Use this engine to determine the best path to accrue points towards a reward goal on United Airlines or American Airlines. If you’re not sure what you’re looking at, maybe the Beginner’s Guide or the What are these engines? posts will help.

Any miles to start with?
United Miles :
American Airlines Miles :

Award Space (note: saver awards have less availability but are generally half the cost, and easy enough to find with flexible dates):
Saver/MilesSAAver
Standard/AAnytime

Trip Type:
Round Trip
One-Way

Number of passengers (note: finding saver award space becomes more difficult as more passengers are added): 12345

Type of cards to apply for
Personal and Business
Personal Only

Only cards with first year annual fee waived?
Yes
No

Number of cards to apply for simultaneously: 23456

United Trip Information
United Region Origin:Mainland US, Alaska & CanadaHawaiiMexicoCentral AmericaCaribbeanNorthern South AmericaSouthern South AmericaEuropeNorthern AfricaCentral/Southern AfricaMiddle EastCentral AsiaSouth AsiaNorth AsiaJapanOceaniaAustralia/New Zealand
United Region Destination:Mainland US, Alaska & CanadaHawaiiMexicoCentral AmericaCaribbeanNorthern South AmericaSouthern South AmericaEuropeNorthern AfricaCentral/Southern AfricaMiddle EastCentral AsiaSouth AsiaNorth AsiaJapanOceaniaAustralia/New Zealand

Choose award chart:
Star Alliance costs more although seems to have more premium availability. United is supposed to be UA and Copa Airlines only but I seem to be pricing other airlines under it as well.
Star Alliance
United Airlines

American Airlines Trip Information
Note the difference below - if the US ONLY, use the wholly within category - else use the US/Canada/NA category to map the US to another region like Europe.
American Region Origin:Wholly Within Continental US/CanadaUS/Canada/North AmericaMexico/CaribbeanHawaiiCentral America/Colombia/Ecuador/Peru/VenezuelaArgentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Chile/Paraguay/UruguayEuropeSouth KoreaJapanChinaHong KongSouth Africa
American Region Destination:Wholly Within Continental US/CanadaUS/Canada/North AmericaMexico/CaribbeanHawaiiCentral America/Colombia/Ecuador/Peru/VenezuelaArgentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Chile/Paraguay/UruguayEuropeSouth KoreaJapanChinaHong KongSouth Africa

United Points Accumulation

Program/Card	Cumulative Economy 25,000 req	Cumulative Business 50,000 req	Cumulative First 70,000 req	Apply
Ink Plus Business Credit Card Chase Ultimate Rewards 50,000 points after $5,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+55,000 55,000	+55,000 55,000	+55,000 55,000	Apply Now
Sapphire Preferred Chase Ultimate Rewards 40,000 points after $4,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+44,000 99,000	+44,000 99,000	+44,000 99,000	Apply Now
United Business MileagePlus Explorer United Airlines 30,000 points after $1,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+31,000 130,000	+31,000 130,000	+31,000 130,000	Apply Now
United MileagePlus Explorer United Airlines 30,000 points after $1,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+31,000 161,000	+31,000 161,000	+31,000 161,000	Apply Now
Marriott Premier Marriott Rewards 50,000 points after $1,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $85	+21,250 182,250	+21,250 182,250	+21,250 182,250	Apply Now
Starwood Preferred Guest SPG 25,000 points after $5,000 spent in 6 months Fee: $65 waived	+17,000 199,250	+17,000 199,250	+17,000 199,250	Apply Now
Starwood Preferred Guest Business SPG 25,000 points after $5,000 spent in 6 months Fee: $65 waived	+17,000 216,250	+17,000 216,250	+17,000 216,250	Apply Now
Hhonors Signature Hilton Honors 40,000 points after $1,000 spent in 4 months Fee: $0	+4,100 220,350	+4,100 220,350	+4,100 220,350	Apply Now

Economy goal attained with 55,000 points, with 30,000 left over.
Business goal attained with 55,000 points, with 5,000 left over.
First goal attained with 99,000 points, with 29,000 left over.

American Airlines Points Accumulation

Program/Card	Cumulative Economy 25,000 req	Cumulative Business 50,000 req	Cumulative First 65,000 req	Apply
CitiExecutive AAdvantage American Airlines 100,000 points after $10,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $450	+110,000 110,000	+110,000 110,000	+110,000 110,000	Apply Now
Platinum Select Aadvantage American Airlines 50,000 points after $3,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+53,000 163,000	+53,000 163,000	+53,000 163,000	Apply Now
US Airways Premier World American Airlines 40,000 points after $1 spent in 6 months Fee: $89	+40,001 203,001	+40,001 203,001	+40,001 203,001	Apply Now
Starwood Preferred Guest SPG 25,000 points after $5,000 spent in 6 months Fee: $65 waived	+35,000 238,001	+35,000 238,001	+35,000 238,001	Apply Now
Starwood Preferred Guest Business SPG 25,000 points after $5,000 spent in 6 months Fee: $65 waived	+35,000 273,001	+35,000 273,001	+35,000 273,001	Apply Now
CitiBusiness AAdvantage World American Airlines 30,000 points after $1,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $95 waived	+31,000 304,001	+31,000 304,001	+31,000 304,001	Apply Now
US Airways Business American Airlines 25,000 points after $1 spent in 6 months Fee: $89	+25,001 329,002	+25,001 329,002	+25,001 329,002	Apply Now
Marriott Premier Marriott Rewards 50,000 points after $1,000 spent in 3 months Fee: $85	+17,000 346,002	+17,000 346,002	+17,000 346,002	Apply Now
Hhonors Signature Hilton Honors 40,000 points after $1,000 spent in 4 months Fee: $0	+6,150 352,152	+6,150 352,152	+6,150 352,152	Apply Now

Economy goal attained with 110,000 points, with 85,000 left over.
Business goal attained with 110,000 points, with 60,000 left over.
First goal attained with 110,000 points, with 45,000 left over.

Personal

Business

Depending on the link and card, I may get a small referral when any of the above are used to apply for a card.  These took time to build and require maintenance as cards, conversions and award charts change over time; please advise if you find any bugs or incorrect data as well.  Your support is very much appreciated.