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How to get amazing value from American Airlines miles | Ep227 | 11-4-23
Description
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
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