I was automatically put on the re-route through MIA, but that would require either getting up at 5:00 am for a 7:00 am flight to MIA or flying into MIA the night before.

 

83.5k DFW-LHR AA metal J non-stop booked way, way far in advance for July 2025 counts as good nowadays relatively speaking.

Guess its something to hold onto and see if anything better opens very short term.

 

Booked 2 J LAS-FRA one way for 66k in July. Hopefully will get something on a somewhat good deal coming back. But don’t mind paying BA fuel surcharge if necessary for one way especially since the flight over seems to be a steal. Also I find when I some times look close in there are good flights available. So may look as the day approaches and see if there are better options. Easy to add a few days home in Europe even last minute.

 

Award ticket from DFW to LHR through HEL on Finnair for 30k miles + $12.80 in fees. Non-stop on AA was 75k+ on the same day.

 

During slack travel periods, I'm seeing Economy Class awards for trans-Atlantic travel from different parts of the Mainland U.S. for 19K miles + $5.60. From JFK to LHR during such periods, Business Class and Premium Economy can also be very reasonably priced.

 

9.5k for my son, SEA-PHL-RIC on 2 Dec (Mon after Thanksgiving)

 

75K miles SLC-DFW-LHR in Flagship First one way

 

1900mi for two hours of decent wifi. I thought that was a better deal than paying.

 

PHX-MIA for just 7k + $10

 

WAS-STT-WAS in December for 15,000 points

 

flights to HSV for 25K miles when they are $500 flights

 

54K PHL - ZRH and 54K JFK - CDG.

Both nonstop in J, AA metal, next April.

Still deciding which route to take /city to spend a few days in before Amsterdam.

 

CMH-PHX for 7.5k and DAY-CLT-ILM for 6k.

 

FCO-DOH-LUN (Rome-Doha-Lusaka) in J on Qatar for 55k each for 2 pax with a 24 hour layover in DOH.

 

Lately AA seems to be back to releasing cheap flights at ~360 days in advance between USA and Europe. 54K is the cheapest ideal for a biz one-way (and I suspect cheaper for a RT but basically impossible to do since the return isn’t bookable when you buy/hold the outbound and by the time the return is bookable the outbound is more expensive so you just have to book one-ways).

One odd behavior is that if you’re buying for 2 people then it can be cheaper to book them individually. Eg one person is 54K but 2 is 64K. Now I get that this isn’t surprising if you’re buying the last of a given fare, so maybe you buy/hold the first person and now the fare is 74K or more for the second, but often the fare for the 2nd person is still 54K.