American airlines dividend miles: Redeem miles − AAdvantage program − American Airlines

Redeem miles − AAdvantage program − American Airlines

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Flights

Use your miles for travel on American Airlines, oneworld^® airlines and partner airlines on flights to nearly 1,000 destinations worldwide.

• AAdvantage Miles Finder Map

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• Award travel

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Upgrades

Move to the next cabin on American, British Airways and Iberia flights.

• Upgrade with miles

• Upgrade with miles on partner airlines

Cars, hotels and vacations

Rent a car, book a hotel or plan a vacation in over 500 destinations.

• Redeem miles for cars

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• Redeem miles for hotels

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• Book a vacation

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Main Cabin seats

Reserve the best seats in the Main Cabin using your miles.

• Reserve seats with miles

• Find your trip

Luxury experiences

Enjoy exclusive service, escorts for families at select airports, and more.

Luxury experiences

Donations

Make a difference

Join American as we partner with organizations to make the world a better place.

Donate miles

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Award travel − AAdvantage program − American Airlines

Travel to over 1,000 destinations

Awards on American

AAnytime & MileSAAver awards

Choose AAnytime awards for any seat on an American Airlines flight for as low as 20,000 miles each way plus any applicable taxes and carrier-imposed fees. You can also use MileSAAver awards for fewer miles.

• Flight award chart

• Book now

Web Special awards

Web Special awards may be offered on select flights and dates for fewer miles than either the AAnytime or MileSAAver award level. Award prices vary by date and flight.

Tickets that include a Web Special award don’t allow changes, but you can cancel and reinstate your miles at no charge.

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Awards on other airlines

oneworld® and partner awards

Use your miles to travel the world. Combine awards for one-way, roundtrip or travel to multiple cities with our oneworld^® and partner airlines.

oneworld^® and other airline partner award chart

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Book award travel in the app

We’ve made it even easier to redeem your miles for award travel on American and many partner airlines when booking through our app.

How to book:

1. Download our free app
2. Log in to your AAdvantage^® account
3. Choose your flights

• Download from App Store

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• Download from Google Play

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Use the award map

Use the award map and find where you can go with the miles you have.

Explore the award map

Elevate your experience

Upgrade with miles

Redeem your miles to move into the next cabin on American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia flights.

• Upgrade with miles

• Upgrade with miles on partner airlines

Main Cabin seats

Reserve the best seats in the Main Cabin using your miles.

• Reserve seats with miles

• Find your trip

Manage your award travel

Booking flight and upgrade awards
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Booking flight awards

You can book award travel to over 1,000 destinations on aa.com and the American app. Partner airline flights are included in award travel search results, and you can filter results for your preferred airlines on the Choose flights page.

Book flights

Reservations can also assist you with booking award travel on American and partner airlines.

Contact Reservations

Requesting a mileage upgrade award

Contact Reservations or visit an American Airlines Travel Center to request a mileage upgrade award.

You may request an upgrade when you book your trip or at any time before check-in. If you have already booked a trip and would like to request a mileage upgrade award, please have your reservation details available when you call.

Find your trip

Upgrades are available in limited numbers on most flights. If an upgrade isn’t available when you call, we’ll add your request to the waitlist. Waitlisted upgrade requests will be confirmed in this order:

1. AAdvantage^® status level
2. Upgrade type
3. 12-month Rolling Loyalty Points

If the upgrade type and 12-month Rolling Loyalty Point value are the same we’ll look at the booking code then date and time of the request to determine prioritization.

If your upgrade hasn’t been confirmed by the time you check-in, we’ll automatically add you to the airport upgrade standby list if you have the appropriate number of miles in your account 48 hours before departure.

Once your upgrade is confirmed, we’ll automatically update your mobile boarding pass in our app.

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Changing flight and upgrade awards
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Changing flight awards

If your travel plans change, you can contact Reservations to change your flight award. There is no fee to make a change. Keep in mind, you still need to redeem miles for any award price difference when making a change.

Contact Reservations

While you may not make changes to a trip that includes a Web Special award, you can cancel it and reinstate your miles at no charge.

Canceling flight awards and reinstating miles

Changing mileage upgrade awards

If your travel plans change, you can contact Reservations to change a mileage upgrade award. There is no fee to change your mileage upgrade award. Keep in mind, you still need to redeem miles for any award price difference and pay any co-payment difference when making a change.

Tickets upgraded with mileage upgrade awards retain all the original fare rules and restrictions of the original purchased fare.

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Canceling flight and upgrade awards and reinstating miles
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JAL Miles Bank – American Airlines

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• How to earn miles for flights
• How to submit a mileage request after flight
• Points and membership statuses in the FLY ON program

Flight miles are automatically credited to your JMB account when you travel on certain flights. To earn miles, you must provide your JMB membership number at the time of booking or at check-in. In addition, all tickets must be in the name of the JMB member. The number of miles per flight is calculated based on the specified number of miles per itinerary segment, taking into account the coefficient for the specific fare of the purchased ticket.

