Discounted American Airlines Award Flights (Expires November 2019)

Last updated on November 1st, 2021

Great news for American Airlines credit card owners: You could save up to 7,500 miles when booking your next discounted American Airlines award flight.

American Airlines Reduced Mileage Awards Overview

American Airlines is offering reduced mileage awards on round trip domestic flights between October 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020. If you’ve been saving your AAdavantage® miles for a rainy day, now is the time to spend them. The award flight discounts range from 1,000 to 7,500 miles. The exact amount will vary depending on the following factors:

• Type of American Airlines credit card used
• Flight distance (miles)
• Cabin type
• Month of travel
• Destination

Not all flights are eligible for discounts, unfortunately, as discounted mileage award flights are limited to select continental U.S. airports. However, American Airlines passengers will be pleasantly surprised to find a rather robust offering throughout the country, with the only states lacking qualifying airports being Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, and New Jersey.

How To Book Reduced Mileage Awards Flights

Awards must be booked between October 1^st and November 30^th, 2019. Before doing so you will need to determine your award code, which is based on the discount level that your American Airlines credit card entitles you to. Then, select your service class (the cabin type). Unfortunately, being able to take advantage of these discounted holiday flights is a bit more involved than making a standard reservation. MileSAAver® awards flights cannot be booked online; instead, travelers will have to call American Airlines Reservations at 800-882-8880 or visit a ticket office with the pre-determined award code handy.

Determining Your American Airlines Mileage Discount

Step One: Find Your Credit Card

In order to partake in MileSAAver® awards flights, you must own a co-branded American Airlines credit card. The specific credit card issuer doesn’t matter (if you were looking for a reason to apply for an American Airlines credit card, this could be your sign). There are essentially two tiers that your AA credit card will fall into: Tier One – 7,500-mile discount on flights 500+ miles / 2,000-mile discount on flights less than 500 miles Tier Two – 5,000-mile discount on flights 500+ miles / 1,000-mile discount on flights less than 500 miles

Credit Cards that Qualify for the 7,500 Mile Discount

• Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard®
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Visa®
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® MasterCard®
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® American Express®
• CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Select Visa®
• CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Select MasterCard®
• CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® MasterCard®
• AAdvantage® Aviator® Silver World Elite MasterCard®
• AAdvantage® Aviator® Red MasterCard®
• AAdvantage® Aviator® Business MasterCard®

Credit Cards that Qualify for the 7,500 Mile Discount

• Citi® / AAdvantage® Gold American Express®
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Gold Visa®
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Gold MasterCard®
• AAdvantage® Aviator® Blue MasterCard®

Step Two: Chose Your Cabin Type (a.k.a. Class of Service)

Based on the discount your credit card entitles you to, you must then determine your cabin level and whether the flight is greater than 500 miles.

7,500 Mile Discount/ Over 500 Miles

• First Class (2-cabin aircraft) – UD21X2C / AVM01
• Business Class (3-cabin aircraft) – UD28X7C / AVA55
• Main Cabin – TD8X7C / AVM99

5,000 Mile Discount/Over 500 Miles

• First Class (2-cabin aircraft) – UD22X5C / AVM98
• Business Class (3-cabin aircraft) – UD30C / AVA49
• Main Cabin – TD10C / AVM97

2,000 Mile Discount/Less than 500 Miles

• First Class (2-cabin aircraft) – UD14C / AVA60
• Main Cabin – TD6X5C / AVA59

1,000 Mile Discount/Less than 500 Miles

• First Class (2-cabin aircraft) – UD14X5C / AVA54
• Main Cabin – TD7C / AVA53

Eligible Destinations for Discounted American Airlines Mileage Awards

American Airlines features an impressively wide range of 178 airports nationwide which will qualify for the reduced mileage awards. Availability may fluctuate by month, so travelers will need to ensure their dates of travel fall within the eligible months. While several of the more popular flying destinations have limited eligibility (in most cases January 2020 is the only time that these reduced award flights are available), most airports are available during all four months of the promotional period. Pickings will be slimmest for those who were hoping to book a discounted American Airlines flight for Thanksgiving or Christmas (although there is still a considerable number of airports available) and nearly all airports will be eligible during January – New Year’s travelers, you’re in luck! See below to view which airports are available for American Airlines reduced mileage, by state:

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