American Airlines Upgrade Award Chart
Awards shown are valid for one-way travel
| Taxes and Fees: Upgrading from Economy Class to Premium Economy Class, Business Class or First Class results in additional premium cabin taxes and fees in some cases. For upgraded flights originating in Great Britain, premium taxes range from GBP 130.00 to GBP 162.00. For travel originating in France where one or more flights are upgraded, additional taxes of EUR 36.00 will apply. If the ticket is being priced in USD, the additional taxes and fees will be converted to USD at the time of ticketing. |
| To / From |
To / From |
From Most Discount Economy
|
From Full Fare Economy
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From Select Business
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From Full Fare Business
|
|
Miles Required
|
Miles Required
|
Miles Required
|
Miles Required
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| Wholly Within Continental
U.S.§/Canada |
15,000 + $75 |
5,000
|
15,000 + $175
|
15,000
|
|
Within and Between the Continental U.S.§/Canada/Mexico/The Caribbean**
|
15,000 + $75
|
8,000
|
na
|
15,000
|
Continental
U.S.§
/Canada/Mexico/Caribbean** |
Hawaii |
15,000 + $175
|
8,000
|
na |
15,000
|
| North America§§ |
Central America |
15,000 + $75
|
8,000 |
na
|
15,000 |
| North America§§ |
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru or Venezuela |
15,000 + $150
|
8,000
|
na |
15,000 |
|
Wholly within South America or Wholly within Europe
|
12,500
|
7,500
|
na
|
12,500
|
| North America§§ |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay |
25,000 + $350 |
15,000
|
25,000 + $550 |
25,000
|
| North America§§ |
Japan |
25,000 + $350 |
15,000
|
25,000 + $550
|
25,000
|
| North America§§ |
Korea |
25,000 + $350 |
15,000
|
25,000 + $550
|
25,000
|
| North America§§ |
China |
25,000 + $350 |
15,000
|
25,000 + $550
|
25,000
|
| North America§§ |
Europe |
25,000 + $350 |
15,000
|
25,000 + $550
|
25,000
|
| North America§§ |
India |
40,000 + $350 |
30,000
|
40,000 + $550
|
40,000
|
| * |
Upgrade awards are only valid on individual published-fare tickets on flights marketed and operated by American Airlines, American Eagle or the AmericanConnection carrier and are subject to capacity controls. Co-Payment is non-refundable and inclusive of U.S. excise tax where applicable.
Upgrades are valid to the next class of service and limited to a single one-way trip with a maximum of three segments.
Full Fare Economy is defined as published fares booked in Y or B (excluding Military or Government fares), Select Business is defined as published fares booked in I. Full Fare Business is defined as published fares booked in J, D or R.
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| § |
Continental U.S. includes Alaska. |
| ** |
Caribbean includes The Bahamas and Bermuda. |
| §§ |
North America is defined as the U.S. (including Hawaii and Alaska), Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, The Bahamas, and the Caribbean. |
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