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MR (USA) to BA/IB 40% (250:350) through 9.17.2017
40% Bonus for BA announced through Sept.17:
250 MR -> 350 Avios |
MR (USA) to BA/IB 40% (250:350) through 9.17.2017
Offer is to both BA and IB.
You must be enrolled in the British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Plus in order to participate in this offer, visit ba.com/executiveclub or https://www.iberia.com/web/userRegis...&menuld=OWORLD to enroll. American Express is not responsible for availability of flight, accommodations or any other rewards in the British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Plus program. Once you have transferred Membership Rewards points, they become subject to the Terms and Conditions of the British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Plus program and cannot be transferred back to your Membership Rewards program account. Taxes, fees, charges and surcharges, including airline surcharges, apply on British Airways and Iberia Airlines redemption flights and upgrades. See British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Plus Terms and Conditions for details. Individual air carrier restrictions may apply. Minimum transfer is 250 Membership Rewards points. Redeem for this exclusive offer from 12:00 a.m. MT on July 17, 2017 to 11:59 p.m. MT on September 17, 2017, to receive 40% additional Avios. Additional Avios will be awarded at the time of transfer. |
This is US accounts only right? Not UK?
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Originally Posted by P.henrik
(Post 28569880)
This is US accounts only right? Not UK?
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That a sweet deal. Is it still possible to convert a U.K. MR account to a US MR account? I recall this was the case several years ago and the points would also be converted depending on GBPUSD exchange rate, right ? Or would this essentially require a change of address?
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Originally Posted by crystak
(Post 28570550)
...possible to convert a U.K. MR account to a US MR account? ...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rds-point.html |
This seems like a good deal, but AA award space is totally non existent and BA transatlantic space is riddled with surcharges. Does anyone have some good ideas on how to use these miles?
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Originally Posted by Valveking
(Post 28570570)
Does anyone have some good ideas on how to use these miles?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...7-edition.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...awards-aa.html |
Originally Posted by mia
(Post 28570564)
No. What you may be recalling is this thread discussing opening an International Dollar Card, but that's not the same as a USA account. The arithmetic has changed, and the title is no longer accurate:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rds-point.html
Originally Posted by Valveking
(Post 28570570)
This seems like a good deal, but AA award space is totally non existent and BA transatlantic space is riddled with surcharges. Does anyone have some good ideas on how to use these miles?
Best way to use them is for upgrades Word Traveller Plus to Business on BA, on transatlantic or any long haul route. Alternatively, as mia said, BA offers Reward Flight Savers from London to all European destinations zone 1-4 and some of these can be a complete steal, especially for last minute bookings! |
They work great for flights on AS, especially here in the US. They seem to have much more award availability than AA.
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Originally Posted by crystak
(Post 28570792)
...even with the GBPUSD being ~1.30, ...!
Conversion: 3 Membership RewardsŪ Points = 2 Avios |
Transferring AMEX points to BA is really the only way to get access to American Airlines award inventory.
I recentlly booked a couple AA biz awards from south South America back to the USA for 75k avios each. (57.5k AA miles). With this bonus it makes the premium to use avios awards miles basically zero. |
Originally Posted by nmenaker
(Post 28571022)
Transferring AMEX points to BA....
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Originally Posted by crystak
(Post 28570792)
A=Best way to use them is for upgrades Word Traveller Plus to Business on BA, on transatlantic or any long haul route.
The upgrade would be good use for me, and I don't mind buying a WT+ seat if I know I will be in CW come flight day. |
Perhaps there is already a discussion on FT about the BA/IB upgrade awards. If anyone can suggest relevant link(s), I'd appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by Gig103
(Post 28573754)
Is there a way to get a confirmed upgrade at booking time? Specific fares? Check availability within the 24 hour cancellation window?
The upgrade would be good use for me, and I don't mind buying a WT+ seat if I know I will be in CW come flight day.
Originally Posted by MaxVO
(Post 28573916)
Perhaps there is already a discussion on FT about the BA/IB upgrade awards. If anyone can suggest relevant link(s), I'd appreciate it.
There's more info on this in the BA forum. This thread is pretty good https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...7-edition.html |
Originally Posted by Valveking
(Post 28570570)
Does anyone have some good ideas on how to use these miles?
Originally Posted by crystak
(Post 28570792)
Best way to use them is for upgrades Word Traveller Plus to Business on BA, on transatlantic or any long haul route.
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Originally Posted by crystak
(Post 28574185)
... miles upgrades with BA are confirmed as soon as you do the upgrade, which can be at booking....
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Originally Posted by mia
(Post 28575449)
Unless this has changed recently, BA upgrades come from the same inventory as awards seats.
If you upgrade a cash booking using Avios you get TP/Avios of the upgraded cabin. |
Harder and harder to find AA availability on BA and TATL BA is worthless because of fees. However, with the bonus I find for some hotel bookings I can get 1.2 cents per MR.
