Originally Posted by
Julian60
I'm new here and am looking to be pointed in the right direction. Here is my situation:
I have 120,000 AMEX points. Tried to convert to Delta Miles and because I'm Canadian I was told they are worth 75%. That sucks because that would not be enough to fly coach to Europe for 2. So I looked at AEROPLAN and they will give 1 to 1 but the surcharges are ridiculous ($1500) compared to Delta ($200). Any advice??
Planning to fly Detroit to Rome (or anywhere in Italy) in September 2014. I don't mind connections if I can avoid surcharges.
Any little advice would be greatly appreciated.
Julian
I was told to try & fly United or US Air but I do not see that as an option on Aeroplan.
Welcome.
One initial suggestion with regard to future posts: It's best to use a more descriptive title so that readers can see at a glance what the post is about.
I don't know how AMEX points can be converted, so I can't help with that part of the issue. But my experience, shared it seems by others as well, is that it's much easier to find award travel using UA or AA miles than it is using DL miles. Using AA miles to fly on BA is prohibitively expensive due to BA's surcharges, but redeeming UA miles or AA miles on AA itself or its other European partners (such as AB or IB) is quite reasonable. AC is a member of Star Alliance, as are UA, LH, LX and OS, so you should be able to use Aeroplan miles for flights on those airlines. (US is also a possibility, but only if you book by March 30.) I suggest that you check for availability of award travel on the UA website (
www.united.com) and then phone AC to see if you can book through them; the AC website may not allow booking some partners online. There should be flights available on UA and its partners going through ORD, EWR or IAD, though you might also look for flights to Milan as well as Rome.