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American Airlines’ Business Extra program has launched a new promotion for travelers out of LAX. Members of the program will earn double Business Extra points for flights taken on American Airlines between Los Angeles and nine destinations that the airline has recently added to its schedule…including on the Los Angeles – Auckland route.
Regular readers of the blog will know that I don’t think very much of American Airlines’ ability to communicate with its customers and I think even less of its ability to make announcements with all the information that customers need. Well, it seems that the airline can’t announce promotions correctly either.
If you received an email from American announcing this LAX Business Extra promotion you will have probably found that the link provided directed you to a completely different promotion that’s not of much use to anyone based out of LAX……
….and that expired back in February:
Good to see that quality control is standardised across American’s business groups.
Business Extra LAXNR16 Promotion
First of all, here is the correct URL for the LAX Business Extra LAXNR16 Promotion
And here are the details:
As of 2 June 2016 American Airlines offers service on 8 new routes out LAX:
- Seattle – 5 daily flights
- Portland – 3 daily flights
- Minneapolis/St Paul – 2 daily flights
- New Orleans – 1 daily flight
- Omaha – 1 daily flight
- Kansas City – 1 daily flight
- Hartford – 1 daily flight
- Anchorage – 1 daily flight
And, as of 23 June, American Airlines is commencing 787 Dreamliner service between Los Angeles and Auckland, New Zealand.
Members of the Business Extra program will earn double points on all the new routes for travel taken between now and 31 August 2016.
You can register for the promotion via this link here or you can go to your account on the Business Extra website and enter the promotion code LAXNR16 in to the “register for promotions” page.
A Quick Look At Business Extra
Business Extra is the loyalty program from American Airlines that’s aimed at small and medium sized businesses but, in practice, if you have a US or Canadian address anyone can join (you don’t actually have to have a business).
The terms and conditions of membership state that:
Business Extra program is available to companies (Member) (1) with two or more employee travelers, and (2) which maintain their primary physical address in [a country eligible for Business Extra]
If you have a US or Canadian address there are no minimum spend requirements – members from select other countries (list available here) must meet minimum spend criteria.
How you earn points:
Business Extra members earn the company (themselves) Business Extra points each time they:
- Book tickets through American Airlines, British Airways or Iberia for flights on American Airlines, British Airways or Iberia.
- Book tickets though American Airlines for flights on Finnair, JAL and Qantas.
Members with the majority of originating travel in the United States and United Kingdom earn one point for every $5 of eligible Flown Revenue during a calendar month. Members with the majority of originating travel in all other countries earn one and a half points for every $5 of eligible Flown Revenue during a calendar month.
Flown revenue is the base fare + any carrier imposed surcharges (so taxes do not count).
How you can redeem points:
Business Extra points can be redeemed for award flights, upgrades, Admirals Club memberships and more.
Details of all the ways you can redeem points are here, but here are a few highlights:
US Domestic Miles SAAver Awards (Plan Ahead Awards)
- Coach – 2,000 Business Extra Points (one way)
- Business / First Class on 2 class cabin flights – 3,200 Business Extra Points (one way)
- First Class on 3 class cabin flights – 4,800 Business Extra Points (one way)
International Upgrades:
- From discount economy (Fare codes B, N, O, Q, S are excluded) to Business Class – 3,100 Business Extra Points
- From full fare economy to Business Class – 1,200 Business Extra Points
If you’re not sure how to find the fare codes for flights you’ve booked or are about to book follow this links for:
Bottom Line
- The Business Extra Program costs nothing to join
- You still earn your normal AAdvantage Miles alongside any Business Extra points for all your bookings
- You can add your Business Extra number to your profile (and the profiles of anyone else who will let you do so) on the American Airlines’ website so that it is automatically associated with any bookings you make.
It’s incredibly simple, takes no effort at all and it’s free points. Why wouldn’t you sign up?
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