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Old Jul 17, 2011, 9:16 pm
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badgerW
 
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Originally Posted by mreed911
That'll get you 120,000 miles on BA. You can consult BA's award charts to see what it would take, miles-wise. If you're leaving from the US, the US-LHR segment could have some expensive fuel surcharges on it, but it's less than the cost of a ticket.
There are two ways of doing it on BA. First is through BA itself:

Between North America and South Asia:

90,000 miles = one coach (World Traveller) ticket.
135,000 miles = one coach (World Traveller Plus) ticket.
180,000 miles = one business class (Club Europe/World) ticket.
270,000 miles = one first class ticket.
You'd only need 15k more miles to get the World Traveller Plus ticket. Of course, it's not Business, but it's better than Coach.

Second is doing a Partner Award. On a one partner only award, you can do it for 80k in Economy or 160k in Business, flying on Cathay Pacific from a Cathay Pacific gateway in North America. (So you'd need to get to YYZ, YVR, LAX, JFK, or SFO on your own.)

You could get 50k in bonus miles from the Chase BA card right now. That would easily put you over the top for either of those rewards. I would go with the Partner Award because the BA award would likely cost you a good chunk of change. Not to mention Cathay Business Class vs. BA World Traveller Plus.
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