There are a lot of haters out there with regards to
AAdvantage miles these days.
Not exact matches
National and Alamo earn
miles on a per
day basis while Hertz is the only rental company that allows
AAdvantage members to earn on a per dollar basis.
If you don't have the necessary American
AAdvantage miles in your account, you can put your award ticket on hold for five
days so you'll have time to transfer points to your account.
For an introductory bonus, the
AAdvantage Aviator World Elite MasterCard offers additional 50,000 bonus
miles when you make your first purchase with the card within the first 90
days (after you have paid your annual membership fee).
American Airlines
AAdvantage ® members will earn quadruple
AAdvantage miles (200
miles per
day) on rentals of a Compact car or larger vehicle for 3
days or longer at participating locations worldwide.
Downside:
AAdvantage miles aren't as useful as they used to be, with awards at the MileSAAver price hard to find on many
days, but if you're looking to travel on American's partners to Asia like Cathay Pacific, you'll have an easier time getting good value out of them.
Yes, you can earn AA
miles for flights purchased less than 30
days before your enrollment in the
AAdvantage loyalty program.
The bonus available at the time of writing is 1,000 extra
AAdvantage miles after visiting a participating restaurant and spending at least $ 25 within 30
days of joining the program.
American Airlines, for example, offers a status challenge that is available to anyone — whether or not you already have status in a comparable program — that lets you fast - track your way to earning either
AAdvantage gold or platinum status by meeting both a flying requirement of 7,000 or 12,500
miles and spending at least $ 1,000 or $ 2,000 respectively within a period of 90
days.
On the way back I was flying through London (again for a full
day — almost 24 hours) on an American Airlines
AAdvantage award for 50,000
miles in Business.
First Purchase
AAdvantage ® Bonus
Miles The primary cardmember will earn forty thousand (40,000)
AAdvantage ® bonus
miles after a first purchase is made on the Account within ninety (90)
days of Account opening and the annual fee has been paid.
However, Citigold account has a $ 30 monthly fee unless you maintain a high balance and 30,000 bonus
AAdvantage miles will be deposited within 90
days from the end of the statement period in which you complete all offer requirements.
As per the email, Dividend
miles will be integrated in to
AAdvantage with in the next 30
days and your Dividend
miles will be converted to
AAdvantage miles at...
For a limited time, earn 50,000 American Airlines
AAdvantage ®
miles after making a purchase in the first 90
days and paying your annual fee.
The primary cardmember will earn forty thousand (40,000)
AAdvantage ® bonus
miles after a first purchase is made on the Account within ninety (90)
days of Account opening.
If you have any kind of meaningful balance of American Airlines
AAdvantage miles then you almost certainly know that 22 March 2016 is not a
day to look forward to.
During the «Valentine's
Day» bonus offer which runs from 1/29/18 through 2/11/18 at 11:59:59 pm ET, members will earn a one - time bonus of 500
AAdvantage miles on $ 200 or more in qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard
AAdvantage miles earned from shopping online through the
AAdvantage eShopping mall.
The other
day I went to grab the mail and found this lucrative targeted spending offer for my American
AAdvantage Aviator Red card that would award 15,000
miles!
It doesn't say very much for the efficiency of those running
AAdvantage that just
days before the first Iberia Premium Economy seats start flying to New York (3 May) we still can't be told what
miles we'll earn for any flights we credit to American's rewards program.
AAdvantage's current offer is to earn up to 2,000 bonus
miles if you hit certain thresholds in your first 30
days but there can be promos where it's higher.
This promotion is offered by
AAdvantage and the bonus
miles will deposit with in 7
days of completing the transfer.
With the exception of a recent mileage burning spree I went on as D -
Day approached, I'm not prone to using my
AAdvantage miles for First Class travel.
Bonus
miles will post to your
AAdvantage account within 7 business
days of the initial conversion activity.
You will get the bonus
miles within 7
days of
miles depositing in to your
AAdvantage account.
AAdvantage miles will appear in your
AAdvantage Dining account as soon as the transaction is registered by the restaurant, usually within 5
days.
* During the «Valentine's
Day» bonus offer which runs from 1/29/18 through 2/11/18 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the «Bonus Period»), Member will earn a one - time bonus of 500
AAdvantage ®
miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard
AAdvantage ®
miles earned from shopping online through the
AAdvantage eShoppingSM mall.
Bonus
miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying
AAdvantage member's account within 7 business
days
It's essentially like paying $ 95 for 50,000
AAdvantage miles, which is a deal I'd go for just about any
day.
I used
AAdvantage miles to fly into BA, had a 3 -
day stopover there, then continued to Iguazu and used an open jaw to fly back home out of Porto Allegro.
Dividend
miles will be converted to
AAdvantage miles in the next 30
days, make sure to link your accounts to avoid multiple
AAdvantage accounts.
As per the email, Dividend
miles will be integrated in to
AAdvantage with in the next 30
days and your Dividend
miles will be converted to
AAdvantage miles at a 1:1 ratio.
So you're essentially paying $ 95 for 50,000
AAdvantage miles, which is a deal that I would take any
day.
The sign - up bonus for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard is 30,000
miles after the first purchase, plus 10,000 points if you transfer a balance within the first 90
days; for the Citi Platinum Select
AAdvantage Visa Signature card, it's 30,000 after spending $ 1,000 in the first three months.
DIRECTV account must be kept current and in good standing for a minimum of 60
days before
AAdvantage miles will be awarded.
If you're short on
AAdvantage miles, you can transfer SPG Starpoints at a rate of 20,000 points to 30,000
miles through the end of the month, though transfers often take several
days to process.
So, you are saying it's better to transfer 79,000 SPGs, which would translate into 94,000
AAdvantage miles, to achieve the maximum number of transferable points in one
day?
So booked instead Qatar using
AAdvantage miles and had an immediate connection LAX - SEA in F available on the same
day same time.
While I didn't have to use any of my own
miles, just for fun I phoned an agent at American Airlines»
AAdvantage call center and learned there were several
days in September with availability for 50,000
miles.
Or if they can delay the $ 7K spend, apply for the CitiBusiness
AAdvantage card about 8
days after the Citi
AAdvantage Platinum Select so as to be able to split the purchase between the two cards and earn a total of 150,000
AAdvantage miles from the three cards.
Not only am I excited to get to spend a few
days in Hawaii after a whirlwind week and a half in Australia but I'll also get to fly a new airline, plus since I paid for that ticket in business class ($ 2,500) I'll also earn
AAdvantage miles and EQMs, which I need to re-qualify for Executive Platinum this year.
Earlier this week, American Airlines announced that you could now book flights to several cities in Cuba, and a few
days later, that you could redeem
AAdvantage miles for them as well.
Plus, on light travel
days,
AAdvantage Executive Platinum elites have access to complimentary upgrades to business and other elites can use 500 -
mile upgrades just as they would on any other domestic route.
Tomorrow is the last
day to get up to 35 % off purchased
AAdvantage miles.
AAdvantage accounts less than 30
days old are not permitted to Share
miles.
You can instantly obtain an
AAdvantage number by enrolling in the program via the AA.com web site but you must wait 30
days before you can buy
miles for a new account.