The American Airlines AAdvantage program turns 40 this year and the airline has launched a giveaway to celebrate this milestone with prizes given away on a daily basis.
The prizes and themes of the giveaway rotate on a weekly basis with the first week being under the banner of “We the people [of American Airlines]”.
AAdvantage members can win from several prizes, including 40 will each receive 1,000,000 miles!
John wrote about the giveaway last week (see his article here).
You can access AA’s page for the 40th Anniversary Giveaways here.
I have participated every day of the week with all “globe spins” available and was quite lucky. While there were some things in the basket of winning spins that I won’t use I was able to secure some miles.
Here are my winnings:
- 6x 400 AAdvantage Miles
- 2x 40 AAdvantage Miles
- One American Airlines Preferred Seat Upgrade
- One 20% off sitewide discount with FTD
- A digital code redeemable for 20% off participating Hyatt properties when you book between April 1, 2021 and May 31, 2021 for stays through September 12, 2021
- A one-car class upgrade and a minimum 500 base AAdvantage Miles with Avis Car Rental
Only one spin didn’t win anything.
I won’t be able to use this prize as I’m already Executive Platinum and “Preferred Seats” are generally not much to write home about anyway. Just like the FTD discount and Avis Upgrade will find it’s way into the trash folder of my email. I’ll see what the Hyatt discount offers but more likely than not the same or less than the World Of Hyatt member rate.
Miles are a much better win in the bigger picture:
So far I’ve won 2480 miles in the first week and while that doesn’t sound like much every little bit counts and goes on the pile towards the next big redemption. According to the emails I received it will take up to 10 weeks to get the miles credited.
It’s also an account activity for those who are worried that their miles will expire at some point without movements on the account.
You have one daily spin plus another one to check your “daily fun fact” plus the initial spins displayed on the main website.
Conclusion
My winnings of the first week were decent. I don’t expect to win anything big from this giveaway but if I can get a few thousand AAdvantage miles then that’s already better than nothing.
Keep in mind that this raffle is officially for U.S. residents only although I’m not sure how they are going to verify that. The most logical way would be through the account address so if you live abroad you might want to change yours for the time being.
What have you won from American’s Million Miles Giveaway so far?
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I think the hyatt code is standard. At least mine was nonspecific and I imagine it’s the same for everyone.
you are much luckier than I. 400 points, 40 points. How many accounts to do you have? I am in 2 player mode.
Hey, what’s your spin strategy. How quickly do you click the 2nd time?
2x 400 miles
I have won only one thing, 20% off FTD, which I will never use. I have played every single day and maxed out how many spins I could get. Pretty worthless contest as far as I am concerned.
Played for the family. Husband grand winner with 4,000 points! The rest of us got similar offers; one did get 400 points.
I’ve only gotten 2 prizes and I’ve maxed out spins every day
Have to live in the US to join this party. No go for anyone else. I have raised the issue with AA but no answer yet other than thanking me for being an Advantage member since 1987. Fine way to thank your long term members.
I only got the Avis, and 40 miles from the first 2 days. Missed a day, or 2? and have since received 40 miles, FTD, Preferred seat upgrade and 4,000! Miles out of my last 3 days (6 spins)
Wow you’ve done well – I’ve had one 20% at their florists offer and 5 no win spins!
Absolutely worthless so far, 2x preferred seat “upgrades”, as an EXP that’s not even possible to use and they are non-transferrable. Then a Thrifty discount, an agency I would never even consider using unless National, Hertz and Avis were all priced in the stratosphere.
Have to live in the US to join this party. No go for anyone else. I have raised the issue with AA but no answer yet other than thanking me for being an Advantage member since 1987. Fine way to thank your long term members.
Spinning for my family
We have won the following:
400 miles twice
40 miles twice
Preferred seat upgrade which is useless for me as an elite
FTD coupon – too many times to count – never will use this; i even delete the emails
Budget – too many times to count – deleted [Glad to see there is an Avis coupon though]
thats it
the author is having way more luck than we are
glad to see the Hyatt coupon although curious if it beats some corporate rates
Bloggers tend to win these things.
I’d love to win an upgrade! For us MilesUp cardholders, we do’t get upgrades.
Wow you’ve done well – I’ve had one 20% at their florists offer and 5 no win spins!
I won about 5200 miles and my wife the same , both of had a 4K miles win and a coup
le of 400 miles win
Discounts for car rental and 40 count’em 40 miles. I think that’s worth about 40 cents 😎
Played for myself and three family members daily
This is a damn joke…since when is considered a PRIZE WHEN YOU HAVE TO SPEND SOMETHING TO USE IT????? PATHETIC…UNLESS OF COURSE YOU COUNT THE 40 MILES WORTH LESS THAN A DOLLAR!!!
This is a damn joke…since when is considered a PRIZE WHEN YOU HAVE TO SPEND SOMETHING TO USE IT????? PATHETIC…UNLESS OF COURSE YOU COUNT THE 40 MILES WORTH LESS THAN A DOLLAR!!!
Despite not being eligible, I had a couple of spins of the wheel and won an Avis voucher, and 4000 Advantage points! I doubt those points will post to my account as it is registered to an Australian address. We shall see.
I’ve played 28 times and have won 2x 40 miles. This is a total joke and not worth the time.
I’ve spun 27 times and I have yet to win anything. At this point i’m only spinning out of spite
I stopped winning 7 days ago. They are out of prizes.
I thought the same thing. I was winning often, then for the last week I got nothing.
I have spun 54 times, and I’ve won 0 things.
I’ve won (3) 40 pts, one 400 pts, FTD, Simply Safe. Like you said, every point counts and adds up! I also joined the Dining site and have scored 1122 just for eating out once!
For those that won any number of miles, did any of them post? I won 1×4000 and 2×40, but so far have seen 0 posted.