Originally Posted by learningtime

Thanks. So what would you do? Use BA miles, 160K with the 2 for 1 to india and pay 2K in taxes/fees? Or purchase 250K US Airways miles for use from West Coast to India at the cost of $3500 (J travel).

Assuming we can put saved miles to good use and use BA miles for something else, what would be the more optimal use? Or does it vary person to person? Just pondering over this pending decision for us.