American Eliminates Free Date Changes On Awards Within 60 Days, Details Their Weak Vacation Discount Offer For Elites
Buried in yesterday's surprising announcement that American would count credit card spending for million miler status, were changes to award ticket change fees.
The bad...
Here’s How To Check How Much You’ll Need To Spend To Earn American Million Miler Lifetime Elite Status Without Flying
Update: American has clarified that signup bonuses and double mile categories won't count for million miler status.
Earlier today, American announced that miles earned from...
WOW! American Extends Elite Status And Announces That Credit Card Spending From May-December Will Count Towards Million Miler Lifetime Elite Status!
American finally announced that they too will extend their members elite status.
That follows other North American airlines like Alaska, Delta, United, and Air Canada as well...
American Will Delay Its Return To Tel Aviv By An Entire Year Due To Coronavirus
American's exit from Israel had its drama and its return has had its fair share as well.
American pulled out of the Tel Aviv market...
American Will Park Most Widebody Planes, Suspend Most International Flying
American is announcing major network reductions starting tomorrow.
Some 135 out of 150 American widebody planes will be parked starting this week as American slashes...
Now Live: American And Hyatt Reciprocal Elite Status Challenges
Last year I wrote about reciprocal benefits between American and Hyatt:
AA elites earn 1 AA mile for every eligible dollar spent at qualifying...
Using American’s Award Map To Find 5K Mileage Tickets
American has a very useful flight award search map to find discounted award tickets.
I've written about this previously, but unsurprisingly given the current circumstances,...
American Does A Poor Job Matching JetBlue’s Coronavirus Change Policy
JetBlue and Alaska previously announced free change policies due to the coronavirus.
American is now announcing their own policy.
It's applicable for tickets purchased between March 1, 2020...
Uh-Oh: AA Eliminates Close-In Award Fees
American has eliminated the $75 close-in fee on award tickets effective immediately.
Delta and United previously did that and proved that we should always "Beware...
Hyatt Globalist Just Gave Me AA Executive Platinum Status, Call Your Concierge To Check If You Qualify!
Update, 12/23: American has just added 4 systemwide upgrades valid through 1/31/21 to my account! Check your AA.com wallet to find yours. Thanks Hyatt!
Update...
Fly Between The US Mainland And The Hawaiian Islands In AA Business Class For Just 28K-30K AA Miles Each Way!
Use American’s new mileage search from their home page (Don’t click on advanced search) for flights between the US mainland and Hawaii and you can...
Fly From The US To Hong Kong In AA First Class For Just 61K AA Miles Each Way!
Use American’s new mileage search from their home page (Don't click on advanced search) for flights from the US to Hong Kong via Dallas...
American Backtracks On Daily Tel Aviv Flights
Last week I wrote about American filing to increase their Dallas-Tel Aviv flights form 3x weekly to daily, just a month after they started...
Just A Month After Bookings Open, American Announces They Will Fly To Tel Aviv Daily!
Related post: HOT! Fly From The US To Tel Aviv For Just 20K AA Miles!
American announced in August that they would return to Israel...
HOT! Fly From The US To Tel Aviv For Just 20K AA Miles!
Use American’s advanced mileage search via this link on a desktop browser for flights between the US and Tel Aviv and you can find Economy...
Fly Between The US And Mexico, Central America, Or The Caribbean For Just 7,500 AA Miles Each Way!
Use American’s advanced mileage search via this link on a desktop browser for flights between the US and Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean...
Fly Between NYC, Boston, Chicago, DC, Or Miami And Los Angeles, San Diego, And More For Just 5,000 AA Miles Each Way!
Update: This deal is still alive!
Originally posted on 11/6:
Use American’s advanced mileage search via this link for flights nationwide and you can find Economy...
Ready To Drop Everything And Travel Today? Here Are Sample Flights Still On Sale For Just $30.30!
Yesterday we posted $30.30 flight deals from JetBlue and from American.
Hundreds of DansDeals readers are flying across the country today and I've heard from...
American And JetBlue Chicago Weather Waivers Mean You Can Book $30 Tickets Through Sunday!
