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International Edition December 2004 DESTINATIONS Great Escapes Winter-Sports Destinations and Special Bonus Offer to the U.S. Go Caribbean TRAVEL Discover the Latest News INFORMATION Become an Admirals Club Member Off-Peak MileSAAver Awards Montego Bay, Jamaica Buy, Give, or Share Miles Receive Your Account Information via E-mail American Airlines European Websites U.S. Customs Update See More of the World on American Airlines Update: Upgrade Awards SPECIAL Mileage-Earning Opportunities DEALS Three Miles per U.S. Dollar with Marriott and Renaissance 5,000 Miles with Marriott Vacation Club International Say It with Flowers, Earn Miles with FTD.COM Earn Elite-Qualifying Miles on Codeshare Carriers Double Miles at Sofitel Hotels & Resorts Double Miles at Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts Double Miles at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Double and Triple Miles at Millennium & Copthorne HELPFUL When You Are Ready to Plan Your Trip INFORMATION AAdvantage Program Participants American Airlines Reservations Terms and Conditions ---------- EUROPEAN LOCAL LANGUAGE WEBSITES • SEE PAGE 6 ---------- International Edition INSIDE THIS EDITION December 2004 Go Caribbean ---------------------2 Earn 1,000 Bonus Miles with AAdvantage eSummary E-mail -----------------4 Codesharing: Miles from the Start ---------------------5 U.S. Customs Update ------------7 Enjoy Seasonal Travel, Earn Thousands of Miles December is the month that American Airlines seasonal routes begin to winter-sports destinations. Choose Colorado’s Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, or Vail; California’s Heavenly; Utah’s Park City; or Wyoming’s Jackson Hole, where you can ski, snowboard, ice skate, take sleigh rides, or just relax before a roaring fire. Special Bonus Offer to the U.S. As an added bonus, take a transatlantic round trip on American now through March 14, 2005, and earn thousands of AAdvantage® bonus miles. See the chart below for more information, then visit AA.com or call American Airlines reservations (see page 8) for fare and schedule information. You must register for this promotion before traveling by visiting www.aa.com/offers or calling AAdvantage Customer Service and when asked, provide Promotion Code EUR05. Total Bonus Miles Earned Discounted First, Business, or Economy Class* Full-Fare Economy Class** First Round Trip 5,000 miles 10,000 miles Second Round Trip 10,000 more miles 20,000 more miles Third Round Trip 15,000 more miles 30,000 more miles Total Bonus Miles After Three Round Trips 30,000 miles 60,000 miles *Bonus applies to fares beginning with H, K, or M. **Bonus applies to fares beginning with A, B, D, F, J, P, or Y. See Terms and Conditions on page 8 for other restrictions. Return to Top ---------- EUROPEAN LOCAL LANGUAGE WEBSITES • SEE PAGE 6 ---------- Go Caribbean St. Maarten Anguilla St. Thomas Beyond the Sands The Caribbean islands are among the most paradisiacal and African influences makes for fantastic dining and the local places on earth, with sugar-white sands and seas so tur- cuisine is a delicious stewpot of native fruits, exotic spices, quoise they almost don’t seem real. Yet there’s much more and seafood right off the dock. You’ll discover a prevailing to explore than spectacular beaches, including ruins of forts, spirit of celebration giving rise to cultural events, from famous shipwrecks, and preserved old plantations like Sam Lord’s music and dance festivals to annual regattas, Pirate Week, and Castle in Barbados. Port towns hold fascinating museums of course, Carnival. Music lovers from around the world come along with duty-free shops selling jewels, silver, glass, artwork, for the reggae, jazz, samba, ska, and even opera. perfumes, and liqueurs. Soak up the charm of pastel-painted While they share many characteristics, each island is a European architec- universe unto itself. Some glitter with casinos and sizzling ture, afternoon tea, nightlife filled with discos, rum concoctions, and calypso. cricket, and feast Others have a drowsier pace. The Turks and Caicos Islands days, all vivid remin- are a diver’s dream with uninhabited islands and hundreds ders of the islands’ of miles of deserted beaches. Eco-tourists love lush, vir- colonial pasts under tually untouched Dominica for its volcanoes, waterfalls, the Dutch, French, and rain forests. Tiny Anguilla boasts only a single main Become a Member Spanish, and British. road, perfect for those who want to do nothing more than The merge of these escape from it all. Wherever you choose to go, prepare to Did you know that elite-status AAdvantage members receive cultures with Latin be enthralled. a discount on Admirals Club® membership fees? Also, you can Return to Top use your AAdvantage miles to pay for your membership. Visit www.aa.com/admiralsclub to learn about membership pricing, Your Ticket to Paradise locations, hours, amenities, and