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American Airlines has come out with its second Asia promotion of the year and this one is not too dissimilar to the first. Flyers can earn up to 60,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when booking qualifying fares for travel on non-stop JAL and American Airlines flights between the US and Asia.
Earn Bonus Miles To Asia
The Headline Rules
- Register October 16, 2017 – March 15, 2018 with code ASF17
- Registration page can be accessed via this link
- Book and fly select routes between 16 October 2017 & 15 March 2018
- Buy a qualifying First, Business or select Economy Class fare ticket. Includes:
- First Class fares booked in F or A;
- Business Class fares booked in J, R, D or I;
- Full-Fare or Premium Economy Class fares booked in W, P or Y;
- Select Economy Class fares booked in H, K, M, L, V, G, Q, N, O or S on American marketed flights.
- Tickets bought before October 16, 2017 or after March 15, 2018 will not be eligible to earn bonus miles for this promotion.
- Blackout Dates: Any flights flown December 15, 2017 – January 15, 2018, will not be eligible to earn bonus miles for this promotion.
Qualifying Routes
Offer is only valid for travel on American Airlines marketed nonstop flights (operated by either American or Japan Airlines) on the following routes:
Los Angeles and…
- Shanghai (PVG)
- Hong Kong (HKG)
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Tokyo Haneda (HND)
- Osaka (KIX)
- Beijing (PEK)
Dallas-Fort Worth and…
- Hong Kong (HKG)
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Beijing (PEK)
- Shanghai (PVG)
- Seoul (ICN)
Chicago and…
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Beijing (PEK)
- Shanghai (PVG)
New York JFK and…
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Tokyo Haneda (HND)
Boston and…
- Tokyo Narita (NRT);
San Diego(SAN) and…
- Tokyo Narita(NRT);
San Francisco (SFO) and…
- Tokyo Haneda (HND);
Vancouver (YVR) and…
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
Earning Bonus Miles
Per American Airlines:
Bonus miles will be calculated and awarded based on the booking class bought and the number of trips taken in a specific cabin. Bonus miles can only be earned for a maximum of 2 round trips and half the round-trip bonus will be posted after each eligible 1-way segment.
Tactics
If you’re a frequent flyer on these routes you may need to adopt some tactics here.
Because only two round trips will count towards this promotion, if you have more than two round trips booked you should either….
- Not register until you have two back to back trips which will maximize your earnings in this promotion.
- Only credit the high-earning trips to the AAdvantage program – credit the other trips to another rewards program like Alaska Mileage Plus.
Bottom Line
This is a nice promo if you have travel you have yet to book as existing bookings do not count for this promotion.
Don’t get caught out by booking through JAL, don’t get caught out by booking flights during the blackout dates and don’t get caught out by not ensuring that only your highest earning flights are counted for this promotion.
