Need help with US-UK award booking, AA+US availability issues, any tricks?
I'm trying to book a flight DTW->LHR->DTW during the Christmas to New Year break, but I'm having problems getting any availability at decent prices.
Right now I have 55k-ish AA miles, 60k-ish US Airways miles and 52k-ish AMEX MR pts.
Problem with AA is that while there is availability, all of them are on BA which incurs $700 fees, which is ridiculous for a ticket that normally goes for $1200.
US Airways have lower fees, but no availability that is within my range (60k).
Are there any tricks that can help me with this situation? I have to fly into London, so routing to other European countries is not an option.