AAdvantage Members Making the Most of Their Points
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009While doing an update of the AAdvantage program I’ve stumbled across some interesting 2008 stats for the program:
Q: How many AAdvantage Awards were claimed in 2008?
A: The number of awards claimed in 2008 in each AAdvantage mileage redemption category were as follows:
MileSAAver® and AAnytime® Awards: 2,858,222
Upgrade Awards: 769,527
Product Redemptions: 407,074
Special Mileage Awards / Other Airline / Other: 780,533
Total Redemptions - 2008: 4,815,35
It’s pretty interesting to see that most miles (60%) are redeemed for flights using American Airlines even though there are 20 leading airline partners that members can redeem their points with. Total redeemed on Flights is an astounding 92%.
All flights within continental US are worth 25,000 points flying AA. A flight from New York to Los Angeles on American Airlines is worth around $382. Meanwhile, if we compare this with a 25,000 point merchandise reward we are looking at getting $250 worth of value for our 25,000 points. It certainly seems that AAdvantage members are making the most of their points.
-Me