• *In some situations, miles are not credited. Read more
• *Mileage per JMB itinerary segment is calculated based on IATA TPM (the number of miles per flight on the ticket as calculated by the International Air Transport Association).
  Miles are reviewed in July and January of the following year based on the IATA TPM published in the spring and autumn of the previous year.

Mileage calculator for route segment

• *Miles are credited for inclusive travel fares if the booking is made in one of the classes listed above. Regardless of the fare paid, miles will not be credited for tickets if the booking is not in the class listed above.
• *Miles are earned on all American Airlines and American Eagle AA flights and all codeshare AA flights.
• *Starting March 1, 2017, due to a booking class change on AA flights, the business class mileage credit will apply to first class US domestic AA flights operated in two travel classes (economy class and first class ) as mileage accrual depends on the booking class.
• *For some tariffs, the accumulation coefficient may differ from the above.

Miles are not credited in the following situations:

• When traveling under a different name
• When traveling with award tickets, free tickets or special discounted fares such as travel agent or tour guide fares, children fares
• When traveling on cargo or charter flights. (except JAL international flights)
• When traveling on tickets or booking classes that do not earn miles based on agreements with partner airlines
• If you missed your flight for any reason, including flight delay or cancellation
• If the flight is registered not with JMB, but with another loyalty program

When booking

Miles will be automatically credited to your account if you provide your JMB membership number prior to departure.

How to earn miles on flights

Submit a request to earn miles after your flight if you did not enter your JMB number before departure. All requests must be made within six months of the flight date.
JMB members in foreign regions can only claim miles after a flight by mail.

How to submit a mileage request after flight

FLY ON bonus miles

As a special benefit, FLY ON members will receive additional miles per flight based on FLY ON membership status.

About FLY ON

American Airlines & US Airways Merger: It Matters!

A year and a half after they entered into a merger in late 2013, American Airlines and US Airways are finally ready to operate as a single carrier under the American Airlines (AAL) name. US Airways management began the merger process earlier when American Airlines filed for bankruptcy in 2011. With this merger resulting in a very large carrier, if not the largest in the world, there are implications for the airline industry, for American Airlines investors and employees, and for the consumers who fly with the airline. The US Department of Justice initially opposed the merger due to its potential to harm consumers, but the merger was ultimately approved.

A major force

Once the two airlines complete their integration, which is scheduled for the end of 2015, the industry will see a major competitive force. The combination of American Airlines and US Airways will create a giant company in Fort Worth, Texas with 6,700 daily flights and nearly 1,000 aircraft that will be equipped with a fleet of 339 destinations in 54 countries. The combined company will have eight hub airports as it holds five American Airlines hubs and three US Airways hubs.

In addition, American Airlines has committed to paying $2 billion to upgrade its aircraft. This includes the creation of new seats and more internet connections on international flights, as well as upgrades to passenger cabins and airport facilities. The airline expects to replace its old aircraft with 500 new ones over a period that will last until 2022. All of this means that other airlines will also have to upgrade to stay competitive.

Mileage Merger

While the end of the US Airways brand means consumers will have less choice, which means less competition, they will likely benefit in other ways. First, all of these upgrades that American Airlines is undertaking will most likely give them a better flying experience. American Airlines customers will have access to 400 new airport kiosks and improved Internet access on their flights.

Another way consumers will be hurt is when two airlines combine their frequent flyer programs – American Airlines’ AAdvantage and US Airways’ Dividend Miles – into one program. With this move, the US Airways program will no longer be available and accrue. The dividend miles were absorbed by the AAdvantage program. And for those who participate in both programs, they are also integrated into AAdvantage.

And in the second half of 2015, American Airlines expects to merge the US Airways reservation system with its own system. The merger of other reservation systems has led to errors in the past, but American Airlines is trying to prevent such problems through a gradual transition. However, clients should be vigilant.

Unite employees

As for American Airlines and US Airways employees, they too will have fewer employers competing for their services. The company has come to a five-year collective agreement with pilots and flight attendants from the two airlines, and they will have to abandon contracts with their respective departments and proceed to new contracts with the combined company.

When Doug Parker, then CEO of US Airways and now CEO of the combined company, initiated merger talks in 2011, American Airlines CEO Tom Horton was not thrilled, and Parker had to get support from American Airlines employees for the merger. However, since then it has been difficult to negotiate with employees. The flight attendants rejected the combined contract management faced and the case went to arbitration. The pilots were also unhappy with the management’s proposal.

Investors may benefit

One group likely to benefit from the merger is investors. Eventually, major US airlines will have opportunities to expand their market share and earn more. The company also benefited from its joint operations after oil prices began their downward descent in late 2014.

The stock market pushed American Airlines’ stock price up from about $14/share in early 2013 before news of the merger hit, to over $45 in April 2015. And after saving about $17 billion a year for years between 2001 and 2013, the company was expecting about $3 billion in profit in 2014. Analysts expect the company to generate network revenue of more than $5 billion for 2015.

In addition, in 2014, the company came up with its first dividend payment in years, as well as a $1 billion share buyback plan that boosted American Airlines’ share price.

Another development that should welcome investors is the addition of the company to the S&P 500 stock index.