Maximizing the Value of American Airlines Miles

American Airlines miles can be used to fly some of the fanciest airlines in the world. They can also be really handy for buying domestic flights to/from non-American Airlines hubs. On this week's episode, we discuss some of our favorite ways to get awesome value out of American Airlines miles.

00:00 Intro

01:23 Giant Mailbag

03:50 Card Talk

03:55 New Citi Application Rule

https://frequentmiler.com/possible-citi-5-day-rule-causing-denials-for-too-many-inquiries/

07:04 Plastiq news

https://frequentmiler.com/plastiq-once-again-accepts-amex-cards/

11:28 Card Talk: Delta Reserve cards

https://frequentmiler.com/dlrsv/

https://frequentmiler.com/dlrsvbiz/

22:46 What crazy thing . . . did Dollar Dig do this week?

26:55 Mattress Running the Numbers: Capital One Premier Collection promotion

https://frequentmiler.com/amazing-deal-get-200-off-capital-one-premier-collection-potentially-free-hotel-stay/https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-find-hidden-capital-one-premier-collection-hotels/

31:15 Award Talk: Hyatt / Mr & Mrs Smith promo

42:17 Main Event

42:30 How do you earn American Airlines miles?

44:51 Using miles for American Airlines flights 

44:52 Close-in bookings 

48:28 Flying from non-AA hubs

50:14 "Roll the dice" flights

52:16 American Airlines partner awards

53:07 North America to Africa (Great for Qatar Qsuites)

55:55 Europe to the Middle East (Great for Etihad apartments)

58:19 Middle East / India to Asia (Great for Etihad first or Qatar Qsuites)

1:00:08 Africa to Africa (get a lot of Qatar biz for a low price)

1:02:53 Asia to South Pacific

1:05:11 American Airlines partners

1:14:17 Question of the Week: Have I opened too many new accounts? Should I slow down?

Music credit: Annie Yoder