sam:
Depends how many you have.
@gaby:
Doubtful.
@babs:
Safe travels.
Hence the YMMV!
If we already booked one of these routes for full saver award fare at 25k rt say sure example six months ago, will AA allow write a refund of points if we contacted them?
I received an email from the American Platinum Select Card offering 40,000 miles after spending $3K in 3 months and a bonus 10K miles for spending $10K in 12 months. Is this the best offer for the American credit card? Worth getting?
Dan, Do I need to book a ticket now to get this 7,500 mile discount or can I just call and have it “on account” for when i book a ticket sometime this year?
with ur example of flying from jfk to lax to sba and then just getting off at lax. i thought american airlines doesnt fly from jfk?
If you skip a segment of your trip don’t they cancel the remainder of the itinerary?
can this be used on partner airlines as well? could i fly on cathay from jfk-vancouver at the reduced rate?
of course aa flies from jfk
Did you know that if you book a British Airways/American ticket using Avios, and you use your AAdvantage card to pay the 5 dollar charge, you get 2 free bags!!! Just chanced upon this deal myself this week 🙂
@B
It has nothing to do with the fact thst you used your Aadvantage credit card to pay for the ticket.