Are American AAdvantage Miles Worthless for Premium Travel?

With flights full and award inflation through the roof, FCF found a few ‘needles’ in the otherwise worthless AA miles ‘haystack’…

Our research team has been playing “needle in a haystack” with low-cost award space availability on American. It’s a very big haystack, with very few needles. But if you’re planning on booking a trip soon, and have a bunch of AA miles, or points you’re considering transfering to AA miles, in your pocket, it’s good to know exactly where you stand. So we decided to do a deep dive survey into where American is hiding a few lower-cost award seats, so you don’t waste your time in fantasy land.

In other words, if you’re not careful or not reading FCF’s special reports, you’d have to plan on paying around 180,000 miles for Business Class one way to Europe, and 175,000 one-way to Asia. However, with Oneworld Alliance partner airlines, FCF’s team found award space for as low as 57,500 American miles one way to Europe, saving you ~68%, 60,000 to Asia — also saving you ~66%, get the Middle East for as low as 70,000 one-way and the South Pacific for as low as 80,000 one-way. See FCF’s cheat sheet below:

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