Update 8/18/24: Available again for 2024.
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The Offer
- American Airlines is offering bonus miles when you donate to Stand Up To Cancer.
- 25 miles per $1 donated
- 50 miles per $1 donated for American Airlines cardholders
Our Verdict
Miles aren’t elite qualifying unfortunately. Might still be useful for anybody that highly values miles.
Hat tip to Parts_Unknown-
Donated on August 20th, 2024. Just got my miles posted to my account this week (October 17th so a little less than ~2 months).
I also used the barclays aviator red for the bonus.
What’s the mininum
spenddonation (just to keep miles from expiring)?My Citi AA cards are offering 5x bonus miles and my Barclays AA card is offering 2K bonus miles with minimum spend this month. This will be a nice way to meet the spend requirements.
Could be helpful for getting a balance to a round number, or if just short of a useful amount
Does the Barclay Red Aviator card work for the 50 miles per $1 ?
Yes, pretty sure that all AA co-branded mastercards work. I used the Citi AA business card.
No loyalty points? Just miles?
you get $1:1LP for the donation but that’s it. These are bonus miles
back again
Did anyone who donated get their miles yet?
I received an email receipt which confirmed the correct amount of miles. It also said that the miles would be added to my account by December 19th 2024.
Edit: Just realized that you posted this last year haha. I’ll try to update once mine are posted.
Have you received yours? My miles just posted when I checked my account today. Didn’t seem to get an email or any notification.
FYI: You can no longer deduct donations above the line, so this is the same as buying points for 2 cents.
Where can I find info saying that this is the case?
It says in the terms that each mile is valued at 3cpp. Also on my receipt it says my tax deductible amount is $0 and that the fair market value “exceeds the total donation”
You’d have to be itemizing anyway
it is CHARITY, that is the difference DAN!
Dan is a multi billionaire so stuff like this matters whether he can get the deduction
AA should just donate the miles themselves on our behalf for patient travels, lol.
LOL?
Would this be activity that would keep miles from expiring?
Yes