American Airlines originates allowing one-route award running away

Introduction Monday, American Airlines' recurrent fliers self-control be able to reserve one-way medal flights — on behalf of shared the miles required to reserve a round-spree ticket.


The reposition sooner than the USA's second-massive airline was respond to gladly by tour analysts familiar in the midst of fliers' frustrations on the order of the rigor of many medals programs.

The change permits Advantage members purloin a one-route trip on behalf of 12,500 points, shared the 25,000 needed on behalf of a free round spree.

The revolution gives the new than 60 million AAdvantage program limbs flexible booking opportunities not previously to be have on the road to them nor available now on the road to members of recurrent-flier programs pour out by big foe airlines.

American (AMR) replies its seek is to develop the petition of AAdvantage, which the airline has long suppose helps sell new tickets, especially on the road to high-mileage question travelers who are willing to reimbursement above-average meals.
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Quite a few small and pass over carriers permit their frequent fliers on the road to turn in purposes for one-route trips. On the contrary American is the opening of the USA's big traditional network carriers on the road to allow it.



Phone up One-Way Loosen Awards, the revolution lets AAdvantage limbs:

•Split an award trip linking American and single of its 20 AAdvantage program mate airlines. Previously, medals trips had on the road to be completed unreservedly on American otherwise entirely on single of its mates.

•Fly one route on an medal ticket and restore by another process, including a hold one-way tag.

•Book a spree to several municipalities on points. In the past, AAdvantage required rotund-trip travel linking two municipalities.

•Book an award spree in coach inwards one direction next a premium-panache seat inwards the one-time.

•Travel in single direction proceeding an award ticket next to "off-peak" phases and the one-time on a "reach your zenith" award ticket. Recurrent fliers long maintain been frustrated sooner than the obstacle of finding available places both ways inside "off-peak" points, which require not many mileage purposes.

Tim Winship next to FrequentFlier.Com phone up the changes "a stage forward for mutually frequent-pamphlet programs and the nations who participate inwards them."

Henry Harteveldt, Forrester Investigation's travel analyst, replies the revolution is an "on view-of-the-park star, very customer-responsive. It's identical sensitive on the road to the times."

Analysts reply they expect rival to move promptly to harmonize American.

But it may well not be stress-free. Rob Friedman, leader of American's AAdvantage selling programs division, replies it took American new than a time to revolution software and data organization systems to make up it occur.