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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 4:53 pm
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mojoshtudd
 
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LAX-CCU: best use of miles/points (need advice)

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong sub-forum.

I am trying to figure out the best miles/points redemption for LAX-CCU (Kolkata, India) in Feb of next year. Other than LAX, SNA and SAN are also close-by to where I live.

Dates: Feb 1 to Feb 24.

Points/Miles I have:
AA: 166k (self) + 82k (wife)
UA: 54k
BA avios: 50k (self) + 50k (wife)
Chase UR: 155k
Citi TY: 70k (self) + 64k (wife)

Homework that I have done so far:
  1. On AA website: LAX-BOM-LAX (via LHR): 90k miles + $663; need to do BOM-CCU-BOM separately
  2. On BA website: LAX-BOM-LAX (via LHR): 50k avios + $1300; need to do BOM-CCU-BOM separately
  3. On UA website: LAX-CCU - LAX: 80k miles + $50
  4. On Chase UR website: LAX-CCU-LAX on Emirates: 130k points (but I get to earn miles?)
  5. On TYP network (Citi):LAX-CCU-LAX on Emirates: 115k points ( but I get to earn miles?)

Any other creative ideas, especially using Avios? I can't seem to be able to route it away from LHR which racks up too many fees. All the dates I tried have BA availability so the website won't even show me partner airlines.
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