{"id":81091,"date":"2024-07-06T16:10:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-airlines-upgrades-with-miles\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:10:11","slug":"how-to-upgrade-your-next-american-airlines-flight-using-frequent-flyer-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091","title":{"rendered":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    American Airlines offers a frequent flier program called AAdvantage. Passengers who accumulate miles through this loyalty program can spend them on various benefits. These include priority boarding, extra baggage allowance, and the ability to upgrade their cabin class from economy to business and sometimes from business to first class. Here is how to upgrade your next American Airlines flight.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868,396,636,11259,1091],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aadvantage","category-aircraft","category-american-airlines","category-first-class-upgrade","category-loyalty"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest authors\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-06T06:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-06T06:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#blogposting\",\"name\":\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine\",\"headline\":\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\\u202fpm.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":930},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"AAdvantage, aircraft, American Airlines, first class upgrade, loyalty\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"name\":\"aircraft\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"aircraft\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#listItem\",\"name\":\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"name\":\"aircraft\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\\u202fpm.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":930},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/VibewireCentral\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13\",\"name\":\"Guest authors\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/764687183b9d2913837d7b543a5b43684d46e7eef4e1a9af4821624eb2bebbc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Guest authors\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091\",\"name\":\"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine\",\"description\":\"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=81091#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine","description":"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#blogposting","name":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine","headline":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\u202fpm.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#articleImage","width":1028,"height":930},"datePublished":"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00","dateModified":"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00","inLanguage":"en-AU","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#webpage"},"articleSection":"AAdvantage, aircraft, American Airlines, first class upgrade, loyalty"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","name":"aircraft"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","position":2,"name":"aircraft","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#listItem","name":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#listItem","position":3,"name":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","name":"aircraft"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\u202fpm.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091\/#organizationLogo","width":1028,"height":930},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibewireCentral"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13","name":"Guest authors","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/764687183b9d2913837d7b543a5b43684d46e7eef4e1a9af4821624eb2bebbc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Guest authors"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091","name":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine","description":"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.","inLanguage":"en-AU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"datePublished":"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00","dateModified":"2024-07-06T16:10:11+10:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","inLanguage":"en-AU","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","og:type":"article","og:title":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine","og:description":"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.","og:url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091","article:published_time":"2024-07-06T06:10:11+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-07-06T06:10:11+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@VibewireCentral","twitter:title":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles - VibeWire Magazine","twitter:description":"Perhaps the most straightforward way, though not the easiest, to score an upgrade is by earning miles and using them for the upgrade.","twitter:creator":"@VibewireCentral"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"81091","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2025-08-24 19:31:06","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2024-07-06 06:20:50","updated":"2025-08-24 19:31:06"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396\" title=\"aircraft\">aircraft<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tHow To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au"},{"label":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396"},{"label":"How To Upgrade Your Next American Airlines Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81091"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81092,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81091\/revisions\/81092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}