This may be old news, but I just noticed today that AA.com now offers a "beta" version of an online award ticket booking tool. I played around with it a little, and it looks pretty cool. When you go to "Book Flights", it's called "Redeem AAdvantage Miles."

Put in your city pair and approximate travel dates, and it shows you different award level options available for a range of dates before and after your target.

It works for domestic and international AA flights, but not for partner airlines (now that would be slick!).

Dena

Dena, I've seen the new AA tool too, and I agree that it's a good option. I had read in the newspaper about American offering the tool and went looking for it. That's the only thing -- unless you know to look for the new tool it's easy to overlook. Like you, I wish they could include AA partner airlines. That's such an important factor in international travel.