Customers Can Combine Various One-Way Awards to Best Meet Travel Needs
Latest Enhancements Add More Options and Flexibility to Award Travel and Expand Award Booking Opportunities on AA.com
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — American Airlines, which invented the frequent flyer program when it launched the AAdvantage(R) program nearly three decades ago, has further revolutionized award travel by introducing an exciting new feature called “One-Way Flex Awards.” One-Way Flex Awards offer a whole new approach to frequent flyer award travel, creating even greater value for AAdvantage members. Customers can get further details on One-Way Flex Awards and view an online demo, at www.aa.com/flexawards.
The One-Way Flex feature gives AAdvantage members more options when redeeming award travel, offering – for the first time – the ability to use miles on a one-way basis at half the round-trip mileage requirement. At the same time, American is offering AAdvantage members who travel round trip the ability to combine different types of one-way awards on a single ticket. Therefore, customers may now combine MileSAAver(R) awards with AAnytime(R) awards, or economy class awards with First or Business Class awards, to customize award travel to best meet their needs.
American is the first major domestic airline to offer a one-way award ticket at a true one-way price at just one-half the amount of the required round-trip miles.
With One-Way Flex Awards, there are no changes to AAnytime or MileSAAver mileage requirements – just more options, value and greater flexibility. Customers can now redeem awards on a one-way basis or combine multiple award types on a single round-trip ticket – a true “win-win” for customers.
“Since the AAdvantage program was launched in 1981, American has continuously made improvements that make the program more valuable for our members and ensure our industry leadership position,” said Rob Friedman, President – AAdvantage Marketing Programs. “Our One-Way Flex feature takes frequent flyer award travel to a whole new level by offering customers unprecedented options and flexibility.”
One-Way Flex Awards
The primary features of American’s One-Way Flex Awards, which are available now for award travel on American Airlines, American Eagle or AmericanConnection(R) carriers are:
* One-Way Flex Awards give AAdvantage members the flexibility to combine different one-way awards on a single itinerary. For instance, a member may travel outbound on an Economy Class MileSAAver award and return on an economy class AAnytime award. Or, a member may choose to travel in different classes of service on a trip, such as traveling outbound in Business or First Class and returning in Economy Class.
* AAdvantage members can now redeem one-way awards at a one-way price. If a member is only traveling one-way, or doesn’t have a return date in mind, the member can simply book one-way travel for half the round-trip miles. For example, a customer may fly one-way using a domestic MileSAAver economy class ticket for 12,500 miles – half the amount required for a round-trip domestic award, which currently requires 25,000 miles.
* AAdvantage members may book One-Way Flex Awards by using the newly enhanced, easy-to-read, color-coded availability calendar on AA.com, allowing members to determine the dates, flights and award types that work best for them.
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