how to become a member. You With 35 destinations in The Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Caribbean, can also enroll online. American Airlines and American Eagle boast one of the longest-running Enjoy a quiet respite at and most extensive flight networks to this part of the world. Visit one of Admirals Club lounges worldwide. the websites listed on page 5 for fare and schedule information. With our convenient locations Return to Top in Caracas, Mexico City, and San Juan as well as major U.S. gateways like Chicago, Miami, New York, and Dallas/Fort Worth, you’ll have time to catch up on last-minute business or enjoy an oasis of peace away from the airport hustle. Return to Top - 3 3 - Three Miles per U.S. Dollar and Total Escape! Offer: Earn three AAdvantage miles for every U.S. dollar spent at participating Marriott and Renaissance Resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America. The Total Escape! Inclusive pack- age includes accommodations, beverages, meals, and selected activities. Choose from eight magnificent oceanfront resorts in Aruba, Curaçao, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Los Suenos (Costa Rica), and Costa do Sauipe (Brazil). Dates: Now through March 15, 2005 Contact: For reservations, please call 0800 1 854 422 (Germany); 0800 182 22 (Belgium); 900 994 422 (Spain); 44 (0) 20 7591 1500 from anywhere else within Europe. Ask for Rate Code XTEG. Or, visit Marriott.co.uk and provide Cluster Code NCL. Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino See Terms and Conditions on page 8. Return to Top Save 20,000 Miles with an Off-Peak AAdvantage Award Just in time for a tropical break from the cold weather, we’re adding seasonal flights from the U.S. to places like Acapulco, Cancun, and Grand Cayman beginning this month. We also have nonstop flights from London Heathrow, Madrid, Manchester, and Paris to Miami, where you can connect to many Caribbean destinations. Visit AA.com for the latest schedule and fare information. While you’re planning your winter holiday, look into off-peak MileSAAverSM awards. Save 20,000 AAdvantage miles when you claim an award for a round-trip Economy Class ticket for travel through April 30, 2005. Your choices include warm-climate destinations such as The Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America*, in addition to Canada and the U.S. To book an award and obtain additional information, call your local American Airlines Reservations office listed on page 8. Waikiki Beach, Hawaii *Central America is not included. Return to Top 5,000 AAdvantage Bonus Miles Offer: Earn 5,000 AAdvantage bonus miles with this special promotion from Marriott Vacation Club International. Choose Marriott’s Playa Andaluza on the Costa del Sol in Spain and enjoy spacious accommodation in a two-bedroom/two-bath apartment with private balcony from just € 169 per person. Marriott would like to introduce you to the holiday ownership concept in a 90-minute one-to-one tour of the resort. Dates: Book by January 31, 2005; travel by March 31, 2005 Contact: To book this exciting offer, please call Marriott Vacation Club International at 00800 4400 4400 and quote Reference Code 14052. For more information and resort details, visit www.marriottvacationclub.co.uk. See Terms and Conditions on page 8. Marriott’s Playa Andaluza Return to Top - 4 4 - Great AAdvantage Offers Travel Tips and Gift Ideas Double Miles and Many Extras I OFFER Buy,–––– Give, or Share Miles Did you know you can buy or give up to 25,000 AAdvantage miles each calendar year? Reach an award level faster with the buyAAmilesSM program, or present a special gift for the holidays with the giftAAmilesSM program. Purchase 1,000–5,000 miles for USD 0.0275 cents per mile, or 6,000–25,000 miles for USD 0.025 cents per mile*. Maybe you have plenty of miles and would like to share them with another member. Then try the shareAAmilesSM pro- gram, which allows members to share up to 15,000 miles per The name of the calendar year with another AAdvantage member. The charge is hotel goes her. and US$50 for 1,000–5,000 miles, US$100 for 6,000–10,000 miles, maybe a few lines like, sleep tight. and US$150 for 11,000–15,000 miles*. And it’s easy: just go to www.aa.com/aadvantage and select Buy, Share, Gift Miles, or visit www.buyaamiles.points.com. *Miles must be purchased, given, or shared in increments of 1,000 at the websites listed. Return to Top Account Information in Your Inbox Sign up to receive your account summary via e-mail with the AAdvantage eSummarySM statement and earn a one-time bonus of 1,000 AAdvantage miles*. This convenient service provides participant offers and the latest AAdvantage program news, plus your personal mileage summary. To sign up, visit AA.com and select My Account. Enter your AAdvantage number, then select E-mail Subscription, Subscribe, Submit … and you’re there! Return to Top *Bonus miles do not count toward elite-status qualification.