AA miles suck we live in the northeast I know times change we were loyal AA people only used AA it used to cost us 25000 per round trip with 1 lay over then they changed 3 years ago to go from Hartford to SXM we would have 3 layovers and arrive late on some it would be the next day and that was for 37500 each we alway travel in late October and return in November . The last time we used our miles we had to use 75000 each to get there with 1 layover in miserable Miami . Now we use capital one like they say no hassle the double mile build up fast and they are easy to work with bye bye AA