Originally Posted by
holocker
Thanks. Was able to get the Delta awards schedule to work by following the suggestions. However, I am flying Delta charges an extra 40k miles, for the leg to Cairns making the one way 150,000 miles at the lowest i see vs American charges the same 80,000 miles whether I want to go to Sydney or Cairns.
Originally Posted by
holocker
It looks like connections are better SAN-LAX-SYD-CNS on AA going, for 80k miles, than on the return so will probably book that on American and then home SYD-LAX-SAN on Delta.
Does anyone know if 110,000 Skymiles is the current one-way low award from USA to Australia. Some flights were pricing at over 300k miles one way.
So have you booked awards to/from Australia or still looking?
USA Aust awards, especially premium cabin, are hard to get.
The first rule when using miles/avios/points in any program is "book what you can find" i.e. you can't expect there to be availability on every flight. If you need to get from A to B on a certain time, using points is not always a viable option.