Originally Posted by Nogbad

Thank you YuropFlyer, that’s a really helpful suggestion. A3 certainly looks like the way forward. Indeed, when the earning rates on Y are considered, the award tickets cost a similar amount to ANA, and has the advantage including all *A carriers, whereas anything other than ANA would cost a lot more with AMC rewards. I didn’t notice the earning rate for L had dropped to 50% (it was 70% last year), though my last few flights have been W, so not lost out as yet, but feeling a bit of an idiot for sticking with AMC so long having looked into now. So thanks for the warnings, particularly concerning crediting C flights.

Do you know what level of taxes/fees are charged by A3 on their award tickets? From reading their website, it looked like award miles didn’t expire as long as their was activity on the account - is this the case in practice? And does anyone have experience with booking with them? – I assume I should still use the ANA tool for availability, then just call up Miles and Bonus to book.

Many thanks