Some interesting AAdvantage loyalty program statistics

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As per LoyaltyLobby, American Airlines has used its AAdvantage frequent flyer program as collateral for a $7.5bn loan.

At the same time, it released some interesting data via an investor presentation which LoyaltyLobby picked up on.

A few stats include:
  • Of the 115m+ AAdvantage members, 23m were active in 2019 (80% of members are not active)
  • Cash flow decreased by 38% from 2019 to 2020, and AA sold 78% fewer miles in the fourth quarter of 2020
  • American Airlines now has $46 billion of debt
  • In 2019, AAdvantage collected $5.9bn in revenue from issuing miles, and spent $2.6bn providing award tickets/redemptions (that's quite a healthy margin!)
  • Only 3% of AAdvantage miles are redeemed for something other than air travel

 
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Presumably Americans already have enough toasters. My impression is that they are more likely to redeem for domestic Y than us. Maybe driven by the lower taxes on redemptions
 
Presumably Americans already have enough toasters. My impression is that they are more likely to redeem for domestic Y than us. Maybe driven by the lower taxes on redemptions
And far less likely to fly long haul international than Australians are.
 
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