Redeem Miles American Airlines

Redeem miles American airlines. American Airlines miles are credited to your account 1 – 3 days from your date of travel, and it might also take up to 15 days for credit from other AAdvantage partner airlines. American airlines expire after a specific period of time. To keep your miles from expiring, you should redeem miles on American or with an AAdvantage partner at least once every 24 months.

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You can earn miles with American Airlines in the air and on everyday eligible purchases. You earn miles on American airlines from flying on Loyalty Point-qualifying airlines (flights marketed by American Airlines, Oneworld airlines, Jetblue and GOL Airlines) which includes basic economy tickets on American and all status and cabin of service bonuses from flying on American Airlines and eligible partner airlines.

Also, You earn miles from spending with eligible partners through portals, hotels, car rentals, retail and cruise. American Airlines miles can also be earned on eligible purchases with your AAdvantage credit card.

Redeem miles with American airlines

How to Use American Airlines Miles

You can redeem miles on American airlines for travel, upgrades, main cabinet seats, admiral clubs, luxury experience, cars, hotels and vacations.

Travel

You can use miles for travel on American Airlines, Oneworld airlines and partner airlines on flights to nearly 1,000 destinations worldwide. To redeem miles for flight;

Visit https://www.aa.com/booking/find-flights?tripType=roundTrip&awardBooking=true
Enter your destination
Select the date of departure and return
Select the passengers and class
Click the Search option

Upgrades

You can your American Airlines miles to upgrade on flights marketed and operated by American Airlines or American Eagle for yourself or anyone you designate. Upgrades are valid to the next cabin of service and are valid for a single one-way trip with a maximum of three segments.

Car Rentals

You can redeem American Airlines miles for car rentals. To do this;

Visit https://cars.useaamiles.com/?languageCode=en
Enter your pick-up and drop-off location
Select your pick-up and drop-off dates
Select your preferred driver’s age
Click the Search option

Hotel Bookings

You can use your American Airlines miles to book stays no matter where the journey takes you. To book hotels with AA miles;

Visit https://hotels.useaamiles.com/
Enter your destination
Select the check-in and check-out date
Select the traveller’s information
Click “Search hotels”

Main Cabinet Seats

You can redeem AA miles for a seat for an existing flight reservation. To reserve seats with American airlines advantage miles;

Find your trip
Change or select seats to load the seat map
Change the toggle selection form Cash to Miles
Select your seats
Log into your AAdvantage account, if you are not logged in yet
Confirm that you chose AAdvantage miles as the payment on the Review and pay
Click Pay now

Follow these steps to reserve seats with AA miles.

What can I Redeem American Airlines miles for?

You can redeem miles on American airlines for travel, upgrades, main cabinet seats, admiral clubs, luxury experience, cars, hotels and vacations.

Who’s Eligible to Reserve Seats with Miles?

AAdvantage members travelling in the main cabin on flights marketed and operated by Americans can use AAdvantage miles to reserve a seat after booking, for themselves and for other travellers.

Can I Earn Miles for Someone Else’s Activity?

No. Only the person who flies, stays or rents will earn miles. So in a case where you paid for someone’s ticket, the traveller would earn the miles.