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Originally Posted by yubjun
Hello, I didn't know where to post, but hopefully this is the right forum.
Goal:
I have 120K miles on British Airways, and 85k miles on American Express Gold.
I need to go to Korea from NYC one way in August, and would like to go using the miles
BA
BA does have routes, and their mileage points are good with under 50k miles for one way, but mileage mile purchase for this route is not available in August.
Iberia
I know I can transfer BA to Iberia, but Iberia does not have route to Seoul at all.
American Express
For American Express points, I tried Delta. They do have routes in August to Korea, but it requires 160k miles! Talk about over priced.
Does anyone have suggestion? It looks like Amex allows me to transfer to Asia Miles among other airlines.
Are they any good?
Any help will be appreciated.
Tony
Welcome to FT!
You can redeem BA Avios on
any BA partner, including AA, CX, and JL, each of which serves Seoul. However, there are significant cash surcharges assessed when redeeming Avios on TPAC routes.
DL would be a poor choice, because DL charges roundtrip rates for a one-way redemption.
Another possibility is to look for "Saver" availability on United at united.com. If you find an all-UA itinerary, you can transfer MR points to Aeroplan, and redeem Aeroplan miles for UA award flights, surcharge free. (Aeroplan charges a little extra mileage for one-way redemptions, but there's no
cash surcharge when redeeming on UA.)