Originally Posted by Daichovo

Here's a wacky question:

I am trying to find a saaver economy award flight from Europe to LAX that's not on BA. Even better is to avoid AA on the international segment as well.
I found a pretty sweet option CDG-HEL-JFK on a date that works great for me (not much available in general, let alone when I need it). Problem is I get stuck, there are no flights out of NYC I could find within that 4-hr domestic connection window at the saaver price.

Then I remembered my stash of Business extra points. I was thinking to upgrade anyway, then I thought, hmm, maybe this could help me out of my dilemma. I've emailed them with my question, which is, can I book the award at my economy saaver price CDG-HEL-JFK-LAX since that last segment would then be in the 4-hr connection time/available for upgrade? (business saaver). Anyone try anything like this? At any rate I'll report back with what they say. Emailed business extra for now, I figured a normal agent by phone would have no clue with this one.