# American Airlines (AA)
AA devaluation is almost here — what should we do?
Readers who follow this blog probably already know that AA will start using its new award chart on March 22, with a big increase in the miles required for premium-cabin awards betw...
Buy 2,600 American Airlines miles, 2,400 United miles, and more for $2
【2016/2】Thanks to reader Yurt for the heads-up: these two newspaper links have now been removed from the AA portal. We hope AA will still honor the miles for previous subscribers....
"2/1 Aircraft Update" AA’s Last-Minute Pre-Devaluation Frenzy: Premium Cabin Award Space Opens Wide on U.S.-China Routes, Plus JAL First Class Availability
As AA miles will start devaluing on March 22, one-way business class between the U.S. and China will increase from 55,000 to 70,000 miles, and first class will jump from 67,500 to...
AA Suddenly Releases a Huge Number of Dallas–Beijing Business Class Award Seats, Including Summer!
OneMoreDay previously reported that AA had released quite a few summer peak-season award tickets to and from Shanghai, first come, first served! Unfortunately, at that time only tr...
AA 2016 Elite Challenge Plan
With the rollout of a new mileage program, American Airlines (AA) has also launched a new 2016 elite challenge program. Overall, the new challenge is a bit easier than the old one,...
AA Releases Plenty of Peak Summer Award Space to/from Shanghai — First Come, First Served!
AA miles are a great sweet spot for redeeming business class awards between the U.S. and China: just 55,000 AA miles one way, compared with 70,000/80,000 one way using UA miles or...
Booking a U.S.–China Business Class Award: AA One-Way in Practice
A real-world business class award booking experience, starting from a second-tier city in China and ending in a second-tier city in the U.S. Just when it seemed impossible, a new o...
AA to Use a New Award Chart Next March — An Expected Devaluation (Part 1)
AA miles will switch to a new award chart on March 22, 2016. Overall, this is a devaluation, which is hardly surprising. But aside from China/U.S. first class, the damage is actual...
Following the Competition: Changes to the AA Frequent Flyer Program in 2016
In a previous post, chanye mentioned one key advantage of the AA frequent flyer program over UA/DL: redeemable miles were earned based on flight distance rather than ticket price....
American Airlines Admirals Club LAX T4 Los Angeles Main Terminal Lounge
Most airports with major AA operations have an Admirals Club lounge. LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) has 2 Admirals Clubs: one in the Terminal 4 main terminal area, and ano...
Award Ticket Tip: Use Wikipedia to Research Flight Routes
Many readers who know a bit about award tickets have probably noticed that for some itineraries—for example, a ticket from A to B—searching directly from origin A to destination B...
