American Airlines has round-trip flights to Madrid, Barcelona, Dublin, Lisbon, or Amsterdam starting at 17500 points each-way.

Taxes and fees will vary, but generally, it’s about $6 for the outbound, and between $46 to $120 for the return, so if you did a round-trip, your total all-in-cost would be about 35,000 points with between $52-$126 in taxes/fees.

If you consider a point to be worth one penny, this would put the 35000 point cost to be equivalent to spending around $350 real dollars for the round-trip. Then add in the actual tax/fees of about $52-$126, and you get $402-$476.

We often post about cash-fares to Europe in the $417-$500 range, so the European redemptions in this sale are “Fair”, but you may want to wait and save your points on destinations that don’t often go on sale and present a greater redemption value.

Offer is valid for reservations made from November 4, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. CT, November 16, 2025 for travel from January 12, 2026 – February 28, 2026.
American Airlines may, at any time and without notice, change, stop or end this offer.

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