American Airlines has made an interesting update to both Android and the iOS apps that now allow you to chat with the agents.
Chats are useful if you are in a place where you cannot talk, the internet is the only option or happens to be overseas from where calls can be expensive.
American Airlines has launched a new offer to buy AAdvantage miles with an up to 60% bonus combined with a 5% discount through June 30, 2020.
The number of miles a member can buy before any bonuses are capped at 200,000 per calendar year, and the account that purchases or receives the miles must have been open for a minimum of 30 days.
American Airlines has launched a new AAdvantage bonus offer to try to get flying public to book trips June 1 – 30, 2020.
AAdvantage members can earn double miles (up to 10,000) for flights flown June 1 – September 30, 2020, if booked in June.
My original plan was to be in Japan for two weeks… that will turn to roughly three months by the time I leave the country in early June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In mid-March, I redeemed American Airlines AAdvantage miles for Japan Airlines (JAL) first class to London, and last week I made another reservation for All Nippon Airlines (ANA) first class to London using my Virgin Atlantic miles that has been sitting in that account for years.
American Airlines has launched bonus AAdvantage miles offer to get members to buy and book flights May 12 -18, 2020.
You can earn 500 bonus miles for each flight for a maximum of 5,000 miles. The bonus is applicable for travel between July 1 – December 31, 2020.
American Airlines has now processed elite status extension through to January 2022, as was announced in early April (read more here) due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This extension also included those of us who got the status based on a partnership that American Airlines and Hyatt formed last year (read more here, here and here).
American Airlines has launched a new offer to buy AAdvantage miles with an up to 67% bonus through May 31, 2020.
The number of miles a member can buy before any bonuses are capped at 150,000 per calendar year, and the account that purchases or receives the miles must have been open for a minimum of 30 days.
American Airlines has a new transfer bonus campaign, adding a 25% bonus when World of Hyatt members convert their hotel points to AAdvantage miles until the end of May.
The promotion is valid until May 31, 2020 though it’s recommended to make an exact calculation if the value of transferring Hyatt points out to airline miles is really a good deal.
World of Hyatt and American Airlines launched reciprocal earnings and status benefits last year (read more here and here).
World of Hyatt was offering elite status fast tracks for elite AAdvantage members and vice versa. Then late last year, some World of Hyatt Globalists were offered Executive Platinum status for a year (read more here, here, and here).
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to American Airlines and their basic season business class excursion round trip fares between Seoul (ICN) and Buenos Aires (EZE).
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Wall Street Journal was reporting on Monday that both United Airlines and Delta Air Lines were considering repeating what they did back in the 2000s while going through multiple bankruptcy reorganizations.
United is in negotiating with its credit card partner JPMorgan Chase while Delta is planning to get cash from American Express for selling miles in advance.
American Airlines finally announced AAdvantage status extension for an additional twelve months through January 31, 2022 and also reduced the qualification level for the current membership year.
As a very (maybe THE most) noteworthy improvement is that miles earned from American Airlines co-branded credit cards will once again count towards the Million Miler status.
American Airlines has launched a new offer to buy AAdvantage miles with an up to 65% bonus through May 3, 2020.
The number of miles a member can buy before any bonuses is 150,000 per calendar year, and the account that purchases or receives the miles must have been open for a minimum of 30 days.
American Airlines is the last holdout of the legacy carriers that still hasn’t announced any relief effort for their AAdvantage Elite members for the current and coming membership year.
Pretty much all competitors have now published a complimentary elite status extension policy for their customers but so far it’s been crickets from American.
