AAdvantage Miles Purchase/Transfer Discounts & Bonus Offers

[tropicaltycoon]

Received email todayom American Airlines with the following new points Purchase/Transfer offer:

Get 10% off + earn bonus miles when you buy or gift 15,000 or more American Airlines AAdvantage® miles.

This offer ends August 31, 2018.

Miles purchased Bonus miles + Discount
15,000 - 29,000 3,500 + 10% off
30,000 - 49,000 10,000 + 10% off
50,000 - 74,000 22,500 + 10% off
75,000 - 99,000 40,000 + 10% off
100,000 - 149,000 55,000 + 10% off
150,000 85,000 + 10% off

 

[Mattg]

Not a bad deal.

I see that the processing charge has increased since last month by $5 to $35.

 

[blaz]

It looks good ,especially the one way first class in Qantas, and I know a friend who has done this, and loved every minute of it. However ,the biggest issue is getting availability on the dates you prefer, and getting seats for two on the same flight. Does anyone know how hard or simple this is if you are booking 11+ months in advance?

 

[Mattg]

It looks good ,especially the one way first class in Qantas, and I know a friend who has done this, and loved every minute of it. However ,the biggest issue is getting availability on the dates you prefer, and getting seats for two on the same flight. Does anyone know how hard or simple this is if you are booking 11+ months in advance?

You cannot book AAdvantage awards more than 11 months in advance. They simply do not release any seats until 330 days out. For QF premium awards, you'll have to wait until even closer to departure and there's no guarantee of seats being available - although first class availability is usually decent on routes like MEL-SIN.

 

[Madison177204]

I note that the number of points SYD/HKG First Class is exactly the same a Business TSV/SYD + SYD/HKG First C;cough which makes the spend of 50,000 points per person even better. I had a look and availability for 2 people is good around Dec/Jan but when is it likely AA will do a better deal with 150,000 bonus points available instead of the current 100,000 ?

 

[Gold Member]

I note that the number of points SYD/HKG First Class is exactly the same a Business TSV/SYD + SYD/HKG First C;cough which makes the spend of 50,000 points per person even better. I had a look and availability for 2 people is good around Dec/Jan but when is it likely AA will do a better deal with 150,000 bonus points available instead of the current 100,000 ?

With the seasonal SYD-HKG A380 offering First cabin this a a great deal if you can find availability. Alaska MP business class at 30K one-way is still the best value IMHO, if you can find availability. Alas, they don’t allow First awards on points with any other carrier than CX to HKG (not that CX flies F to Oz though).

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I struggle to find good value with AA these days (nice when it was $1.10 US to the ozzie)

 

[NZflygirl]

I note that the number of points SYD/HKG First Class is exactly the same a Business TSV/SYD + SYD/HKG First C;cough which makes the spend of 50,000 points per person even better. I had a look and availability for 2 people is good around Dec/Jan but when is it likely AA will do a better deal with 150,000 bonus points available instead of the current 100,000 ?

Looks like midyr June and Dec/Jan they’re down to USD1.72-7c. They have the offer history over on point hacks. I don’t think the current offer has been written up.

 

[burmans]

With the seasonal SYD-HKG A380 offering First cabin this a a great deal if you can find availability.

Hmm, well its shows availability but cant book as the seat suddenly becomes unavailable!

 

[Gold Member]

Hmm, well its shows availability but cant book as the seat suddenly becomes unavailable!

AA is renowned for their QF First phantom availability

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Indeed. Good idea to check via JAL (hoping their new search engine is as accurate as the old one!)

 

[NZflygirl]

I'm thinking about buying some but concerned about the proposed dynamic award pricing coming in so may hold off until the next decent round. Maybe 6-12 months away but current pricing is fantastic.

 

[Lewis]

Hi;
Just joined need flight from CNS to AKL but can’t get it to come up on AA any help please?

Cheers

 

[Mattg]

Hi;
Just joined need flight from CNS to AKL but can’t get it to come up on AA any help please?

Cheers

So you're trying to redeem American Airlines miles for a Qantas flight from Cairns to Auckland?

What date and how many passengers?

 

[Lewis]

Yes Matt;
We have a sick family member in Auckland & have to go over

 

[Mattg]

Yes Matt;
We have a sick family member in Auckland & have to go over

What date do you plan to go (ASAP?), which class of travel and how many passengers?

 

[Lewis]

Fly CNS 29/6/21 to BRI & AKL

Business

Two

Can spend night in BRI if flights don’t work

Tying to find out how many points are need?

Return AKL to BRI & CNS 09/07/21

 

[Mattg]

Fly CNS 29/6/21 to BRI & AKL

Business

Two

Can spend night in BRI if flights don’t work

Tying to find out how many points are need?

Return AKL to BRI & CNS 09/07/21

I'm also having issues with the American Airlines website at the moment. You might need to call them.

If there was award availability on Qantas (noting that this is around the start of school holidays), it would be 25,000 AAdvantage miles each in Business, one-way. However I can't see much around your travel dates.

The closest I can find to Auckland in Business is via Melbourne with an overnight stop, although I'm not 100% sure whether this would be available to book with AAdvantage miles (it theoretically should be but you would need to call and ask).



For the return leg, there doesn't seem to be any Business availability.

There are some more award seats in Economy though, including on direct AKL-CNS flights (e.g. QF189 CNS-AKL on 26 June or QF188 AKL-CNS on 10 July). Economy class is 15,000 AA miles one-way, as per the Oneworld award chart.

 

[Lewis]

Thanks very much Matt I’m getting these error messages when I try

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Lewis

 

[Mattg]

Is that when you buy miles or try to redeem them?