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For a limited time, companies based in California that newly enroll in the American Airlines Business ExtrAA program can receive up to 20,000 Business ExtrAA bonus points — enough for 10 Economy PlanAAhead awards valid for travel in the Continental United States, Canada and Mexico.

Part of the American Airlines Business Suite of travel products, Business ExtrAA is a complimentary program that rewards small and medium-sized companies for doing business with American. With Business ExtrAA, companies accrue points when their employees travel for business on American Airlines, American Eagle or American Connection-operated flights and include the company’s Business ExtrAA account number in their reservations. Employees can also earn American Airlines AAdvantage miles on their personal frequent flyer accounts when traveling under their company’s Business ExtrAA number, so both the company and the individual traveler benefit.

This latest promotion is designed to support American’s expansion in Los Angeles as American and American Eagle grow service by 28 percent at Los Angeles International Airport with the introduction of 32 additional roundtrips beginning April 5, with new nonstop service to

Albuquerque, N.M.; Boise, Idaho; El Paso, Texas; Houston (George Bush Intercontinental); Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Salt Lake City; Sacramento, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Shanghai, China.

Through this promotion, companies in California that newly enroll in the Business ExtrAA program will have the opportunity to reach the maximum 20,000 points bonus via a stepped approach. To earn the first award ticket, companies must enroll in the Business ExtrAA program using promotion code BIGCAL and have any one of their employees fly one qualifying roundtrip using the company’s new account number during the offer period, March 21 through June 30, 2011.

Newly enrolled companies that spend $15,000 or more on qualifying flights within the offer period will earn another 8,000 Business ExtrAA bonus points, equivalent to an additional four roundtrip travel awards.

And companies that spend a total of $30,000 or more during the offer period will earn another 10,000 Business ExtrAA bonus points, equivalent to an additional five roundtrip travel awards.

Every employee who travels using the company’s Business ExtrAA account number can help the company earn points. For more information on the promotion, visit www.aa.com/bigcal.

Business ExtrAA points can be redeemed for more than 50 travel awards, including flights, upgrades, AAdvantage Gold status, and Admirals Club one-day passes, conference rooms and memberships. Companies can choose how points are redeemed.

For more information, call 800-457-7072 or visit www.aa.com/business.