You don't have to fly with American Airlines just to earn and redeem American Airlines AAdvantage miles. Thanks to a robust network of American Airlines partners, you can transfer your miles to about two dozen other airlines, getting yourself to more than 1,000 destinations around the world.

While American Airlines primarily serves destinations in the U.S., even international travelers can flex their status and miles to travel all around the world.

American is a founding member of the Oneworld Alliance, a network of about a dozen member airlines offering seamless travel between partners, transferable elite status perks and expanded options for earning and redeeming miles. That opens massive possibilities for ways you can earn American Airlines miles when flying with those airlines — while also allowing you to redeem American Airlines miles for flights on other airlines.

American also has plenty of other partners outside the Oneworld Alliance as well, providing even more opportunities for flexible flying.

Here’s everything AAdvantage members need to know about American Airlines partners.

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American Airlines airline partners

AAdvantage members can earn by flying the following Oneworld carriers and other partners. Flights on these airline partners are bookable with AAdvantage miles and many can be booked directly through the American Airlines website.

Oneworld

Other airline partners

You will have to call customer service for assistance to book partners that you do not see on AA.com.

Earning miles with American Airlines partners

In 2022, American Airlines overhauled how elite status is earned with the airline. EQMs, EQDs and EQSs are gone, which simplifies things by eliminating complicated alphabet soup. Instead, flyers earn Loyalty Points, which can be earned when flying on American Airlines and its partners; spending through AAdvantage credit cards; and shopping, dining and making transactions with American’s other partners.

To learn all about earning status under the new program, check out our guide to American Airlines elite status.

If you fly on a Oneworld partner airline, you can expect to earn Loyalty Points on the base miles earned according to the distance flown plus cabin bonuses where applicable.

If you fly on American Airlines, you’ll receive Loyalty Points for the base AAdvantage miles earned according to the ticket price (excluding government-imposed taxes and fees). No cabin bonus applies. If this sounds confusing, you're not alone — Loyalty Points are kind of hard to earn.

When it comes to earning AAdvantage miles that can be redeemed for award flights, know this: The number of miles earned will depend on your status level, with general members earning 5 miles per $1, to Executive Platinum Elites earning 11 miles per $1.