Originally Posted by
guv1976
If award space is available for CGN-LHR-CGN on your anticipated dates of travel, then crediting your AA flights to newly-created BAEC accounts (one for each passenger) and redeeming for Reward Flight Saver awards makes the most sense.
I wonder if the earning side on this idea would be optimal - from what I understand is that BA calculates Avios based on the fare paid, and I read that this is also true for flights on AA. With the 6 Avios per pound paid it would give me approximately 4500 Avios that way. If I would get Avios based on distance, however, it would be over 9500 Avios based on the booking-classes.
So venturing a bit into this I thought about earning the Avios into a Finnair Plus account (as they state that all non-Finnair flights are credited based on flown distance) and then transfer them to Executive Club 1:1 without a fee for redemption on BA as Finnair charges more Avios for the desired flight and has a substantially worse availability. Doing it that way we would get a free roundtrip to London each out of this single trip if my calculation is correct vs. a one-way each if credited directly to BA. Or am I missing something?
Of course, one should always compare the cost of a redemption to the cost of a cash flight with comparable benefits. (Redemptions on BA include a free checked bag in Economy Class; HBO cash fares do not.)
Sure, you always have to check and compare - but from what I checked it looked decent for the dates I have in mind...little competition on this relation means prices of 200+€ are commonplace over a weekend.
Greetings - Dirk