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JULY 1 2009
NewWaystoRedeemAwards
The American Airlines AAdvantage program has scored another first
and, more importantly, added another great benefit for the more than
62 million people around the world who are AAdvantage members.
AAdvantage One-Way Flex Awards have arrived, bringing with them a
wholenewapproach to frequent-flier award travel.
American invented frequent-flier programs with the launch of the
AAdvantage program in 1981. And now, we’re further revolutionizing
award travel with the introduction of One-Way Flex Awards. The bottom
line: Thismeansgreater value forcustomersandmoreoptionsandflex-
ibilitywhen it’s time tobookaward travel.
AptlyNamedAwards
One-Way Flex Awards are aptly
named because, for the first time,
they give AAdvantagemembers the
ability to use their miles on a one-
waybasisathalftheround-tripmile-
age requirement. At the same time,
they offer customers who travel
round-trip the flexibility to combine
different types of one-way awards
onasingle ticket. Inshort,withOne-
Way Flex Awards, customers can
use the AA.com booking tool (seen
at right) to customize award travel
tobestmeet theirneeds. Andhere’ssomethingelseweknow you’ll like:
WithOne-Way Flex Awards, there are no changes to AAdvantage award
typesormileage requirements. Talkabout awin-winsituation!
One-WayTravelAwards
AAdvantageOne-WayFlexAwardsare ideal if youare travelingonlyone-
way or don’t have a return date inmind but want to use anAAdvantage
award. Simply book one-way travel for half the round-tripmileage re-
quirement. For instance, you can fly one-way using a domestic Mile-
SAAver economy-class ticket for 12,500miles, which is half the amount
required for a round-trip domestic award. American is the first major
domesticairline tooffer one-way award ticketsat a trueone-way price.
CombinableAwards
If you’re traveling round-trip, you’ll enjoy the flexibility of be-
ing able to combine different one-way awards on a single itiner-
ary. For instance, you can travel outbound on an economy-class
MileSAAver award for 12,500 miles and return on an economy-class
AAnytime award for 25,000 miles. You may also choose to travel in
different classes of service on a trip, such as traveling outbound
in business or first class and returning in economy class. Go to
to learnmore.
AA.comBookingEnhancements
Alongwith introducingOne-WayFlexAwards,we’veenhancedAA.com to
makebookingAAdvantageaward travelonlineevenmoreconvenient. You
cannowbookmulticityaward tripsonAA.com,which ishelpful ifyouneed
to travel tomore than one city on
a single trip. (You can book up to
fourone-wayawardsatone time.)
Thatmeans, for example, youcan
travel to London but return from
Paris, or fly to Los Angeles and
return fromSanFrancisco.
You can also book award trav-
el online
en español
. Click on
AA.comenEspañolontheAA.com
homepage toaccess theSpanish-
language booking tool, or ac-
cess one of the country-specific
Spanish-language portals at
Whether
booking inEnglish or Spanish, traveling one-way or round-trip, you can
book thenewOne-Way FlexAwardsusing theeasy-to-read color-coded
availability calendar on AA.com; it allows AAdvantagemembers to de-
termine thedates, flights, andaward types thatwork for them.
TheBestKeepsGettingBetter
Even before the introduction of One-Way Flex Awards and the latest
booking enhancements to AA.com, American was consistently recog-
nizedas thebest U.S. airline for award-travel redemption. Our aim is to
provideyouwithanexceptional travel experienceateverystepof theway
byofferingproductsandservices thatmeet yourneeds. That includesat
those timeswhen youwant touse yourwell-earnedAAdvantagemiles.
Last year alone, AAdvantagemembers redeemedmore than 155 bil-
lionmiles toclaim inexcessof4.8millionawards.Thisyear,wehopeyou
have theopportunity toenjoy theconvenience, ease, andunprecedented
flexibilityof ournewAAdvantageOne-WayFlexAwards,whichareavail-
able for travel onAmerican, AmericanEagle, andAmericanConnection.
