Originally Posted by
ksucats
I wish there was something similar to google flights to help me find the best return flight home from Europe using award miles. Is there anything out there that I can enter my desired date range and other parameters and see miles & taxes/fees for award tickets in Premium economy or business on American? I don't think there is, but have never used expertflyer or anything like that. I am basically looking for any reward tickets from pretty much anywhere in Europe back to MHK in a 3-5 day window and want the amount of miles to be under a specific amount and exclude any that include the ridiculous $700+ fees going through LHR. I am guessing there isn't, but with today's technology there should be. I figured if anybody knows of such thing I could find out here.
I snagged business award tickets going over there and am willing to come home from most places about 2 weeks later. We want to hit 4 or 5 cities and are very flexible.
I can't help you as far as travel tools go, but here is a comment that may assist in your search for award flights from Europe to the US. The $700+ fees that you mention in your post are not due to flying through LHR, bur rather to BA's surcharges on the transatlantic segment of your trip. AA itself has transatlantic flights from LHR and does not impose surcharges; BA would impose a surcharge on a connecting flight from the European continent to LHR, but those fees are comparatively modest.