Originally Posted by
ComputerAge
Looking to book a family trip to somewhere in East Asia (preferably BKK, NRT/HND, maybe SIN). From JFK to any of the 3 destinations listed before I got 110K BA miles and 13K AA (with 75K coming in) so technically 88K. I'm thinking two tix on each airline, 100K from British and 130K from AA (IK, i'll do another bonus
). During spring break, April 2012. Any ideas?
I recently booked a trip on CX for Feb 2012 using both AA and BA miles
1) JFK -> HKG (multi day stopover) -> BKK, using BA miles
2) HKT (Phuket, I'm flying one way BKK - HKT on a separate ticket) -> HKG -> JFK -> DCA, using AA miles
Some recommendations and conisderations:
1) Consider booking one way, not roundtrip tickets on BA, since if you book a RT, the entire itineary cannot be changed or cancelled once it is less than 24 hours before the first flight
2) If you want to vist two destinations, you can include a stopover for free when you use BA miles (see comments above) but you cannnot have a stopover in Asia if using AA miles
3) BA mileage requirements for the "one partner" award are only 25K one way (for economy) to any of the destinations you are considering, while AA awards are 35K one way to most of Asia, except NRT which has a reduced mileage (25K mi) off peak award from October to April
4) BA will charge you for the fuel surcharge (YQ) on the ticket while AA won't
Hope this helps!