Last Friday I asked readers to tell me the year they joined the AAdvantage program for a chance to win 1,000 AAdvantage Miles and an American Airlines 10% discount code.   The winner was selected in a random drawing and the results are:

Thanks to American Airlines for providing the miles and to reader, and fellow AAdvantage Geek, WIS for donating the discount code!

Congratulations James and thanks to everyone that participated!!

Don’t forget that the Frugal Travel Guy’s Monday Deal of the Day is sponsored by AAdvantage. You can win 2,500 by sharing your best American Airlines or AAdvantage related tip.

oneworld member Iberia is sponsoring a contest on their US Facebook page:

Tell us which medals the U.S. and U.K. athletes will win in each of the categories this summer in London. To do so, you must choose one of the medals in each category, or “Not likely to win a medal” if you believe that to be the case in that category. If you guess correctly, you will enter a prize drawing for a trip for two to Rio de Janeiro (European residents) or to Europe (American residents).

Contestants have until July 27, 2012 to answer the contest questions, which will be recorded by the app. Once the event is over on August 12, 2012 a drawing to determine the winner will be conducted among all participants who have provided correct responses to all questions and have answered according to the results.

According to the rules the deadline to enter is 8 p.m. mainland Spain time on July 26, 2012.   Go here for complete details.

Good luck!

Earn Up To 15,000 AAdvantage Miles With Hyatt

Not sure how I missed this offer last week, but this weekend I was getting caught up on offers at Deals We Like and learned about a new promotion from Hyatt Hotels:

Make your next stay with Hyatt even more rewarding by earning triple AAdvantage Miles from October 1, 2011 to January 15, 2012.

Earn 1,500 miles on each eligible stay at any of the 440+ Hyatt worldwide locations. Stay more and earn more miles – up to 15,000 AAdvantage Miles per member.

To participate in this promotion:
• Register on this page or by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code AA001)
• Stay at any Hyatt hotel between October 1, 2011 to January 15, 2012.
• Provide your AAdvantage account number when you check-in and ask to earn miles for your stay
• Pay an Eligible Rate during each stay

Go here to learn more.

AAdvantage eShopping Verizon Update

By now you’ve probably read about the Verizon AAdvantage Shopping Mall 83,000 miles from Cartera Commerce offer that turned out to be too good to be true.  If you submitted a claim for the bonus miles Cartera offered as an apology, be on the lookout for your miles. The Points Addict reports that his 5,000 AAdvantage Miles just posted.  My brother purchased one of the Palm charging stations too, and Saturday he mentioned to me that his miles posted last week as well.  If you don’t see your miles soon, you might want to contact AAdvantage Shopping customer service.  

Citibank 23,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles Checking Account Offer

Darren over at Frequently Flying wrote about a targeted promotion he received from Citibank offering up to 23,500 AAdvantage Miles for opening a checking account.  It appears that his offer is aimed at Citi AAdvantage credit card customers, so if you’re a cardholder and you’re interested (despite some possibly hefty monthly account fees and the fact they they are eliminating their AAdvantage debit card), don’t shred your junk mail from Citi without reading it.  Go here for more details.

In Other News:

Just in case you stayed away from your computer this weekend, here are a few items you might have missed:

Gary from View from the Wing wrote a very interesting post this weekend: Why The Tax Code Encourages American Airlines to Award Bonus Miles for Checking Bags in Boston

Plane and Simple has some oneworld member news: Iberia to launch Iberia Express for its short and medium haul routes.

Speaking of Iberia, Aviation Week reports that the airline has announced a plan to upgrade the cabins on their 17 Airbus A340-600s. Read all about it here.

Photo credit: Robert Couse-Baker, on Flickr

Here’s a big offer from American that will make a few travelers very happy:

American Airlines is offering members of the AAdvantage program a new opportunity to quickly earn tens of thousands of AAdvantage bonus miles for round-trip trans-Atlantic travel on American Airlines and fellow oneworld alliance members British Airways and Iberia.

To qualify for this offer, you’ll have to register in advance and travel on an eligible First Class, Business Class or full-fare Economy Class ticket on American, British Airways or Iberia between Sept. 19 and Dec. 31, 2011.

If you’re able to afford the fares, this is a great way to rack up the miles before the December 1 Million Miler program change:

Members will earn 25,000 AAdvantage bonus miles after their first round trip, 35,000 after their second round trip and 45,000 for each additional round trip flown. After three round trips, customers will have more than 100,000 AAdvantage bonus miles in their accounts, and there is no limit to the number of bonus miles they can earn throughout the offer period.

