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American Reveals How They’re Doing Improving Award Availability

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Sep 06 2018

The percentage of American Airlines seats occupied by award customers has been lower than that of competitor airlines and had been declining ever since US Airways management took over at the airline. American was been filling about 6% of seats with awards compared to nearly 8% at United and Delta and 13% at Southwest.

AAdvantage President Bridget Blaise-Shamai reported in June that they’re “on a path towards putting our availability much more closer to the competitive levels of like a Delta or a United.”

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Report: 60,000 Mile Inflight Offer for AAdvantage Card Ends This Month

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Aug 15 2018

At the beginning of the month Barclays increased the offer on its AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard to 60,000 bonus miles after first purchase in the first 90 days and paying the card’s $95 annual fee (the fee on this card is not waived the first year).

These are the cards flight attendants advertise onboard American. ComputerPlayerOne says flight attendants have been told this offer will last through August 31.

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Good American Airlines Business Class Award Space to Europe

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Aug 02 2018

American AAdvantage miles are tough to use for actually flying American. That’s changed somewhat over the past 9 months as American has opened up greater connecting availability in coach and also loosened its routing rules for domestic awards. But premium cabin international travel on American’s own flights remains challenging.

That’s why I highlight when even modest international business class award space opens up. When it does, it’s time to jump.

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New Benefits and Faster Miles Earning for Citibank AAdvantage Business Card

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Jul 16 2018

I just signed up for the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®, taking advantage of the best-ever offer of 70,000 miles after spending $4,000 within the first 4 months of account opening.

Citibank just launched improvements and faster points-earning fro the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard®. Now they’ve improved earning and benefits on the business card, too.

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