Zoran1979 Welcome to FT
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Zoran1979
Have no idea how to best utilize Starwood Points. I have 110 000 points and planing to go next December/January to Australia ( Sydney or Melbourne) and possibly Business Class. What do with points? To what Company to transfer them, how and when to buy tickets. I am planing to spend probably another 40 000/50 000 by September. How much more money I will need, were to start planing, I am totally lost
This question is asked about once per week (or more often). Usually people have credit card points they want to transfer to an airline frequent flyer programme to get an award flight USA Australia. Getting a business class award is hard to very hard. Depending on the airline ffp awards may be offered 354 days to 330 days out. Dec / Jan is the peak time. Is summer vacation time in Australia
You need to establish what airlines you can transfer to
FF miles are not equal to earn or use.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/information-desk-730/
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocean...h-pacific-461/
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...demptions.html (is not up to date nor has all airlines)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...help-here.html
Airlines that fly USA/Canada to/from Australia (not from all airports to all airports)
- United (LAX SFO – SYD MEL) [Star Alliance]
- AA (LAX - SYD) [OneWorld Alliance] (AS partner)
- Qantas (LAX SFO JFK DFW HNL – SYD BNE MEL) [OneWorld Alliance] (AS partner)
- Jetstar (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Delta (VA & AS partner) (LAX – SYD) [Skyteam Alliance]
- Virgin Australia (DL partner) (LAX – SYD BNE)
- Hawaiian, via Hawaii (AA & VA partner) (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Air NZ ( LAX SFO via AKL) [Star Alliance]
- Fiji Airways (LAX via Fiji) (AA & AS partner)
- Air Tahiti Nui (LAX) (last segments on codeshares) (AA & DL partner)
- Air Canada [Star Alliance] (YYR - SYD, BNE from Jun 2016)
And others via Asia & Middle East