Best Countries in South America to Use 20,000 Miles on a One-Way American Airlines Award From Los Angeles

 

One of the best things about American Airlines is the ability to use only 20,000 AAdvantage miles to travel in Economy class from North America to certain countries of South America such as Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. 20,000 American Airlines miles can only be used during the Off-peak season which is also called a MileSAAver Off-Peak Award. The off-peak seasonal dates are defined as “Mar. 1 – May 31; Aug. 16 – Nov. 30”.

If you’re wondering about Brazil, I recently wrote a separate article for it since it contained so many different cities.

I know a lot of people already have plans booked for this fall, so I am only going to focus on next year’s dates which are Mar. 1 – May 31. As of today, the award calendar only goes up to mid-May.

I have only been to Santiago, Chile and would love to one day visit La Paz, Montevideo, Asuncion, and Buenos Aires.

So which countries in South America have the best award availability for only 20,000 AA miles?

LAX-VVI (Los Angeles – Viru Viru, Bolivia) None available

VVI-LAX (Viru Viru, Bolivia – Los Angeles) April 7, 21-22, May 19-20

LAX-LPB (Los Angeles – La Paz, Bolivia) March 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 29, 31, April 1, 6-9, 13-16, 21-23, 28-30, May 6-7

LPB-LAX (La Paz, Bolivia – Los Angeles) None available

LAX-ASU (Los Angeles – Asuncion, Paraguay) March 3-4, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 29, 31, April 2, 5, 7-9, 11-17, 19, 21-26, 28-30, May 1, 3, 5-7, 10-11, 14, 19-20

ASU-LAX (Asuncion, Paraguay – Los Angeles) March 2-3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16-17, 19, 26, 28, 30-31, April 2, 7, 11, 13-14, 20-21, 23, 25, 28, 30, May 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19, 21

LAX-SCL (Los Angeles – Santiago, Chile) March 10-11, 18, 24-26, 29, 31, April 1-3, 7-10, 13-17, 19, 20-30, May 1, 5-8, 10-15, 19-20

SCL-LAX (Santiago, Chile – Los Angeles) March 2-6, 10-12, 24-25, 28, 30, April 1, 8, 15, 21-22, May 1, 4-6, 20

LAX-MVD (Los Angeles – Montevideo, Uruguay) March 3-4, 12, April 7-9, 12-17, 23-24, 26, 28-30, May 1, 5-7, 10-14, 19-20

MVD-LAX (Montevideo, Uruguay – Los Angeles) March 11, April 22, 24, May 6-7, 20

LAX-EZE (Los Angeles – Buenos Aires, Argentina) March 12, 18-19, 24-25, April 14-15, 21-23, 26, 28-30, May 1, 5-6, 14-15, 19-20

EZE-LAX (Buenos Aires, Argentina – Los Angeles) May 20

The best availability is from Los Angeles to Asuncion. The worst availability is from La Paz and Buenos Aires to Los Angeles.