Originally Posted by wanaflyforless
Not only is NYC-London 60K return on BA, but most USA destinations-Europe are a 60K redemption. Any routing under 5K each way costs 60K to redeem in J.
I just redeemed 4 BA F tickets SEA-LHR for 90K per person next summer.
Asia Miles CS is pretty good - they have a toll free US number with generally low wait times but a long string of options to work through each time you call - tickets usually take about 2 weeks to get issued though - they won't do it fast. You can request e-ticket or paper for BA redemption - they do both. BA availability has been identical to BA.com
Every 50K I spend on SPG and every 55K I spend on my MBNA MasterCard = 60K Aisa Miles - thats 60K for Business to Europe on good carriers - a great deal!
Yes, miles expire....but make it one of your primary programs and your set (use the miles before they expire).
Transfer from SPG and if you spend a lot at not Amex places get a Ebay Anything Points MBNA card - no annual fee - and 1.15 Asia Miles/$ after you convert with points.com
Wannaflyforless,
Could you direct me to the webpages where you are able to find the 60K amount for business class flights on BA to Europe from NYC?
I have gone on the Asia Miles website and have done the conversion in miles from their mileage calculator from JFK to LHR and it comes out to a bit less than 7,000 miles. Then, by the AsiaMiles Award chart, that comes out to 100,000 miles for a business class tix and from the OneWorld award chart that can also be found on their site, it seems to indicate that it would "cost" 80,000 miles for that trip in business class -- that is award zone # 5. It does appear that it would cost 60,000 miles in that award zone, but that would be for ECONOMY CLASS seating.
Therefore, I am certainly confused as to where you and others have indicated that it would only be 60,000 miles per tix?
The reason I am asking is because I am thinking of tranferring out 250,000 Membership Rewards points into Marriott before the curtain is brought down on that deal. Once in there, I think I could redeem those points for a 7 night award plus 120,000 FF miles into Asia Miles -- you don't have to be flying to the destination that you are using the hotel reward at. Therefore, I could then wind up staying for 7 nights in London and placing the miles into Asia Miles and redeem for 2 Bus tix to LHR for the 120,000 miles -- but I just don't see where these great convesions are coming from!!
Thanks in advance for your help!
NJ
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EDITED TO ADD: NEVER MIND!!
My mistake was not hitting the earn tab in the OneWorld Redemption form to the SPEND tab -- if you do it pops up right away! 60,000 miles it is!!