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Old May 19, 2018 | 3:26 pm
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MADPhil
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Originally Posted by brewster71
Since I can't transfer any of my Chase UR or my AmEx MR to American directly, as far as I know, then I feel like I'm stuck using Axios in order to access American inventory. As far as I understand it, this would get me MILES, but not $$ spent. I'd have to outright buy at least some American flights in order to get status.
Remember that you can use the credit card points directly to buy tickets and, unless they book you into the wrong fare class, will earn EQD and EQM on AA or TP on BA towards status as well as RDM or Avios. This makes the "exchange rate" a bit better than it might appear.
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