AAdvantage Exchange: Redeem Miles For Toaster Ovens At A Bad Value

Still beats that DL window shop from the holidays... admittedly a low bar though.

Far be it from me to criticize American for partnering with the good people at Vonality Loyalty Solutions, but this is one level above the gas station asking if I'd like to pay for my tank of gas using credit card points. That said, I'm sure there will be some people that will use this, and from AA's perspective, why not? It's not like they're trying to have a premium brand or anything.

If you don't have enough miles for a flight, then magazines are an option. These items are priced higher than a flight.

That’s a toaster, not a toaster oven.

I think this offers great value for someone who flies AA, realizes the errors of their ways, and then wants to cash out those miles without flying.

I have 80k miles and $850 trip credits that very well may expire. I’d have to look when I have the time to see if there’s any luxury items that I’d be able to resell.

American needs to allow transfer of miles to citi thank you. I know it won’t be 1:1 but they should offer it.

I could see this being more useful for those with <10,000 miles they want to use on something and are infrequent fliers. But not at these prices

You can prevent your miles from expiring by having *any* sort of account activity. I'd suggest simply buying something via the regular AAdvantage shopping portal that you'd normally buy anyway.

I’m glad American has learned from their one world partner Qantas who do the same thing with their marketplace.

That seems like the worst possible way to spend points. Why accumulate them at all if the goal is to buy random consumer items??

There's certainly better places to earn points that are meant to be redeemed for consumer goods...

Hey, maybe it's time to bring back Green Stamps. Or just maybe, AA should try to make profit out of running an airline.