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Old Oct 10, 2023 | 6:52 pm
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Originally Posted by memanny
Wow...these are great questions. I did not even think of all this.

My award redemption would be US-Australia and US-Europe or beyond. The sample of destinations beyond Europe or at periphery of Europe would be IST, CAI, DXB, DEL. Would prefer J.
Finding low-cost, intercontinental award redemptions is going to be challenging; not impossible, but challenging. If you redeem AA miles for travel on BA, you will pay a fixed redemption rate of 57.5K miles in J for North America to Europe, but you will be hit with hefty surcharges. By contrast, if you redeem AA miles for travel on AA, you will often be charged more miles, but will be charged just a pittance in cash. Of course, not all of your intended destinations are served by AA, so you will be dependent on there being partner award availability in J when you want to travel.

​​​​​​My suggestion is to go to aa.com (or the AA app), and do an award search for some trips you might make in the future. (No log-in is required.) This will give you some idea of what to expect if you were to accumulate AA miles instead of, say, BA Avios.

Good luck!
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