Originally Posted by
tryinginvain
I know I've read some things about avios redemptions to the U.S. being a great deal but I need to look into that a bit further, I'm not sure if I can use them departing from YOW. If not I guess I'll see what else I can do with 15k avion points - I don't plan on using that card much. As far as long haul J, I think the taxes/YQ are really high. Is that correct or are there YQ free options like there are with aeroplan? If there are I'll consider moving a bunch of points to avios. If there's a thread discussing this can someone let me know? Otherwise I'll figure it out eventually.
I've used it before YUL - New York, and that's a great deal. I'm not sure if there's any nonstop AA flights into YOW? You might be able to find availability YOW - PHL on US airways, but I've never found any from YUL - PHL so YMMV. As for low YQ long haul, BOS-DUB/SNN is a great deal, and JFK-DUS/TXL (air berlin) is good as well.