December 18th, 2012
AAdvantage Credit Card Reduced Mileage Awards For January-March 2013!
-You can book tickets for 7,500 less miles than American Airlines regularly charges if you have an AAdvantage Select, Executive, or Business credit card.
-Consumer cardholders also get a 10% rebate on miles redeemed, so a coach reduced award will now cost just 15,750 miles round trip after the instant 7,500 mileage reduction and the 10% (in this case 1,750) mileage rebate.
To book these awards just call AA’s AAdvantage desk at 800-882-8880 and reference the following award code:
7,500 miles off Coach: TB8X7A
7,500 miles off Business/First: UB21X2A
Below is a sample list of some of Q1’s valid destinations, origination is allowed from any US48 City.
While BA Avios may be a better deal for nonstop short-haul flights, bear in mind that you pay for each segment when redeeming Avios, whereas with AA miles you pay for the entire journey.
-Atlanta
-Boston
-Charlotte
-Cincinnati
-Cleveland
-Columbus
-Colorado Springs
-Detroit
-Houston (IAH and HOU)
-Indianapolis
-Kansas City
-Minneapolis
-New York (LGA)
-Newark
-Orange County, CA
-Philadelphia
-Pittsburgh
-S. Barbara, CA
-S. Louis
-Washington D.C (DCA)
-West Palm Beach
-Calgary
-Montreal
-Ottawa
-Toronto
-Vancouver
Note: Some readers have reported success in:
-Originating from one of the cities on the list and flying to anywhere with a 7,500 mile discount.
-Getting them to waive the $25 phone fee as these can’t be booked online.
-Getting a 3,750 mile discount on one-way travel.
-You can always pull a hidden city trick (for example for fly JFK-LAX-SBA and just get off at LAX), though you’d probably have to forgo checked luggage.
YMMV! (Your mileage may vary)
1
December 18th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Dan,
What would you value AA miles at now?
2
December 18th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Do you know how much if any discount on a AAdvantage Citi World Collage mastercard
3
December 19th, 2012 at 1:10 am
Thanks, Dan-booked! But couldn’t get the 25. fee waived even calling twice:(
4
December 19th, 2012 at 1:12 am
@Sam:
Depends how many you have.
@gaby:
Doubtful.
@babs:
Safe travels.
Hence the YMMV!
5
December 19th, 2012 at 1:30 am
If we already booked one of these routes for full saver award fare at 25k rt say sure example six months ago, will AA allow write a refund of points if we contacted them?
6
December 19th, 2012 at 8:09 am
I received an email from the American Platinum Select Card offering 40,000 miles after spending $3K in 3 months and a bonus 10K miles for spending $10K in 12 months. Is this the best offer for the American credit card? Worth getting?
7
December 19th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Dan, Do I need to book a ticket now to get this 7,500 mile discount or can I just call and have it “on account” for when i book a ticket sometime this year?
8
December 19th, 2012 at 11:29 am
with ur example of flying from jfk to lax to sba and then just getting off at lax. i thought american airlines doesnt fly from jfk?
9
December 19th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
If you skip a segment of your trip don’t they cancel the remainder of the itinerary?
10
December 19th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
can this be used on partner airlines as well? could i fly on cathay from jfk-vancouver at the reduced rate?
11
December 19th, 2012 at 5:34 pm
of course aa flies from jfk
12
December 19th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Did you know that if you book a British Airways/American ticket using Avios, and you use your AAdvantage card to pay the 5 dollar charge, you get 2 free bags!!! Just chanced upon this deal myself this week
13
December 19th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
@B
It has nothing to do with the fact thst you used your Aadvantage credit card to pay for the ticket.