stevento

Need to book 4 J awards on NYC-JRO, ZNZ-NYC next August/Sep.
Problem is, I have 2 million different miles, but not enough for one airline booking.

Have 208K in Amex, 150K in Chase and 87K in Citi.

Have 80K in UA.

Have 180K each in DL and AF, and was hoping to score NYC-AMS-JRO, but that doesn't seem like it's happening, so I may want to stick to *A.

Have a few hundred thousand miles in AA, AS, and BA, but nothing big in one spot.
Waiting for another 100K in Chase, 100K in AA, and 60K in AS, but that's not happening for another month or so. Have 55K in SPG.

My 208K in Amex are perfect for ANA booking - exactly 2 R/T ($500 YQ tho).

So that leaves me with Chase, Citi, and UA.

SQ is 145K R/T + 500YQ, or 75K o/w with $250 YQ.
UA is 160 R/t no YQ.

So the 4 awards might something like 2 R/T in ANA, 3 O/W in UA, and 1 O/W in SQ.

I really don't want to have 3 different reservations for these flights, cause who knows what might go wrong between booking them all. Especially SQ which requires a non-instataneous transfer and calling after.

But do I have a choice?
Is there some obscure redemption option I am missing?

sbm12

Well, you can buy a ton of points and build them all up in a single program. Otherwise, not really.

Also, good luck finding 4 biz seats on the same itinerary.

stevento

thanks...been flying 4 biz in one plane for a few years now..and there's availability here, otherwise I wouldn't be asking.

Mwenenzi

Is that 4 long haul business award seat on one flight?

stevento

yes.
It's not as tough as it sounds. Gotta be proactive tho.

sbm12

Then book it.

Multiple PNRs is a very small risk compared to screwing around with moving points to get a perfect booking and losing out on the seats.