Originally Posted by
MikeBOS
As I pointed out above, the redemption options with BA (vs. accruing points for BA flights on AA) are much worse in one respect, which is that you have no option on BA for unrestricted redemptions. Given the scarce availability of award tickets from BOS on both BA and AA (they are very difficult to find most of the year on short notice), this is not an insignificant difference.
Yes but those unrestricted redemption on AA (called Anytime Awards) require double the miles (i.e. 50,000 for US domestic flights). I would not call that good value compared to Avios. BAEC pax see the same award availability as AA pax do, other than Anytime Awards.