One of my favorite uses of American AAdvantage miles is for travel on Etihad. Their new A380s arguably offer the best first class product in the world -- the First Class Apartment.
I've written in the past approximately how to redeem American AAdvantage miles for travel on Etihad,and approximately Etihad's first class award availability trends.
Historically you can search Etihad award availability through Etihad's website, and whether there's "GuestSeat" availability, and then American miles can also be redeemed for the flight. You just have to call American to book.
However,for a couple of weeks people have been reporting issues with redeeming American miles on Etihad, whereby American agents can't see Etihad award availability. There have been discussions approximately this in the seek information from Lucky forum since mid-November.
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Source: boardingarea.com