Originally Posted by
UA Apologist
You conveniently fail to disclose (and to compare) the portion of the price that you would need to pay in cash, which, in most cases, is significantly higher if you book through ANA.
Higher yes, but we're not talking BA level surcharges either. For the convenience
of other readers my most recent redemption via ANA the taxes and fees were ~$300, with $200 of that being YQ, so the fees booking via UA would have been about $100. BUT it also would have cost at least 65k more UR points to transfer and book through UA, since they don't have as flexible stopover rules as ANA. Not that I would, but I could cash out 20k UR points to cover the increased cash cost of booking through ANA and it would still be more points efficient to book using MR.