Originally Posted by craz

Update; just checked with fares at $1650 ai that means you will be paying $860 for the CDG-TLV part. so you would be saving $790 by using miles only to CDG. Id spring for the EWR-TLV tkts and know that I got my 2 bags on w/o having to pay for any over the 1st and no hassles with will my bags make it and if they dont whos at fault and where are they.

2nd this is why it pays to have miles with more then 1 Carrier. I had the same for my April trip but CO wanted closer to $1900, so I cashed in some AA miles was originally going RJ in biz then when the dates didnt work out I was lucky to get TR in coach for 75k 10k more then BA but w/o the Fees that BA is known for and BA wasnt available