For redeeming Etihad miles on American Airlines flights, the Etihad's award chart is nearly identical to the old
American Airlines award chart before the devaluation that just happened last week, at least for now.
American Airlines miles can be used for American Airlines and oneworld flights according to
the American Airlines award chart.
For example, prior to the most recent
American Airlines award chart devaluation, they were offering bonuses in many different channels such as large bonuses when purchasing or sharing miles.
According to
the American Airlines Award Chart, if you're flying from the US, you will be paying peak season prices of:
Although we're saddened — but not surprised — by
the American Airlines award chart devaluation, AAdvantage miles will continue to be a valuable currency.
This is a new and welcome addition to
the American Airlines award chart!
The American Airlines award chart charges 30,000 miles for a one - way flight from North America to Europe in summer.
So let's first look at
the American Airlines award chart.
While we're huge fans of the current
American Airlines award chart, airline devaluations have proven to be an inevitable part of the mileage game.
-LSB-...] to Suzanne Rubin, President of AAdvantage, as relayed by One Mile at a Time and View from the Wing: there will be no change to
the American Airlines award chart at the time of integration with US -LSB-...]
This travel tool shows the difference between the old
American Airlines award chart and the new one which goes into effect on March 22nd, 2016.
In other words, to find out how many American Airline miles your Cathay flight will cost, do not look at the Cathay award chart, look at
the American Airlines award chart.
For the most part, it's similar if not identical to the old
American Airlines award chart that has since been devalued, meaning that it's often cheaper to use Etihad miles than American Airlines miles for the exact same AA flights.
In effect Alaska is aligning
its American Airlines award chart with the one American Airlines offers its own AAdvantage members.....
As one of Etihad's few airline partners, most travelers will have no reasonable alternatives to
the American Airlines award chart.
Unfortunately, you can't use US Airways miles with
the American Airlines award chart yet.
Etihad's
American Airlines award chart includes off - peak economy awards for certain destinations.
View From the Wing reported changes to
the American Airlines award charts.
The changes to
the American Airlines award charts will be effective for bookings on or after 22 March 2016.
What do you think of
the American Airline award chart changes?
Not exact matches
On the other hand,
airlines like
American and United have fixed - rate
award charts that make it easier to understand how far your miles will get you.
For example, an
American Airlines frequent flyer can use AAdvantage miles to book a flight on British Airways, and the cost of that ticket will be based on the
American Airlines mileage
award chart.
With this in mind, British Airways»
award chart provides a great option to book nonstop economy class
award tickets from the West Coast to Hawaii on both
American Airlines and Alaska
Airlines.
American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both
American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
For example, if you have a connection on
American Airlines before a flight on Qantas, your
award will be governed by this
chart.
British Airways has a distance based
award chart which means that certain flights could cost as little as 4,500 miles each way on
American Airlines.
And the United
Airlines award charts will be comparable to
American Airlines after new changes take effect.
American Airlines is changing their
award chart, effective March 22, 2016!
Despite recent changes to the
award chart, Jessica can use
American Airlines miles to visit Maui, Hong Kong, and India.
Starting March 22, 2016,
American Airlines will replace its current
award chart for flights on
American Airlines and its
airline partners.
However, if you can find
award space on partners like
American Airlines, you can get a lot of value from their distance - based
award chart.
Reward
charts are sometimes call
award charts, like this one from
American Airlines.
If you feel nostalgic about the old
American Airlines»
award chart, you're not alone.
At some point in the future, they will update their
chart, but for now you can book
American Airlines awards the old way.
Etihad has a different
award chart for each
airline, but as long as you are redeeming for only
American Airlines flights there are some great values to be found:
Fortunately, Etihad's
award chart for
American still allows you to book flights on
American Airlines at pre-devaluation levels.
They may very well be disappearing once US Airways and
American Airlines merge toward the start of 2015 as the combined
airline may have a very different
award chart.
In this case I know from looking at the
award chart that
American Airlines charges 50,000 miles to travel between the United States and Europe, so that's probably
American Airlines award space from July 15 through July 20.
Once the go - to program for booking Etihad
awards, the
American Airlines AAdvantage program devalued their
award chart and raised
award prices in early 2016.
American AAdvantage devalued their
award chart in early 2016, but Alaska
Airlines has not changed the miles required for flights on
American Airlines.
American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both
American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
American Airlines»
chart is zone - based, meaning
award flights traveling from any country in your departing zone to any country in your arriving zone will be the same.
American Airlines»
award chart publishes prices to get from region A to region B.
A complete list of off - peak discounted
award pricing can be found on this
American Airlines AAdvantage
award chart.
If you need to connect on
American Airlines (or another partner
airline) to get to your flight on Japan
Airlines, you will need to use the partner
award chart to determine the number of miles required.
If you book business class on Japan
Airlines with Asia Miles and your booking includes a connection on
American Airlines (or another Oneworld carrier), the booking will fall under a different
award chart.
They've already implemented a new
award chart for partner
award bookings, including
American Airlines award bookings like the one I was booking today.
Once
American Airlines devalues their
award chart on March 22 you'll find that the cost of many tickets becomes less than affordable.
This is one decent first class redemption that is still left in
American Airlines»
award chart after the 2016 devaluation.
While
American Airlines devalued their
award chart in early 2016, the
award prices through Alaska's program remain the same.