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Old Apr 7, 2019 | 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by yurtripper
Your options are likely to be limited, since the two obvious choices (LH, UA) have been ruled out.

Remember that even with the switch to dynamic pricing you'll still be able to avoid this by doing redemptions on partners rather than on UA itself. LH switched to revenue based earning (not redemptions) but this can be avoided by booking through partner airlines where possible (UA, LO).

The way things are heading it's only ever going to make sense to both earn and redeem on *A partner airlines, never with the airline itself!
That might be the answer. Credit partner flights to UA and burn the miles on partners.

Where to credit UA flights to though? Aer Lingus Avios?
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