No need to Panic about AA award changes.
Lots of people have asked me about the new AA award structure scheduled to take effect Oct 1, so I decided its worth a post or just look at the changes on AA.com. Red is bad.
Compared to other frequent flyer changes in the industry, this one is pretty tame. He is what may concern our readers:
1. OneWorld awards are unchanged. These are based on actual miles flown and usually not worth it.
2. Israel to North America now requires 90K miles instead of 75K, but Europe to North America is unchanged at 40K off-peak season and 60K peak. So now, it makes even more sense to get to Europe and fly from there.
3. Israel – Europe is unchanged at 40K. Here is the chart of where you can go from Israel (we are considered Middle East).
4. Business and First Class tickets have increased slightly on some routes. Check with AA or promise to take me with you and I will check for you.
5. Upgrades based on non-full fare economy cost up to $350 one way! + miles. Seems like people are willing to pay a lot in order not to sit next to people like themselves.
6. Awards within the US have increased but are not really relevant for the frequent flyer from Israel.
Comments welcome and don’t get too excited – it is still going to be difficult to use these awards, even after Oct 1.
If you read this blog for the frequent flyer info – there are some good posts about Turkish Airlines and its partnership with American, how to get a free ticket just by signing up for a Visa card, free travel on British, Continental leaving Delta for United and the Star Alliance, another post on ELAL and more. And, representing days of research – a guide to free tickets on all the airlines on the TLV – JFK route.
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will I loose my 986,000 advantage miles that I have n accumilated after Oct. 1, 2008?
Please advise me what is required to protect my miles.
You will only lose them if AA goes bust and no one steps in. This is rare, but it has happened.
There is a slow process of devaluation, but you can still get very far on your 1M miles. Time to go on vacation!
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