MIA → GRU Business Feb 2027 (Carnival Lie-Flat Deal)
Lie-Flat to Brazil for Carnival — Business Class Both Ways on Points
Miami (MIA) to São Paulo (GRU), Business, Round Trip.
Rio Carnival 2027 runs February 5–10, with the Grupo Especial samba-school parades at the Sambadrome on February 7, 8 and 9 and the Champions' Parade on February 13 — and lie-flat business class to Brazil across exactly those dates is wide open on points. Fly down nonstop from Miami for 107,500 miles + $5.60 against a $2,533 cash fare, and come home after the Champions' Parade for just 62,500 miles + $31.53 against a $2,335 cash fare (3.7¢ per point on the return). Don't have 170K miles? Economy runs as low as 25K out and 18K back on the same nonstops.
Search aa.com for a one-way Miami (MIA) to São Paulo (GRU) around February 3, 2027 and filter to nonstop, business class.
Look for 107,500 miles + $5.60 on AA925 or AA929 — that's the deal price for the outbound.
Book the return separately: the GRU → MIA nonstop shows 62,500 miles in business on February 15 — the best single redemption in this deal.
Need miles? Citi transfers to American 1:1, and the return is also reachable through Virgin points at the same 1:1 ratio.
On a points budget? The same nonstops have economy award space from 25,000 miles outbound and 18,000 miles home — search the same dates in economy.
Once in São Paulo, GOL and LATAM domestic hops to Rio for Carnival run cheap in cash — often under $60 each way.