American’s “New” Hidden Award Calendar Quietly Crushes Misconceptions—and Pricing and Availability—With 20% to 35% Savings

American’s “new” award pricing calendar is not nearly as bad as you think—and offers prices much lower than its “old” pricing calendar, and even cheaper for non-loyalists

We’re happy to relay some good news: American Airlines is offering some very good deals on mileage award redemptions for travel later this year and into 2021, when compared to 2019.

We’ve been closely watching this trend. In March we reported on the new Hawaii opportunities where Business Class awards from Los Angeles are down 49% over last year.