[Expired] American Airlines: Earn 250 Miles For Every Award Flight In October (2,000 Maximum)

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The Offer

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• American Airlines has launched a new promotion where you will earn 250 miles for every award flight you take in October, up to 2,000 bonus miles.

The Fine Print

• Register by 11:59 p.m. CT on October 7, 2020, and before creating a flight reservation, redeeming miles and traveling in order for your award flights to count toward this promotion
• Your AAdvantage^® number must be included in your flight reservation for your travel to count
• Promotion miles can only be credited to the account of the ticketed passenger
• If booking tickets for another traveler, they must also register for this promotion during the registration window and before creating a reservation to be eligible for this promotion
• Offer applies to eligible award flights with a reservation created and booked between the day you register and October 31, 2020
• You must register for the promotion prior to putting a flight on hold for that reservation to count
• Eligible flights must be flown between October 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020
• Award flights must be marketed by American Airlines and operated by American Airlines or American Eagle
• Non-flight awards, including upgrade awards, aren’t eligible for this promotion
• Award flights ticketed before registration aren’t eligible for the promotion
• You’ll earn 250 promotion award miles for each eligible flight once it posts to your account
• You can earn up to 2,000 promotion award miles for this promotion
• Miles are subject to the standard AAdvantage^® program terms and conditions
• American may, at any time and without notice, change, stop or end this promotion in part or in full

Our Verdict

Not as generous as Southwest’s promotion where you get 20% back in points. Load factors are still well down, so it’s not surprising that these airlines are trying to stimulate travel with these types of promotions. American Airlines also has 5,000 pricing on some routes currently.