Originally Posted by
Darren870
..Thoughts on this? Am I off base? Anything I can do with those UA points?
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As for the Virgin Atlantic points. Well I know its 12,500 for Melbs -> SYD. And I have to go up there soon. So that at least burns 83% of the. For the Qantas I can use those for Syd -> Melbs and it would burn 95% of them. Then I can just let them expire.
Will your future USA travel be personal or business? Or you own choice?
Burn/use you miles/points or add to them. In USA its not hard to add miles to USA based ffp's with non flying activities. Or car rental/hotels. This can keep miles from expiring (Those that are not hard expiry)
You can use miles/points on the airline ffp' own flights and those of its partners
QF points--> AA or AS award flights in USA
UA miles --> UA award flights in USA
VA points --> DL award flights in USA (but not 100% sure- have not checked)
VS points --> DL & VX Virgin America flights in USA. What happens after VX takeover by AS is unknown.
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/eu/en...end-miles.html.
Awards assistance tools
Use at your own risk. These may not be up to date. (These are not recommendations)
If a multi segment award check the rules/cost carefully. With some ffp’s it can 2 or more awards. Some awards/airlines/routes can have cash surcharges, in addition to real taxes.
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AwardAce: Compare Award Redemptions Across Airlines In Seconds -->
http://www.awardace.com/
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Economical Excursionist's Tools to compare Frequent Flyer Mile Redemptions -->
http://www.flyermiler.com/
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ast-miles.html -->
http://www.awardhacker.com/