Late final year we learned approximately the major changes being made to American AAdvantage this year. In addition to a huge award chart devaluation,AAdvantage is also going revenue based at some point in the moment half of the year, meaning members will earn redeemable miles based on how much they spend rather than how much they skim.
Therefore I've tried to front-load all of my travel for this year, and requalify for Executive Platinum before the changes kick in. This allows me to earn miles under the outmoded system,which is significantly more rewarding than the new system.
Airfare this year in general has been quite low, especially internationally. It has been at least five years since I've seen as consistently low international airfare as we've seen this year. So I took full advantage of that, or managed to book enough travel to requalify for Executive Platinum status for ~$3000. Best of all,the flights were all in premium cabins, either because I outright paid for business class, or because I confirmed upgrades at the time of booking.
One such trip I booked is the following fare between Los Angeles and Beijing via Dallas,which cost just $570:The post Introduction: Mileage sprint To Beijing appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com