Originally Posted by
DawsonUK
, BMI and Continental show different values for bookings. I don't want to go and buy some miles, then find I still haven't got enough. All the miles are on my family account.
Is anyone aware of the best route to achieve this trip, and the potential costs involved over and above the miles (which I thought were zone 3 @ 45000 each x 1.5 = 135,000) I would then purchase miles before the end of October to get the 20% uplift. If needed I could always fly to either London or Manchester, as they have more frequent flights to Florida.
You are redeeming bmi miles so what CO charge is irrelevant
your miles calcs are correct but you will need to add on the taxes (which can be hefty and vary slightly by airline but there is a link to a taxes calculator in the sticky)
you may have the options to go with CO to EWR and on from there or look to head to somewhere like FRA and look for flights from there
have a look at staralliance.com for the routings