American Airlines announced changes are coming to their AAdvantage Loyalty Program in 2023. According to AA, the changes offer AAdvantage members “more rewards, more often, before and beyond reaching status.”
Announcement Details
Beginning March 2023, American Airlines is offering more opportunities for members to receive benefits and earn rewards more often. Members will also have more options to customize their travel experience.
AA will make it easier for you to earn points with these changes:
- American Airlines is getting rid of the limit of 75,000 miles that a member could earn on a single ticket.
- Members get miles for flights based on the price of the ticket and their status with AAdvantage.
- AAdvantage members will get two miles for every dollar they spend on Basic Economy fares on American and eligible partner flights for tickets bought on or after January 1, 2023 for travel starting March 1, 2023.
The biggest change to the program is that you can now unlock and choose your benefits before you reach status. Even between status levels and after you reach status, there are more benefits to choose from. You unlock your first reward tier after earning just 15,000 Loyalty Points before you even reach AAdvantage Gold status. Here are the reward levels and the choice of benefits you can receive at each level:
- 15,000 points (pick one)
- Priority check-in, security, and Group 4 boarding for one trip.
- Five preferred seat coupons.
- 60,000 points
- Avis Preferred status
- A 20% Loyalty Points bonus on spending with AAVacations, AAHotels, AAdvantage eShopping, AAdvantage Dining, and SimplyMiles
- 100,000 points
- Avis Presidents Club status
- A 30% Loyalty Points bonus on spending with AAVacations, AAHotels, AAdvantage eShopping, AAdvantage Dining, and SimplyMiles
- 175,000 points (pick one)
- Two systemwide upgrades
- 20,000 bonus miles, or 25,000 bonus miles for AAdvantage credit card members
- Six Admirals Club day passes
- A $200 trip credit, or $250 for AAdvantage credit card members
- A $250 donation to a partner charity
- A 15% AAdvantage award rebate
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Gold status to two people
- 250,000 points (pick two)
- Two systemwide upgrades
- 20,000 bonus miles, or 30,000 bonus miles for AAdvantage credit card members
- Six Admirals Club day passes
- An Admirals Club membership (this requires both choices)
- A $200 trip credit, or $250 for AAdvantage credit card members
- A $250 donation to a partner charity
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Gold status to two people
- A selection of Bang & Olufsen products (this requires both choices)
- A Flagship Lounge single visit pass, or two passes for AAdvantage credit card members
- 400,000 points, 550,000 points, 750,000 points (pick two at each level)
- One systemwide upgrades
- 25,000 bonus miles
- An Admirals Club membership (this requires both choices)
- A $200 trip credit, or $250 for AAdvantage credit card members
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Platinum status
- A selection of Bang & Olufsen products (this requires both choices)
- Two Flagship Lounge single visit passes
- One Flagship First Dining visit pass
- 1,000,000 points (pick one)
- Four systemwide upgrades
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Platinum Pro status
- A mileage rebate of 100,000 AAdvantage miles
- 3,000,000 points (pick one)
- Six systemwide upgrades
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Executive Platinum status
- A mileage rebate of 300,000 AAdvantage miles
- 5,000,000 points (pick one)
- 10 systemwide upgrades
- The ability to gift AAdvantage Executive Platinum status
- A mileage rebate of 500,000 AAdvantage miles
Read the full announcement here.
AAdvantage Co-Branded Credit Cards
You can earn Loyalty Points from flying but you can earn them faster by spending on an AAdvantage-branded credit card. Read our review of these credit cards earning Loyalty Points:
- Citi / AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite
- Citi’s American Airlines AAdvantage MileUp Mastercard
- Citi / AAdvantage Executive Card
- CitiBusiness / AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard
*The Citi® / AAdvantage® co-branded credit cards are issued by CitiBank. Citi also offers great sign-up bonuses for its Checking/Savings accounts.
READ MORE: SEE THE BEST BANK BONUSES HERE AND THE BEST INVESTING BONUSES HERE.
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