kitemama Welcome to FT
- What research have you done yourself on airline ffp's that could get the trip you want?
- What ffp's are you a member of now? How many ff miles/points? Only BA?
- What airline ffp’s are common transfer partners of your credit cards? (It does vary by the country of credit card issue)
- FF miles are not equal to earn or burn. They are not 1 to 1.
- Some ffp's allow one way awards. So you could uses 2 or more different ffp's
- Consider cash fares
Credit card transfer links
Credit, Debit and Prepaid Card Programs forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...l-program.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase...mes-rules.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...-partners.html
Note that FT is not a frequent flyer award search booking service. Nor do we have secret access to awards or cheap flights.
Consider these
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...e-reviews.html
Look here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...help-here.html
Awards assistance tools
Use at your own risk. These may not be up to date. (These are not recommendations)
Award flights are never guaranteed. You need to be flexible with date and route.
Frequent flyer miles/points are not equal to or burn. They are not 1 to 1
If a multi segment award check the rules/cost carefully. With some ffp’s it can be 2 or more awards or cost more ff miles/points than a direct flight.
If the award is on partner airline it may cost more miles/points than an award on the ffp airline.
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/