Cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages are not the only ways to fly inexpensively. Redeeming frequent flier miles is an even cheaper alternative. American Airlines has announced good news for its frequent fliers giving them the opportunity to purchase short flights for only 8,750 miles each way or 17,500 miles round trip.
Usually the lowest AAdvantage award level to purchase a round trip coach ticket with miles is 25,000, making Americans offer equal to a 30 percent discount.
Americans offer is good until August 31st for travel up to December 15th on American, American Eagle, or American Connection nonstop flights less than 700 miles each way within the United States. Some of the popular routes that are included in this promotion are flights between New York and Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Dallas and Denver.
Trading in frequent flier miles for free tickets has been challenging this summer with many airlines flying close to or actually full cabins, as a result of the airlines reducing their capacity over the last two years and the economy rebounding.
American Airlines has qualified its offer by saying that frequent flier seats are subject to seat availability.
Americans offer to purchase free tickets using fewer miles is particularly good news for travelers who were recently informed that Delta has raised the number of miles required to secure free tickets on many routes to 40,000 miles from 25,000 miles in the past.
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