Originally Posted by
sickmint79
i see sites likes seats.aero and roame.travel showing amex to virgin australia, however i don't understand how this works.
my amex account lets me transfer to virgin atlantic. however it does not seem like one can transfer from there to virgin australia.
trying to get my parents in chicago out to sydney where my sis is having a baby. i find 95% air india and an occasional qatar, although of the few qatar flights available 80% seem only to be from virgin australia and 20% from flying blue.
is amex transfer to virgin australia only for something like australian cardholders? or am i completely missing something here?
Amex cards in different countries can have different partners.
Amex AU has Virgin Australia credit card.
https://www.americanexpress.com/au/c...frequent_flyer
Amex AU MR partners (includes VA when looking on AU site)
https://global.americanexpress.com/rewards/transfer
Virgin Australia used to fly to USA, but since CV19 & administration does not. Unsure why you are looking at VA Velocity
Anyway for award flights USA AU are other options.
What ffp's are you a member of? Of those ffp's what airline partners do they have? Oneworld alliance~Star Allaince-Skyteam and non alliance partners.
When do they want to travel? Class of travel? . Book as one ways. On different airlines ~ different ffp's if needed.
Getting 2 off business class seats can be hard to very hard.
Airlines that fly USA/Canada to/from Australia. Schedules can change. Not all routes daily.
- Air Canada AC YVR – SYD BNE [Star Alliance]
- Air New Zealand NZ LAX ORD SFO IAH JFK YVR – AKL – Australia various[Star Alliance]
- Air Tahiti Nui TN LAX SEA via PPT Tahiti & AKL. Last segment on QF codeshares. (AA AS partner) [SEA new route March 2023]
- American Airlines AA LAX-SYD. DFW-BNE from 27 Oct 2024 - Mar 2025(new route) [OneWorld Alliance]
- Delta DL LAX – SYD. LAX BNE three times per week Dec. 4, 2024 to March 28, 2025. [Skyteam Alliance]
- Fiji Airways FJ LAX SFO HNL YVR– NAN - BNE SYD CBR MEL ADL. (OneWorld Alliance connect.)
- Hawaiian HA HNL – SYD. Pre CV19 also used to fly to BNE ( AA VA partner)
- Jetstar JQ HNL – SYD. Pre CV19 also used to fly to/from BNE & MEL
- Qantas QF LAX SFO DFW HNL YVR* - SYD; LAX - BNE; LAX DFW - MEL. {* seasonal}. SYD-AKL-JFK from 14 June 2023. [OneWorld Alliance]
- United UA SFO LAX - MEL, IAH* LAX SFO - SYD, SFO LAX – BNE*. {* seasonable}.[Star Alliance]. (VA partner)
- and others via Asia, South America & Middle East