Originally Posted by
mzredhead
I have 65,000 AA Miles and 50,000 US Air miles. Can I combine these miles or use AA for 1 way and US Air for the other way? I want to go business class. Does this have to be done over the phone with an agent or can it be done online? Thanks in advance.
You're sort of SOL for business travel. AA allows one way award tickets. Buiss is 50K one way on AA, which you have enough miles for. Depending on when you're looking to travel, you can do 20K on AA on economy for return. You'll need to accumulate another 5K, again, depending on when you're looking to go. This may not be possible if it's a trip within the next 30-60 days.
USAir does NOT allow one way awards and hence your 50K doesn't get you anywhere. Even economy RT is 60K. Offpeak (very select dates) is 35K RT.
Your best bet is to do AA economy RT, which will be 60K RT or 40K RT depending on if you're traveling off peak or not.