It simply received simpler to e-book Aer Lingus award flights with American Airways AAdvantage miles — and simply in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
Reserving Aer Lingus flights with AAdvantage miles has lengthy required calling a telephone agent. Now, vacationers can do it themselves on-line, making it simpler to seek out award area and e-book it earlier than it disappears.
This is how one can redeem your AAdvantage miles for Aer Lingus flights, plus among the greatest offers and what to think about earlier than you make an award reserving.
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Methods to e-book Aer Lingus flights with American miles
Aer Lingus and American Airways have had a codeshare settlement for a couple of years now, however traditionally, reserving an Aer Lingus flight with American miles required calling the reservations desk. Now, passengers can lastly do that on-line.
This makes it simpler and sooner to redeem your AAdvantage miles for Aer Lingus seats — and you will not have to fret as a lot about award area getting snapped up whilst you wait for somebody to select up the telephone.
To e-book, merely log into your AAdvantage account at aa.com.
Pattern flights I discovered embody this direct flight from New York to Dublin for 57,500 AAdvantage miles plus almost $6 in taxes and costs in enterprise class.
Or, you may e-book an economic system seat from varied cities for 22,500 miles plus about $20 in taxes and costs. This typically entails a mixture of flights operated by Aer Lingus and American or its different companion airways.
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Dublin’s wealthy historical past, full of life pub tradition and proximity to the Wicklow Mountains make it a implausible vacation spot year-round, however there isn’t any higher time to go to than throughout the huge St. Patrick’s Pageant. This 12 months’s occasion is scheduled for March 14 to 17, and there are nonetheless flights obtainable.
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An alternative choice is to fly into Shannon Airport (SNN) on Eire’s west coast, which has quick access to widespread sights just like the Burren, Connemara, the Cliffs of Moher and the school city of Galway. American’s award costs from the U.S. to Shannon are comparable, beginning at 22,500 miles in economic system or 57,500 miles in enterprise class, plus about $6 in taxes and costs.
You may earn American miles rapidly by transferring factors from Citi ThankYou Rewards, a 1:1 switch companion of AAdvantage. Or, think about including one of many following cobranded playing cards to your pockets:
Nonetheless, take into account that for some routes, it’s possible you’ll discover considerably decrease award charges or extra fascinating flights on Aer Lingus’ web site. For example, I’ve booked direct flights between Denver and Dublin for simply 16,250 Avios plus $147 in taxes and costs every means by way of Aer Lingus.
However sadly, this explicit flight is not obtainable on American’s web site. As an alternative, I might must pay 27,000 American miles one-way for a connecting flight. I could not discover Aer Lingus’ new nonstop flight from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Dublin on American’s web site both.
Now that it is doable to e-book Aer Lingus flights on-line with American miles, you may spend extra time discovering one of the best offers and fewer time on maintain ready for an agent.
Backside line
Though the carriers have been codeshare companions for years, the power to e-book Aer Lingus award flights on-line by way of American Airways’ web site is a giant win for vacationers with AAdvantage miles. There are some worthwhile offers on flights to the Emerald Isle — simply you should definitely examine your choices earlier than reserving.
