Originally Posted by
djohannw
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?
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
Originally Posted by
guv1976
Yes, if you got a very cheap fare, then crediting to AY rather than BA would yield more Avios. Note that the Finnair website says this re: redeeming AY Avios for BA flights:
"The Avios charges of award flights for British Airways follow British Airways' own pricing. You will find the up-to-date prices on our website’s booking engine."
But I don't know whether AY offers the same Avios plus money options that BAEC does.
I'd be checking QR as well. They have a pretty good earning rate for AA PY. Just like AY, you can transfer those to BA later but don't know if you can pool family miles if they aren't earned in BAEC, you'd need to check into that yourself.