Members of American's AAdvantage program can now book award travel on British Airways and Hawaiian Airlines directly on American's website, AA.com.

Alaska Airlines award flights were already bookable on American's website, so there are now three AAdvantage partner airlines accessible online.

The most immediate effect of the change is a cost savings. It's no longer necessary to phone American's call center to make award reservations on these airlines -- a call that incurs a $25 service charge.

But more significantly, making other airlines' award flights available via AA.com makes AAdvantage a more transparent program. Members can quickly and easily see which airlines have award seats available on a particular route. And they can readily compare the fees imposed by the various carriers.

More: http://blog.frequentflier.com/2012/04/b ... aacom.html

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Always nice to have a selection rather than fitting ones travel schedule into when the airlines fly. Should be using this in the next 12 months

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