Travel Deal of the Day (May 11, 2009)

American Airlines AAdvantage (the frequent flyer program of American Airlines) is now offering one-way awards for one-half the miles. This is an excellent option for a variety of situations:

(1) If you only need to travel one-way, now you can use one-half the miles to obtain a free ticket;
(2) If you want to fly two separate one-way tickets, you likely had to follow very strict rules regarding what qualified for a round-trip under the old rules - now you can simply use two one-way award tickets;
(3) If there is availability in coach one direction and a premium cabin for the other direction, you can now book a one way coach award and a one-way premium award; and
(4) If you only have as few as 12,500 miles, you now can redeem those miles.

These are just some of the reasons this might be very good news for you. For more information, see this USA Today article reporting on the change.