To register you’ll need to go here and use promotion code EUR11.   No terms and conditions posted yet so I’m not sure whether or not all First and Business class fares are eligible.  I’ll update later when the info is available.  For now, there’s just this press release.

UPDATE:  Here are the full details of the AAdvantage Boost Miles offer.

“Held Over, Plate 2″ Photo credit: Thomas Hawk on Flickr

AAdvantage 30th Anniversary Deal of the Day update: Book a package with American Airlines Vacations and earn 3,000 AAdvantage bonus miles. Go here for details and don’t forget to submit your name in the daily drawing for 30,000 AAdvantage Miles.

Back in February, American introduced two double AAdvantage Miles offers to promote two new routes being operated by oneworld partner Iberia. Both offers were set to expire on May 31, 2011, but were just extended through June 30, 2011.

New Nonstop. Miami to Barcelona on Iberia.
Earn Double AAdvantage Miles.

Airline: Iberia

Award: Double Miles

Bonus Code: IBBCN

Dates: Travel between March 29, 2011, through June 30, 2011.

Offer: Beginning March 29, 2011, Iberia will offer nonstop service three days each week from Miami to Barcelona, Spain. In celebration, AAdvantage members can earn double miles every time they fly this new route.

Registration is required before you travel, go here to register.

New Nonstop. Los Angeles to Madrid on Iberia.
Earn Double AAdvantage Miles.

Airline: Iberia

Award: Double Miles

Bonus Code: LAMAD

Dates: Travel between March 28, 2011, through June 30, 2011.

Offer: Beginning March 28, 2011, Iberia will offer nonstop service three days each week from Los Angeles to Madrid, Spain. In celebration, AAdvantage members can earn double miles every time they fly this new route.

Registration is required before you travel, go here to register.

American, Iberia and British Airways are more than just oneworld partners, they’re Bestest Buddies over the Atlantic now and to kick off their co-ordinated schedules, they’re offering bonus miles and a chance to win 1 million AAdvantage Miles.

American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia, members of the oneworld alliance, have expanded the number of routes on which the airlines codeshare between North America and Europe, meaning easier access to more choices and better connections to flights across the Atlantic.

In total, you now have access to 317 new codeshare routes. And all together, we serve more than 400 destinations in over 100 countries with approximately 5,200 daily departures. Best of all, you now earn and redeem AAdvantage miles on all flights on all three airlines

To enter, you have to travel on a ticket with a qualifying trans-Atlantic fare. Here are some of the details:

American Airlines and British Airways can cure the Wanderlust.
Together, we will turn four travelers into Miles Millionaires (two from the AAdvantage® Program and two from the British Airways Executive Club Program). Once you are eligible to enter the Contest, you just have to answer one simple question about where you will wander as a Miles Millionaire.

Enter the Contest for 1 Million AAdvantage Miles
To become eligible to enter the Contest, just follow these steps:

Register using promotion code AAWND
Book a round-trip transatlantic flight on any published fare on American Airlines, British Airways or Iberia from April 6, 2011 through June 17, 2011
Complete travel on or before June 30, 2011
Once you complete your travel, you’ll receive an email# with details for entering the contest

After you complete your travel, you’ll receive an invitation to submit and essay:

Submission Guidelines:
The Submission must include an answer to the following question: “If you were cured of The Wanderlust with one million Miles, where would you go and what would you do there?”
The Submission must be in text format;
The Submission must between two hundred and fifty (250) and three hundred (300) words in length;
The Submission must be in English;

You can also earn bonus AAdvantage Miles on full fare tickets:

Once you’ve registered for the promotion, you will earn 20,000 AAdvantage bonus miles for every eligible trip booked in full-fare Economy Class* or above. Simply fly a transatlantic round-trip now through June 30, 2011 on American Airlines, British Airways or Iberia. That’s enough miles for a quick fix for the Wanderlust.

This looks to be one of the more restrictive promotions they’ve offered in awhile, you have to purchase a ticket and to get the bonus miles you have to purchase thee most expensive fares, but with fewer people entering it should at least limit the competition in the essay contest.

Go here to read more or to register.

“Budapest by night” Photo credit: Nadia on Flickr

I’ve never been to Budapest, but it’s on the short list of vacation places that I’m considering this year. I have a friend that spent two weeks in Hungary last year, a week of which was spent in Budapest. She’s traveled to many places and many cities, and came back with all these wonderful stories about that city, and has encouraged me to make the trip. The Dollar to Forint exchange rate is decently favorable, and American has fare for less than $600 for late Spring and early Summer travel…if only JFK was my home airport!

Anyway, here are the details:

Airline: American Airlines

Bonus Code: NYBUD

Dates: Travel between April 5, 2011, through June 30, 2011.