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Is there any decent use of Avios to get from the US west coast to the Maldives? I am looking into booking my honeymoon trip and seeing if I can take advantage of the Avios transfer bonus in some fashion.
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Originally Posted by slm9555
(Post 28610791)
Is there any decent use of Avios to get from the US west coast to the Maldives? ...
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Originally Posted by MaxVO
(Post 28611655)
No, that would be one of the most wasteful uses of avios. It would be so even if you had a BA free companion certificate, because the BA high cost is no longer offset by good service/comfort in J/F cabins.
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guys - I want to transfer from my Amex everyday card MR to my spouse's Avios account. She's not an authorized user currently - do you think it'll work and how many days for transfer to take?
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Originally Posted by sam007
(Post 28612683)
...She's not an authorized user currently - do you think it'll work ...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...otel-acct.html |
ok can i request it now and immediately transfer points or have to wait for card to arrive
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Originally Posted by slm9555
(Post 28612451)
Ideally I would use Avios for non-BA metal and was hoping maybe I could luck out and take advantage of this promotion.
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With a bonus as large as this, would it be a bad move to just transfer MR to ANA then book something like Etihad to South Africa for 104K miles RT in J?
Avios are so confusing to me and flying on BA metal is too expensive... |
Originally Posted by forkknifespoon
(Post 28629706)
... would it be a bad move to just transfer MR to ANA then book something like Etihad to South Africa for 104K miles RT in J?
Also, how easy are they to book? |
Originally Posted by MaxVO
(Post 28630698)
This looks like a good idea. Are there surcharges with ANA awards?
Also, how easy are they to book? |
Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 28632582)
Yes there are surcharges but they've been reduced substantially. The website is finicky. The biggest issue with NH awards is no one-ways.
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love the Boston to Dublin round trip for 25K avios on Aer Lingus...Use Dublin as your gateway to other European destinations.
Edit-looks like they devalued, off peak 26K miles now, but old price didn't have a peak and off peak. |
Originally Posted by slm9555
(Post 28610791)
Is there any decent use of Avios to get from the US west coast to the Maldives? I am looking into booking my honeymoon trip and seeing if I can take advantage of the Avios transfer bonus in some fashion.
Maldives is beautiful but not sure about now. Would suggest going to Bora Bora (via Air France) instead and it's not to far from West Coast. |
Originally Posted by edcli
(Post 28663311)
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Would suggest going to Bora Bora (via Air France) instead and it's not to far from West Coast. |
Originally Posted by TravelStar
(Post 28664212)
How can you use Avios for Air France awards?
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Originally Posted by edcli
(Post 28663311)
Cathay Pacific.
Maldives is beautiful but not sure about now. Would suggest going to Bora Bora (via Air France) instead and it's not to far from West Coast. Do you suggest Bora Bora over Maldives in general or just for certain dates? |
Originally Posted by slm9555
(Post 28664957)
I would go on this trip sometime between December 17 and February 18. In regards to not beautiful right now are you referring to the weather or something else?
Do you suggest Bora Bora over Maldives in general or just for certain dates? I did consider the Maldives for a family vaca last yr. I went there during my honeymoon (over 10 yrs ago) and had a great time. I wanted to share the experience with my kids. After doing some research, I changed my mind. Maldives is a Muslim country and some citizens have gone to join ISIS. I'm not saying a Maldivian is more likely to be a terrorist. However I will say tourist in the Maldives is a very soft target. All the resorts are on their own islands with a ton of Westerners. If there were a terrorist attack, there will not be a quick response time. Bora Bora is just as beautiful. Although I will give that the Maldives may be a bit more romantic b/c it is more secluded. That's my 2 cents. |
In my experience, Round-trip from LAX to PPT Tahiti using Flying Blue points are very hard to come by. Especially in Premium Economy or Business.
Although they charge a lot of points, Etihad has tons of availability from the west coast to Maldives (one stop in Abu Dhabi) and is a Membership Rewards partner. Also, you could get to Maldives using Avios from LAX to Doha (and on to MLE) on Qatar. For both Etihad and Qatar, you might find better award availability if you search awards in two segments. |
Originally Posted by slm9555
(Post 28664957)
I would go on this trip sometime between December 17 and February 18. In regards to not beautiful right now are you referring to the weather or something else?
Do you suggest Bora Bora over Maldives in general or just for certain dates? |
Originally Posted by MaxVO
(Post 28632810)
If/when the website works, and provides quotes for the surcharges, that should give us enough specifics to compare the ANA route to avios. It appears they're both not trivial to figure out, but might have different sweet spots.
I think the raised it to 20k Avios o/w. Also, it seems the Air Berlin routes are gone from BA and Avios redemption... The JFK-DUS route was a bargain at 20k o/w and no fuel surcharges. |
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