American Airways passengers can now use AAdvantage miles for inflight purchases

Loyal American Airways passengers will now have the ability to use their AAdvantage miles for inflight purchases on all flights, increasing the choice throughout the service’s total community.

The brand new coverage, which went into impact Tuesday, will permit vacationers to redeem AAdvantage miles for inflight purchases on all regional flights, American Airways confirmed to TPG. Beforehand, loyal vacationers might solely use their miles to buy objects on mainline flights.

“We’re constantly in search of methods to reinforce the journey journey for our clients and are thrilled to broaden this new enhancement to all flights,” American wrote in a press release shared with TPG.

Factors can be utilized to buy alcoholic drinks (like beer, wine and liquor) on home flights over 250 miles and snacks on some flights over 1,100 miles, in accordance with the airline. To make use of miles, vacationers should guarantee their AAdvantage quantity is hooked up to their reservation, and so they should have their boarding move prepared when paying.

The price of objects varies, however some examples are:

• Wine for $10 or 1,000 miles
• Bud Gentle, Dos Equis and Really Laborious Seltzer for $9 or 900 miles
• Goose IPA or Heineken for $10 or 1,000 miles
• A fruit-and-cheese plate for $11 or 1,100 miles
• A steak-and-pimento-cheese sandwich with a facet salad for $16 or 1,600 miles
• A Tostitos snack field for $7 or 700 miles
• Doritos Minis Cool Ranch bag for $5 or 500 miles

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Along with utilizing miles, vacationers who order meals or drinks with their eligible AAdvantage cobranded bank card or with their AAdvantage Aviator Pink World Elite Mastercard will obtain 25% financial savings as a press release credit score. Vacationers who pay with their AAdvantage® Aviator® World Elite Silver Mastercard® will obtain as much as $25 again per day as assertion credit.

American Airways does supply complimentary meals and drinks on sure flights, equivalent to on long-haul worldwide routes and in Flagship First between Hawaii and each Dallas Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW) and O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD).

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