Offer: Beginning April 5, 2011, American Airlines will offer daily nonstop service from New York (JFK) to Budapest, Hungary. This is in addition to our nine daily flights from JFK to the UK and Europe.

EARN UP TO 15,000 AADVANTAGE BONUS MILES.
To celebrate the new flight, we are offering AAdvantage bonus miles. And, this bonus is unlimited, so you can earn it each time you travel during the promotional period. See the chart below for details:

Round-trip Travel Between New York (JFK) and Budapest, Hungary

In case you’re curious, round-trip travel between JFK and Budapest normally earns 8,742 base AAdvantage Miles. Registration is required before you travel. Go here to register or for more information.

“1960 Iberia” Photo credit: Exposición Turismo on Flickr

Editor’s note: this offer has been extended through June 30, 2011.

Spanish airline and oneworld member, Iberia is launching non-stop Airbus A340-300 service between Madrid and Los Angeles and Barcelona and Miami, and to promote their new service they are offering double AAdvantage Miles.

The Los Angeles to Madrid route normally earns you 12,050 round-trip AAdvantage Miles, with this bonus you’ll earn nearly enough for a free domestic award ticket.  Here are the details:

Los Angeles To Madrid – Double Miles

New Nonstop. Los Angeles to Madrid on Iberia. Earn Double AAdvantage Miles.

Airline: Iberia
Award: Double Miles
Bonus Code: LAMAD

Dates: Travel between March 28, 2011, through May 31, 2011.

Offer: Beginning March 28, 2011, Iberia will offer nonstop service three days each week from Los Angeles to Madrid, Spain. In celebration, AAdvantage members can earn double miles every time they fly this new route.

Round trip travel between Miami and Barcelona will normally earn you 9.394 AAdvantage Miles, with this bonus you’ll earn 18,788 AAdvantage Miles. Here are the details of this offer:

New Nonstop. Miami to Barcelona on Iberia. Earn Double AAdvantage Miles.

Airline: Iberia
Award: Double Miles
Bonus Code: IBBCN

Dates: Travel between March 29, 2011, through May 31, 2011.

Offer: Beginning March 29, 2011, Iberia will offer nonstop service three days each week from Miami to Barcelona, Spain. In celebration, AAdvantage members can earn double miles every time they fly this new route.

Registration is required before you travel.  Go here for more information about the LAX to Madrid offer.   Go here for more information about the Miami to Barcelona promotion.

American Airlines, British Airways & Iberia CEOs @ Press conference photo credit American Airlines on Flickr

I’ve been gone for few days (the holidays and all) but it’s been a slow news week on the AAdvantage milage front.

The joint business agreement that American, BA and Iberia announced back in the fall has been expanded now to include 57 new British Airways and 2 Iberia flights as American Airlines codeshare flights. What this means is that these flights will now be listed as American fights when you book travel, so you’ll earn 100% of the AAdvantage miles that you’d normally earn as well as full Elite Qualifying Miles.

Here’s a look at the new AA codeshare routes:

More details here.

Triple Pool Hall by Jim on Flickr

American Airlines and oneworld partner Iberia are offering triple miles on select transatlantic routes between the US and France, Spain and Belgium. Here are the details

Choose American Airlines or Iberia for your next trip on select nonstop routes to Europe and earn double AAdvantage miles. Take your pick of our nonstop flights between New York/JFK and Barcelona, Madrid or Brussels, or between Chicago and Paris. And, best of all — this bonus can be earned an unlimited number of times!

You have to travel between November 12, 2010 and January 31, 2011. Use promotion code EUR10 to register before your trip begins. Details and registration here.

In an article published in the Dallas Morning News, American Airlines President Tom Horton announced that in October 2010 the three airlines will be able to coordinate their frequent flyer programs.   This means that you’ll be able to earn AAdvantage miles on American and redeem them for transatlantic travel on oneworld partners British Airways or Iberia.

This is really great news for AAdvantage travelers in cities like Washington D.C. without direct service on American Airlines to Europe.  Redeeming an AAdvantage award ticket from one of these cities to Europe often meant traveling to Dallas, Chicago, or JFK first before traveling to London, Barcelona, and then having to make a connection with BA or Iberia for destinations beyond these two cities.

This will also strengthen the oneworld alliance and allow the three member airlines to jointly sell their services, something that the competing Star Alliance and Skyteam are already doing.

Looks like they won’t be able to finish integrating their schedules till sometime in late 2011.

Dallas Morning News writer Terry Maxon does a great job covering all the details, make sure you read his article and then come back to share your thoughts or comments.