Originally Posted by gleff
Do you start with any Air France miles in your account?
Actually, it would help alot to know what actual balances are.
You can claim Air France awards with Delta or Aeromexico miles, and both are American Express transfer parters. So your Amex points alone, if you have enough, can be used for Air France awards.
Your United miles are not going to be helpful - United miles can't claim Air France tickets, and the only way to transfer United miles out is via Diners Club (generally losing half the points in the process).
You can transfer your Starwood points to Delta or Air France.
I don't believe your Hilton points can be transferred directly to an Air France partner.
Your Hyatt points should convert to Aeromexico or Delta.
And of course the new Air France - KLM tie-up, along with alliances with Northwest and Continental, will open up award redemption possibilities shortly.
I have miles with AF (from flights) and miles with Delta (from flights and AMEX Delta Skymiles VISA card). I would like to use combined miles for SFO-Paris tickets (on code-share AF/Delta flights), but both AF and Delta (and AMEX Delta Skymiles VISA) say I cannot transfer miles between AF and Delta accounts, or use the other's miles for awards.
Why does gleff say "you can claim AF awards with Delta miles"?
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