I have 130K American miles set to expire soon.. I know it’s not a lot- they aren’t my preferred carrier but nonetheless. Any idea of best way to maximize them? Literally open to travel anywhere outside the US.

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Just buy a magazine, donate or sign up for their dining program and make a purchase and kick the expiration can down the road.

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So many options. I just booked four round trip tickets to St Maarten for 160k, so just look for a trip you want to take. I find American to be fairly generous with how they price their mileage awards, at least as compared to Delta.

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You can transfer them to me 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Would get you a biz return to Tokyo on ANA.

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Sorry my bad! Meant JAL

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Thats a significant amount of miles…

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Buy something through their program and earn miles and prevent your current balance from expiring. That’s what I did!

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Just went round trip business on JAL to Bangkok for 120k points. It was amazing!

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And when you search for awards travel, you can select down at the bottom if you just want to search for flights on American or want to include flights on code share partners.

You can also book up to eleven months in advance, so maybe look for a fall / winter trip when there will be more availability and thus the mileage cost will be lower? I used miles to book tickets to Albuquerque for the annual Hot Air Balloon festival in October, which has been on my bucket list for years, but did it very early since I knew flights would become scarce - got a great deal!

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