Originally Posted by
jflyer2019
Hi!
I am trying to plan my honeymoon and looking to book business class award tickets, but am running into an issue that I'd like your assistance with as a noobie. I have enough Chase points to cover 2x business class saver awards on the way there (90k/person), however, on the way home I am ~15k points short but have AMEX points. Do you have any suggestions on how I can pool AMEX + Chase? Is the only option to buy 15k miles? Points balances below that can be put toward return flights. I've looked at Singapore which is a shared travel transfer partner but its 140k/person.
Chase: 165k
Amex: 80k
Thanks!
If you and your intended are both credit-worthy and have never had a Barclays/AA credit card, there's an incredible offer advertised in this month's American Airlines in-flight magazine: 60,000 AA miles after first purchase of any amount, with a first-year annual fee waiver. When I go to the indicated website,
MyAviatorCard.com, the fee waiver does not show up for the AA "Aviator Red" card, so you might have to call Barclays at 866-951-7197 to confirm the offer.
If you each got the card and the miles, that would be enough for a Business Class award for each of you from Japan to the U.S.; you could use BA Avios to fly BKK to TYO if the carrier charges on that route are reasonable.
Edited to add: Apparently, the offer does show up at the MyAviatorCard.com website when accessed from a desktop or laptop, but not from my Android smartphone. The landing page does, however, require the promo code from the applications handed out on board on AA flights.