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American Airlines is currently offering a mileage bonus on travel to Asia — up to 30,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when you take two round-trip flights. While it’s certainly not an offer you should go out of your way to take advantage of and there are a fair amount of restrictions, it could be worth signing up for if you’ve been planning to travel to Asia. Keep in mind you must register for the promotion and purchase tickets on or after August 31, 2016.
American’s site states that the promotion includes Hong Kong (HKG), Seoul (ICN), Beijing (PEK), Shanghai (PVG) and Tokyo (HND). Here’s how the mileage earning breaks down:
- 15,000 AAdvantage miles for first class tickets
- 8,000 AAdvantage miles for business class tickets
- 3,000 AAdvantage miles for main cabin tickets
- 1,000 AAdvantage miles on select discount economy tickets
Note that you must register for this promotion using the promo code ASF16, and the flights must be on American or JAL marketed or operated nonstop flights between North America and Asia between September 15 and December 10, 2016. Also note that American’s route between Dallas (DFW) and Hong Kong (HKG) and JAL flights between Hawaii and Japan do not qualify for this promotion.
In addition, if you’re planning on taking advantage of this offer, be aware that the promotion is only valid in certain fare classes. Here’s what’s eligible:
Includes First and Business Class fares booked in F, A, P, J, R, D or I; Full-fare Economy Class fare booked in Y; select Economy Class fares booked in H, K, M, L, W, V, G, S or O on American Airlines marketed flights; First and Business Class fares booked in F, A, J, C, D, X or I; Premium and Full-fare Economy Class fares booked in W, E, Y or B; select Economy Class fares booked in H, K, M, L, V or S. Flights marketed or operated by other codeshare partners are not eligible for this promotion.
Overall, this promotion could be worth it if you’re planning on going to Asia, although it’s probably not worth going out of your way to fly American. There are many restrictions to this promotion, and in order to take advantage of the maximum of 30,000 AAdvantage miles available you have to fly round-trip (in first class) twice.
In addition, AA’s also offering another promotion in conjunction with JAL. With this promo, you can earn up to 1,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when you fly round-trip beyond Tokyo to any destination in Japan. You’ll earn 1,000 miles on a round-trip in business or first class and 500 miles for select economy class fares for travel between September 15 and December 10, 2016. You must register prior to travel from August 31 to December 10, 2016 with the promotion code FLY16. This promo is eligible for economy class fares booked in Y, H, K, M, L, W, V, G, S or O on AA marketed flights and economy class fares booked in Y or A on JAL marketed flights.
Source: thepointsguy.com