Although the FIFA men’s World Cup is months away, soccer fans were snatching up match tickets Monday by redeeming American Airlines miles.

The airline had an unspecified allotment of seats at each game and made them available to AAdvantage members starting this week.

Ticket access varies by flight status with the airline, with Executive Platinum getting the first crack at tickets on Monday. AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Platinum Pro members will get access on Tuesday and all other AAdvantage members will get access on Wednesday.

According to the airline’s website, all of their allotment of tickets is sold out except for the final in New York on July 19. A ticket to the final will cost travelers at least 965,000 miles.

The airline had allotments for each of the oth

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