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Old Jul 23, 2016 | 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by strickerj
Hi all,

I've signed up for the American Express Premier Rewards Gold card, and I'd like to have an account with each of the major alliances that I can transfer its points to when I want an award ticket. (I've already got Delta Skymiles since I live near DTW.)

So, which of their OneWorld partners would be best for me, out of British Airways, Iberia, or Cathay Pacific? I'm not looking for status, just ease of earning and redeeming points (both for tickets and upgrades). Most of my travel would be U.S. domestic with the occasional trip to Europe. I'm a bit leery of the 1.25:1 exchange ratio with BA/IB and BA's taxes and fuel surcharges on transatlantic flights, but I'm intrigued by their low redemption rates on AA domestic flights. I don't know much about CX but I hear AsiaMiles are pretty versatile.
Sign up for both Asia Miles and BAEC/Iberia. It's free, and for what you are going to use the membership for, keeping all your eggs in one basket simply doesn't make sense.
Asiamiles will give you access to a bunch of additional non-oneworld airline partners to redeem on as well as upgrade awards on CX/KA.

The same for Skyteam - signing up for Flying Blue in addition to Delta will open up more options than are available with just Delta.

Each program has its sweet spots, why not take advantage of them?
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