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Sep 1, 2019 | 7:55 pm

#524

coloradotraveler

Join Date: Aug 2019

Posts: 123

Quote:

Originally Posted by JY1024

Welcome to FlyerTalk, coloradotraveler!

Looks like a fun trip you’re trying to line up. Unfortunately, it appears that you’re conflating several of the nuances of award redemptions and transferring points from Chase UR. A few quick things...

[moderator hat on]
- A general guideline is that threads on FT should live based on the “currency” you’re using. As others have intimated, if you’re planning on using BA “currency,” then the number of miles needed for AA redemptions is not relevant.
- As your query here is really not about redeeming AA miles, but more about getting the most value and flexibility out of your UR points, I’m going to move this over to Chase forum for the experts there to chime in.

Best of luck!

JY1024, AAdvantage forum co-moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by guv1976

When you redeem one airline's points/miles for travel on a partner carrier, you pay the first airline's redemption rates, not the rates of the airline on which you actually fly.

BA Avios can only redeemed for "MileSAAver" award seats that you find on aa.com; Avios cannot be redeemed for "AAnytime" seats on AA. And connections are not free with BA Avios; BA charges separately for each flight flown.

Thank you guv1976! I have heard and read about Krisflyer but had some trouble figuring out their website today . Wonder if it’s best to call them instead ? I did see their award chart mentioning the 35k RT. I’m basically just doing my research to see if I’ll end up better off booking through Chase in the long run or will find a better deal transferring . Another member from a different thread gave me a good mathematical formula to use in figuring out how to get the most of our Chase points.