MilesBuzz! - AA to BA conversion

What is the best way (anyway?) to convert AA miles to BA miles?

thanks!

Good question.

[This message has been edited by toddpate (edited 04-15-2002).]

Diners Club during the double BA mile promo. I did this once for UA->BA where miles transferred 1:1 with no fees. But DIners had instituted fees recently for transferring miles to airlines.

And there's no sign the BA double-miles promo will be repeated again in 2002. It has historically run June-July-August. Because Diners has been adding and raising fees and just generally slashing value like crazy lately, a lot of Diners cardholders are basing their renewal decisions on this promo's reappearance.

Doesnt Diners do the double transfer promo around once a year...? If Diners in the USA would also give double miles promo for transfers to the QF program (actually, I dont know if Diners even offers a standard transfer to QF), it may be another way to get the award on Concorde that many of us are looking to get... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Jeffo,

Could you explain your reason for the transfer? Maybe we can help you out in a different way. If you really want to do that, the Diners Club way is probably the best if the promotion happens again.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bagold:
Jeffo,

Could you explain your reason for the transfer? Maybe we can help you out in a different way. If you really want to do that, the Diners Club way is probably the best if the promotion happens again.</font>

In some cases the BA awards are cheaper. If you want to fly transatlantic, the AA award for a business class ticket on a BA operated US-India flight requires 150K miles. The same award using BA miles requires 100K miles. If I could transfer AA-&gt;BA 1:1 without any penalty or fee, I'd do so.