American Airlines is once again a Citi transfer partner. That presents a valuable new use of those points, increases the attractiveness of AAdvantage, but also will likely accelerate the next American Airlines devaluation.
Folks, I fear there is a huge American Airlines AAdvantage devaluation coming on the redemption side. It’s just a matter of when. Of course, that is true for all loyalty programs, but for American Airlines in particular. Those who have stewarded AAdvantage have explicitly said they cannot understand why passengers like award charts, praised dynamic pricing, and therefore all but promised American Airlines will devalue its miles.
That means I’d take advantage of certain sweet spots now, including:
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.