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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe gift was made possible by AAdvantage members who\npurchased miles during May after American announced it would donate 1\nAAdvantage mile for every mile purchased, up to 10 million miles. AAdvantage\nmembers were committed to this cause and quickly reached the 10 million mile\nmaximum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are so proud to partner with AAdvantage members and St.\nJude Children\u2019s Research Hospital in their important work caring for chidren,\u201d\nsaid Bridget Blaise-Shamai, President of AAdvantage and American\u2019s Vice\nPresident of Loyalty and Cusomer Insights. \u201cWe are pleased to be contributing\nto the life-changing ways that St. Jude helps children and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSince 2006, American Airlines and their generous customers\nhave truly made a difference in the lives of the patients and families who come\nto St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital from around the world,\u201d said Richard\nC. Shadyac Jr., President & CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness\norganization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. \u201cSupport from partners\nlike American Airlines and its incredible AAdvantage members is especially\nneeded today to brighten the future for kids tomorrow. We are humbled to accept\nthis generous gift as it enables us to continue our foundational promise that\nfamilies never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or\nfood, because all they should worry about is helping their child live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let Good Take Flight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n American Airlines is committed to caring for people on\nlife\u2019s journey and remains dedicated to addressing the needs of different\ncommunities affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In cooperation\nwith its generous customers, American has raised more than $3 million to\nsupport the American Red Cross and its volunteers who are on the frontlines of\nthe COVID-19 pandemic. Supply kits have been provided to the Mount Sinai\nHospital in New York City; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston; and St. Jude\nChildren\u2019s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, to support medical\nprofessionals on the frontlines. American has provided thousands of care\npackages to military bases to be shared with troops who are quarantined after\nreturning from deployment. As a result of excess inventory due to a reduced\nflying schedule, American has donated more than 200 tons of food to food banks\nglobally. American team members at multiple locations, including Dallas Fort\nWorth International Airport (DFW), Miami International Airport (MIA), Frankfurt\nam Main Airport (FRA) and Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), are sewing masks\nfor their coworkers and members of the community. The airline also worked with\nthe U.S. Department of State to operate 88 repatriation flights to bring more\nthan 8,000 U.S. citizens home from abroad. American collected $1.2 million\nthrough UNICEF\u2019s Change for Good program in 2019 and recently allocated\n$460,000 of those funds to support COVID-19 relief efforts in Latin America.\nAmerican continues to operate cargo-only flights, transporting necessary\nsupplies, including personal protective equipment, to the frontlines of the\nCOVID-19 effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to generous AAdvantage\u00ae program members, American Airlines is donating 10 million loyalty miles to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital\u00ae to support its mission to help patient families as it leads the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The gift was made possible by AAdvantage members who purchased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15599,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597\/revisions\/15599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}