American and JetBlue, among other airlines, have released weather waivers for travel to/from Chicago. Both waivers allow for free changes for travel though 11/3...
Ends Tomorrow: Get A 25% Bonus For Transferring Hotel Points To American!
Update: This offer ends tomorrow!
Originally posted on 9/18:
American is offering a 25% bonus for converting select hotel points into miles through 10/30. Registration is required.
This...
SMOKING HOT! HURRY! Fly Between NYC, Los Angeles, And More Cities To The Hawaiian Islands For Just 5,000 AA Miles Each Way!
Update, 10:34pm: Now 10K miles each way.
Use American's advanced mileage search for a round-trip flight from Los Angeles, NYC, and many other cities to...
American Will Fly Nonstop From Los Angeles To New Zealand’s South Island And Add More Nonstop Service From North America!
Tourism between North America and New Zealand is rapidly growing, but until now the only nonstop flights from North America have been to Auckland,...
American’s Tel Aviv Flight Is Now Bookable
American announced in August that they would return to Israel starting on September 9th with 3 weekly 787-9 flights between Dallas and Tel Aviv.
American...
American And Alaska Will End Mileage Redemption Partnership
Effective 3/1/20, you will no longer be able to redeem American miles for travel on Alaska Airlines or Alaska Airlines miles for travel on...
Cathay Pacific Awards Now Bookable On AA.com!
Last night, in a post about the AA 25% transfer bonus, I mentioned that AA.com doesn't show award space on all partners, such as...
American Had 840,000 Reasons To Launch New Service From Dallas To Tel Aviv
American Airlines announced last week that they would resume flying to Israel with the launch of 3 weekly flights between Dallas and Tel Aviv...
American Will Resume Flights To Tel Aviv And Will Add Casablanca And Other Flights Next Year!
Update: The Tel Aviv route will begin on 9/9/20.
American pulled out of the Tel Aviv market on 1/4/16 after they merged with USAirways.
At the...
American Adds Online Booking For JAL Awards, Roundup Of AA Awards Bookable Online And Links For AA’s Old And New Search Engines
American continues to add partner airlines on the AA.com award search. That's great as American's operational performance is just abysmal these days. I'm either...
[Update: Now Fixed!] American Has Wiped Out All Nonstop Coach Saver Award Space On Many Routes!
Update: American has now fixed this glitch!
Last October I wrote about how American started blocking nonstop availability on select routes within 2 weeks of...
Now Live: American And Hyatt Reciprocal Benefits
Update: You can now link your AA and Hyatt accounts for reciprocal benefits here.
Originally posted on 3/5:
Back in the SPG days, Delta Crossover allowed...
AA: Fly Nonstop Between Dallas, Los Angeles, Or Phoenix And Maui Or Kona For $128 Or 7.3K Hybrid Points Or Each Way!
Bookable on Priceline. Tickets purchased from Priceline today are refundable until 11:29pm EDT tomorrow. Please see this post for directions on how to cancel these...
American Killing 10% Award Redemption Rebate For All Barclays And Citibank Cards
One of the most useful benefits on AA's Barclays and Citibank credit cards is the 10% rebate on award redemptions. Cardholders are able to...
American: Newark, Denver, Or Houston To Honolulu For Just $147 Each Way!
Bookable on Priceline. Tickets purchased from Priceline today are refundable until 11:29pm EST tomorrow. Please see this post for directions on how to cancel these...
Ouch! Is American Blacking Out Nonstop Saver Award Availability Within 2 Weeks Of Flights?
Update, 10/5: American has now blocked 10/18 from saver award redemption on all of the routes below as that date is now within 2...
American Matches Baggage Fee Increase
JetBlue kicked off the latest round of baggage fee hikes by raising the cost of the 1st checked bag to $30 and the 2nd checked...
American Is Actually Improving Basic Economy Fares; Your Move United
Delta started the Basic Economy madness, but Scott Kirby single-handedly made it worse. He designed it to exclude overhead carry-on baggage unless you had...
