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    What’s the easiest way to get American Airlines miles apart from buying it flying with them?

    I have 180K amex 100K Agios and 220K Virgin but I can’t seem to find a way to get any of these to American?

    2,097 posts

    In the UK, very limited. For direct earning to keep an AA stash alive you’re limited to daft surveys on E-rewards.

    You could send 180k Amex to 270k Marriot (3:2) and then convert 60k at a time from Marriot to AA at 3:1 and for every 60k you get a 5k bonus = 25k American

    1,612 posts

    In the UK, very limited. For direct earning to keep an AA stash alive you’re limited to daft surveys on E-rewards.

    You could send 180k Amex to 270k Marriot (3:2) and then convert 60k at a time from Marriot to AA at 3:1 and for every 60k you get a 5k bonus = 25k American

    For ME:Bonvoy transfers it’s 2:3 isn’t it? So to hit the bonus

    40k MR -> 60k Bonvoy —> 25k AA

    You’d be wanting some chunky value off your AA miles for that to be worthwhile.

    2,097 posts

    In the UK, very limited. For direct earning to keep an AA stash alive you’re limited to daft surveys on E-rewards.

    You could send 180k Amex to 270k Marriot (3:2) and then convert 60k at a time from Marriot to AA at 3:1 and for every 60k you get a 5k bonus = 25k American

    For ME:Bonvoy transfers it’s 2:3 isn’t it? So to hit the bonus

    40k MR -> 60k Bonvoy —> 25k AA

    You’d be wanting some chunky value off your AA miles for that to be worthwhile.

    Sorry late night typo, yes 2:3. Numbers were right, ratio wasnt.

    It can be worth it. Pre pandemic I built a stash of AA and booked a 55k AA miles Qatar Qsuite redemption with almost no tax from Man-doh-cpt unfortunately cancelled and they’re back in my account.

    633 posts

    You can of course fly with BA or any other One World carrier, and credit your miles to AA.

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