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Originally Posted by SingaporeDon
For Business class redemptions Avios required for this route are 18,000 (versus 4,500 for economy - although no economy class award seats are available using Avios on OP's date) plus GBP 3. AA would charge, as OP mentions, 25,000 plus USD 80.60
18,000 Avios is the rate for a
First Class redemption on this route. On two-cabin domestic flights, AA sells the front cabin as First Class, not Business Class.
If AA offered Business Class on this route, it would cost considerably less than 18,000 Avios.