Comments on: What are American Airlines miles worth? Here’s your quick answer https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 By: Joseph Hostetler https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5807097 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:48:41 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5807097 In reply to Jocelyn L von Klein.

Hey Jocelyn, I also used to think 1 airline mile = 5,280 feet of air travel when I first began in the miles and points hobby. Devastatingly, that’s not the case. Some airlines price their awards based on the geographical zone to which you plan to fly, others tie award prices directly to the cash price, and others charge according to mysterious algorithms that we’ll never understand. American Airlines, while it doesn’t have an official award chart, tends to price their awards fairly consistently. For example, you’ll likely pay 30,000 miles one-way to get to Europe in coach — whether the cash price is $200 or $2,000.

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By: Jocelyn L von Klein https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5807096 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:32:03 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5807096 If only they could just give you cash back at an equal rate. This is so confusing. Does accruing 60,000 miles mean you spent 30,000 on airline tickets? (if you get 2points per dollar). Can you use say 2546 miles on a trip you need 10,000 miles for? Or do you have to wait till they accrue to the right amount? And why call it miles? I always thought it was ACTUAL miles, which also makes no sense. They just TRY to confuse people. I got my first airline card but will cancel before the annual fee starts.

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By: Joseph Hostetler https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5806466 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:57:02 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5806466 In reply to Pamela charboneau.

Hey Pamela, just divide the cost of the ticket by the amount of miles you’re using to find the value. For example, if you flight costs $950, just type into the calculator 950/45,000, and you’ll get 0.21 dollars, or 2.1 cents per mile.

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By: Pamela charboneau https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5806465 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:54:07 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5806465 I’m using 45,000 miles to fly first class what is the $ value?

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By: JOJO https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5803588 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 02:10:33 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5803588 In reply to George.

You’ve completely missed the point. He was illustrating different values of the miles based on how much they cost in cash and how much they cost in miles.

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By: Bonnie https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5802895 Mon, 11 May 2020 22:06:12 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5802895 I have 27900 miles. I want to fly to Dallas Texas this summer. How do I use the miles and can I purchase the ticket now and will it cost me anything besides taxes

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By: Barbara https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5802122 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:56:21 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5802122 Seventy thousand miles for 350 dollars. Can that be right

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By: Kaleb https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5800712 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:30:54 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5800712 I want to know more about this!

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By: George https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5799052 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:02:59 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5799052 Wow, this is all sorts of wrong.

On #1: Lowest price for CLT-ZRH-CLT 6/6-6/14 w/1 stop in each direction and <13h duration (much better than your example) is $2065 in regular Economy. Google Flights is telling me that's "normal" for those dates, and also that <$1800 is "low."

I generally find that prices bottom out at somewhere between 50 and 80% of the "low"/"normal" split in Google's graph ($900-$1440 in this case). I think that's a better metric for figuring out what the miles are worth, not whatever they're charging today. No one is forcing you to book June flights this second!

You also haven't looked at alternative dates. Neither have I, you're the one getting paid for this.

On #2: I'd never pay cash for Business Class, so I don't use the cash price. I use 150-300% of the Economy fare, depending on the quality (LH 150%, UA 200%, etc.).

Also, RT international is usually much cheaper than OW international.

Also, prices are dynamic (see my first point).

On #3: I don't really have a problem with this one. $414 is okay for MIA-SEA-MIA midweek shoulder season. Current lowest price is $373 (Economy) for direct flights, which I imagine is what you were looking at there, and which Google says is "low."

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By: Joe https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/american-airlines-miles-value/#comment-5797448 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 04:54:16 +0000 https://rvprmmsprd.wpengine.com/?p=551860#comment-5797448 It’s a sham. You would be better off finding the best flight for the lowest amount of money.

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