what's the best way to get to Israel using AA miles? They prefer nonstop.
Well, I've been looking at this question for a while, and I've concluded that there is no easy way.
There's definitely no nonstop US to Israel on AA or OW anymore.
There's reasonable availability to fly US (e.g. BOS or JFK or MIA) to CDG via AA, but I haven't yet found a way to get from CDG to TLV on AA.
Iberia via Madrid and AB via Berlin seem like good options but I haven't yet found availability.
The other option, if they really want to fly NS, would be to sell the AA miles and buy an El Al or United revenue ticket, chas v'shalom.