AAdvantage is American Airlines’ loyalty program. Participants earn miles for every flight they take on American or one of its partner airlines, as well as for money spent with more than 1,000 other businesses associated with the company. The miles can be used for future flights, hotel stays, car rentals or even gift cards. American has partnered with Points.com to handle the redeeming of miles for gift cards.

Navigate to Points.com online and register for the program by clicking on the blue “Sign Up” box at the top of the page.

Provide your name, email address, a password and security question, then click the blue “Join Now” button on the bottom of the sign-up page.

Add the AAdvantage program to your account by scrolling down to the name of the program under Add Programs on the right-hand side of the page and clicking on “Add” next to American Airlines AAdvantage. The AAdvantage logo will appear under Your Balances on the left side of the page.

Register your AAdvantage account by clicking the blue “Register Program” box in Your Balances, and providing your name, AAdvantage account number and a password.

Click on the blue “Give & Exchange” tab at the top of the page.

Click on the gift card you want. From the first drop-down menu, choose the AAdvantage program as the account you’d like the miles taken from. Enter the value of the gift card you want in the second drop-down menu.

Click the blue “Calculate” button and review the amount of points needed for the gift card.

Click the “Confirm Redeem” button and follow the on-screen check-out process to exchange your AAdvantage miles for a gift card.