West Coast to Moscow
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What's your aversion to routing via LHR? As long as you don't use BA for the trans-Atlantic flight, fees should be reasonable.
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In addition to AY/Finnair as mentioned, S7/Siberian might be another viable option:
S7 / SIBIR / SIBERIAN joins oneworld - awards (exclude Siberia / E Russia routes)
S7 / SIBIR / SIBERIAN joins oneworld - awards (exclude Siberia / E Russia routes)
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In addition to AY/Finnair as mentioned, S7/Siberian might be another viable option:
S7 / SIBIR / SIBERIAN joins oneworld - awards (exclude Siberia / E Russia routes)
S7 / SIBIR / SIBERIAN joins oneworld - awards (exclude Siberia / E Russia routes)
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AA shows award availability, when available, on aa.com. You best look first on finair.com for the actual flight routing and then see if it shows up on aa.com award search. If it doesn't, it means Finair didn't release those seats for partner bookings.
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And MAD is much preferable to LHR when connecting on a routing like this.
Edit: I did just check IB's schedule to Moscow via MAD. Not the best. And sometimes 5+ hours on an A319? Ouch.
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The OP's query is predicated on what I believe to be a false assumption, viz. that he will find lots of MileSAAver options for redeeming AA miles in Business Class from the West Coast to Moscow in the Summer. Since aa.com -- barring a software glitch -- is able to display award-seat availability on AA, AY, BA, and IB (maybe on S7 also, I'm not sure), this whole discussion is rather pointless unless and until the OP searches award availability on aa.com. If he is given lots of options (other than those utilizing BA for the trans-Atlantic leg), then he can worry about which one to choose. Somehow, I doubt that he's going to have that luxury, but I guess anything's possible.
Last edited by guv1976; May 20, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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LAX-MAD-Moscow (whichever they fly into) would be nice.
See Iberia Business Club - Madrid to Moscow