American Airlines points are worthless. An international travel can cost up to $700 in taxes and fees after redeeming miles. Thoughts on redeeming the miles for something of value?

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@Op false. You are looking at BA flights I assume. Flying in AA metal not to London is not that high. Also I can use AA miles to book an etihad apartment

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Agreed with the above, AA miles are arguably the most valuable of the legacy carriers

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Take the AA flight number in business class - even if on BA metal and save yourself the taxes.

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Yes - agree with DD1 - I booked Etihad with AA points and it costed me like $100 taxes

Never redeem miles on BA metal. Outrageous fees

It’s a BA thing, not an AA thing. Avoid BA on the long flights. It’s less on shorter flights. Iberia has the fuel charged too but way less than BA

D4 there’s no such thing as a codeshare on an award flight

BA planes have bed bugs

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