Originally Posted by
txrandom
If I want to take advantage of one partner awards with free stopovers to South America, I have to fly to LAX, NYC or MIA first. Similarly if I want stopovers on the way to Asia, I have to fly to JFK, LAX or SFO first. After buying the positioning ticket and extra fees on BA, I'd rather get CO miles. Just something to keep in mind for anyone else thinking about transferring to BA.
Cathay and JAL both fly to ORD now, by the way. That's a pretty important addition to the list.
[And you're right about the domestic US flights. I forgot to mention this because I live in Chicago.]
Originally Posted by
ekartash
Are you saying that i can do JFK - FRA - HKG (stopover) - NYC with CO as one ticket? how many miles is it for business and/or first?
Yep. E.g. I'm flying ORD-AMS(stop)-FRA-ICN-SFO(23 hour stop, does not officially count as a stopover)-ORD this summer. It's 65k/120k/140k roundtrip.