American Airlines miles can be used to fly some of the fanciest airlines in the world. They can also be really handy for buying domestic flights to/from non-American Airlines hubs. On this week's episode, we discuss some of our favorite ways to get awesome value out of American Airlines miles. 00:00 Intro 01:23 Giant Mailbag 03:50 Card Talk 03:55 New Citi Application Rule https://frequentmiler.com/possible-citi-5-day-rule-causing-denials-for-too-many-inquiries/ 07:04 Plastiq news https://frequentmiler.com/plastiq-once-again-accepts-amex-cards/ 11:28 Card Talk: Delta Reserve cards https://frequentmiler.com/dlrsv/ https://frequentmiler.com/dlrsvbiz/ 22:46 What crazy thing . . . did Dollar Dig do this week? 26:55 Mattress Running the Numbers: Capital One Premier Collection promotion https://frequentmiler.com/amazing-deal-get-200-off-capital-one-premier-collection-potentially-free-hotel-stay/https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-find-hidden-capital-one-premier-collection-hotels/ 31:15 Award Talk: Hyatt / Mr & Mrs Smith promo 42:17 Main Event 42:30 How do you earn American Airlines miles? 44:51 Using miles for American Airlines flights  44:52 Close-in bookings  48:28 Flying from non-AA hubs 50:14 "Roll the dice" flights 52:16 American Airlines partner awards 53:07 North America to Africa (Great for Qatar Qsuites) 55:55 Europe to the Middle East (Great for Etihad apartments) 58:19 Middle East / India to Asia (Great for Etihad first or Qatar Qsuites) 1:00:08 Africa to Africa (get a lot of Qatar biz for a low price) 1:02:53 Asia to South Pacific 1:05:11 American Airlines partners 1:14:17 Question of the Week: Have I opened too many new accounts? Should I slow down? Music credit: Annie Yoder