Originally Posted by
nologic
I can book a first class, nonstop, but otherwise unexciting.flight on AS from Boston to Seattle for 65,000 AAdvantage miles or 60,000 Alaska miles… I can replenish either with Chase Miles… I have a lot more AAdvantage miles in my bank… Which are more valuable? I would say value to me is first class internationally on partner Airlines… And Alaska used to have 60,000 miles to Asia for first class, and I think they used to have a really good red redemption on Emirates which I’ve never flown in first class. Well, I’ve never flown, but I think those are gone so I think these two are pretty much the value down to one cent and both pretty pathetic but what are your opinions on which are more valuable?
I'm flying round trip in AA J North America-LHR in 2026 for less than 60k AA miles on each leg, Just got back from a trip the to EU where the outbound was in J for 70k AS miles (that's a summer peak season redemption for NA-EU if you're paying attention).
It would be very hard for me to see the value in a 60k domestic F redemption for either airline. I'd personally pay cash and slum it in Y or maybe burn some SkyPesos if the DL rate's reasonable. But if you absolutely won't fly any other way I'd likely burn the miles you have the most of.
Originally Posted by
nologic
does anyone see pockets of batter/more advantageous international first class award redemption opportunities using Alaska versus American versus British Airways versus Qantas miles… Because if you do, those are the miles I want to retain and if you don’t, then I might as well burn from the biggest bank?
Both have windows of opportunity, especially if you're based in BOS (so you get a low band for J to the EU if you redeem on AS).