Originally Posted by
Henry82
Is anyone else having the same dilemma? Transfer AMEX MR points to BA vs. DL?
Yes, great topic to start a thread on. More of my travel is to South America, although it's probably just a matter of time before LA & AA have fuel surcharges on those routes too so I'm trying to look at the value broadly rather than focusing in on a select region.
I didn't see this mentioned above, but DL lets you mix & match carriers, while BA awards go mileage based if more than one non-BA carrier is used. Therefore if you have to fly AA to connect to CX, you'll either be looking at a richer reward or buying the domestic leg to get to a CX hub. Of course if you have to fly DL to get to KE, you'll just play hell finding a saver ticket and may end up buying the domestic leg in that case too.