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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 10:28 pm
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Originally Posted by finiteyoda
Just double checked, 167K points on AMEX. And, if I'm reading the chart correctly now (the AC one, not the *A one), I need: 45K for a long haul from SFO to YYZ, and then another 85K for YYZ to CDG (business class). That's from their roundtrip chart, not one-way.

So, 130K miles for a round-trip SFO-YYZ-CDG fare? Am I interpreting that correctly? Is there any way to know it's available for sure before I transfer the points from AMEX?
No, I think you are getting the upgrade and reward mileage calculations confulsed...

For business class rewards, the mileage provided on the chart is indeed round trip. From Canada/Continental USA to Europe in business is 85k miles. If you want to stop in YYZ, you can have a stopover in YYZ if you would like for no additional miles (although there will be a few additional airport fees, etc. that will kick in since you will no longer be connecting).

If you were to upgrade each segment from Y/B, you would add the mileages for the individual segments From the *A Upgrade Chart:
SFO-YYZ Y/B - 10k
YYZ-CDG Y/B - 20k
CDG-YYZ Y/B - 20k
YYZ-SFO Y/B - 10k
Total - 60k miles plus the initial fare for the Y/B fare.
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