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Jan 11, 2020 | 6:19 pm

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Originally Posted by elenaning

Hi experts,

I have about 17K miles in my balance and potentially up to 30K total including my husband's. At least 9K will expire in September.

It doesn't seem like a good deal to try to use those miles to upgrade my upcoming trip flying with EVA from SFO to TPE. Is there a way to use those ANA miles for US domestic flight flying with United? Can I book that online? I've been searching all over but couldn't seem to find answers.

I also believe my initial strategy of logging my united miles in ANA mileage club is incorrect as I don't really fly that frequently and Japan is not a regular destination for me, plus the miles do expire after 3 years....Is that assessment right to you all? Perhaps I need to go back to putting everything in United since now miles don't expire there.

You can book UA domestic flights with the balance in your NH account. And it can be done online from NH's website.

Unless you fly NH a lot,, can reach Diamond status, and to some extend also live in Japan, AMC is not really the best program for you. You should most likely stick to United.

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