Did anyone watch the msnbc special A week in a life of American Airline quite interesting when they were talking about frequent flyer mileage almost as if it was the best thing in the world for them(aa). What I learned about the mileage is credit card companies like citi bank and other partners buy millions and millions of mileage from AA at an undisclosed figure . Then the credit card company or partner can disperse them how ever they feel through promotions etc. One other interesting thing they said was when a traveler does redeem their mileage it only cost AA 10.00 dollars variable cost for the seat, which kinda made no sense to me I would think it would be a lot more.