Originally Posted by
747FC
Thank you. I don't have great aspirations regarding the 20,000 miles pp, just not wanting miles from these tickets worth $10K to go to complete waste. I saw on the AA site that I could use the miles to book interisland on HA, or perhaps someday use them within the continental US?
If, for example, you were interested in Coach flights between HI and the Western U.S. (AZ, CA, OR, or WA), crediting your flights to BA might make sense. When lowest-tier ("SAAver") award seats are available on AA or AS nonstops between HI and those destinations, you would pay just 12,500 BA Avios per person, one-way. And BA does not charge any close-in booking fees on award redemptions either.
For short-haul nonstops (<1,151 miles) on the Mainland on AA or AS, BA charges just 7,500 Avios.
If needed, you could also bulk up your Avios balance with several different credit cards.
