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Old Jan 16, 2019, 5:17 pm
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eponymous_coward
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Originally Posted by Single_Flyer
You said "Would have cost me 22.5k Avios on AS for identical flights." Maybe you meant 22.5k AS Miles? Avios can't be spent to book a CX flight through AS.
Yes, I mean what I said subsequently: "This is to say I paid less miles using British Airways Avios than had I used Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan for the exact same flights. "

Originally Posted by sturges
Go ask the CX forum how they feel about how many Asia Miles (100,000-110,000) are required for a SEA-HKG F award compared to AS miles (70,000).
Yeah, programs are free to set their own redemption values. AS changed it so 25k won't buy saver F on all flights.
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