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Old May 18, 2011 | 9:37 pm
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Very important for the OP to let us know what his desired class of service is. If Coach is acceptable, one can get some amazing values by redeeming BA miles for travel on AA because of BA's free, en-route stopover policy. For example, 17,500 BA miles will yield the following one-way award on AA in Coach: Hawaii-LAX (stopover for weeks or months) -MIA (stopover) -Caribbean. Or 20,000 BA miles will get you an award on LAN for LAX-LIM (stop) -SCL (stop) -IPC (Easter Island).

Redeeming AA miles can be very good, too, for some itineraries, as AA permits a stopover at the North American "gateway" on international awards. In off season, you can get Hawaii-LAX (stop) -Europe (but only if you can find award space on nonstop flights from LAX to Europe operated by AA or its partners).
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