American Airlines Unadvertised Award Sale To Japan From 45,000 Miles One Way

Update: Post originally said Delta, meant to be American Airlines

The Offer

  • American Airlines is having an unadvertised flash sale. You should be able to find flights to Japan for 45,000 miles one way in business

Our Verdict

Availability seems to be from LAX to Tokyo, but usually other routes are available as well.

Hat tip to Monkey Miles

 

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Andrew
Andrew (@guest_861772)
December 25, 2019 03:13

Hey @William, I noticed that you gave a hat tip to Monkey Miles for this offer. Do you happen to have a list or a few travel/credit related websites you refer to often? Thanks!

Hans
Hans (@guest_861683)
December 24, 2019 17:05

Booked in PE for 30k o/w, not a terrible redemption (and lots more avail than biz, at least when I looked). So far I’m liking this dynamic pricing a lot better than DL. Also got in on the 10k Aus/NZ, great year to dump my AA miles!

carl wilson
carl wilson (@guest_861519)
December 24, 2019 07:53

Lots of dynamic pricing deals with AA.

20k in economy and 50k in biz to LHR, 20k in economy to Tokyo.

Probably other deals out there too for those that want to dig.

Aurelion
Aurelion (@guest_861469)
December 23, 2019 22:00

Great, now award space during the Olympics will be non-existent.

icemule1
icemule1 (@guest_861180)
December 22, 2019 23:35

Is there a better way to search these flights than going to aa.com and doing trial and error to see which dates offer the sale?

qmc
qmc (@guest_861183)
December 22, 2019 23:56

look at the 30 day calendar on award flights with first/biz

Vy
Vy (@guest_861151)
December 22, 2019 21:11

Is this specifically on AA metal only?

DingDingDang
DingDingDang (@guest_861143)
December 22, 2019 20:19

Wow

Master Allan
Master Allan (@guest_861102)
December 22, 2019 17:39

Curious if this has been active all week. Reading Doc’s site about AA dynamic redemption gone live earlier in the week I checked DEN->NRT (Japan) to view the damage 1st hand. Most redemptions turned my saved AA miles into Zimbabwe dollars overnight. However I was pleasantly surprised to see a few itineraries at 45k one-way business. Sale or *surprise* dynamic pricing actually in the buyer’s favor?

Matt
Matt (@guest_861076)
December 22, 2019 16:05

Oh, what? Literally just got off the plane for that exact route with that exact airline!!!!

Oh well. Next time. lol

alex
alex (@guest_861073)
December 22, 2019 16:03

Doc, you must not have seen my comment when the 61K to Hong Kong was posted last week. I reported that to you then, so this has been going on for at least that long.