Originally Posted by
crnk
And you expected what? No airlines are wanting you to transfer points or miles to other airlines, so they aren't going to give you a good rate with them to begin with. I'd actually say the 50% AA->CO seems amazing, considering how easily some of those expire.
For some time, you used to be able to transfer 1:1 between certain airlines using the Amtrak trick. I wasn't sure if that trick, or a similar one, still existed. Alternatively, I'm requesting help with ideas to amass 50K miles. I have no expectation of anything beyond that. I agree, 50% AA->CO isn't bad. I could sign up for a 25K AA card, and then transfer to CO. So it gets me 12.5K closer, which is a nice addition.