Alternatives to the caribbean/ south america on AS reward miles
Jan 27, 2020, 10:22 pm
#1
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Alternatives to the caribbean/ south america on AS reward miles
With the ending of the AS, and AA partnership what are the viable alternatives for using AS miles to get to the caribean and south america?
Jan 27, 2020, 10:34 pm
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LATAM for now to South America (until their DL partnership takes them away like AM drifted off), bupkiss, nada, nil, nothing for the Caribbean.
Jan 28, 2020, 9:57 pm
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People keep saying this, but DOJ will have a say. With the DL/KE venture, a stipulation was that DL can not materially interfere with KE’s existing US partnerships.
Jan 28, 2020, 10:31 pm
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That would be nice, because otherwise AS is completely hosed for any partners to Latin America, just their own Mexico/CR service.
Jan 30, 2020, 11:00 am
#6
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For the Caribbean, best bet is likely FLL, then get a flight on B6 or WN (or NK if you are feeling particularly daring).
Jan 30, 2020, 7:21 pm
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Jan 30, 2020, 9:19 pm
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Plus the stress of having unprotected connections in both directions would probably outweigh the benefits conferred by status...