107K miles and no idea what to do with them
Jan 19, 2011, 11:16 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MKE
Programs: AT Elite, US Silver, MR Silver, HH Gold, BA Blue
Posts: 31
107K miles and no idea what to do with them
I signed up for a BA credit card promotion, and now I have 107K miles. I earned them in Jan. 2010, and I'm sure they'll run out sometime.
I live in MKE, and can fly out of ORD. I travel some for work, but not internationally. I also have a wife and three small kids at home, so it's not like we're taking a European vacation anytime soon.
I've looked at spending the miles on AA, but every time I look on BA.com, it tells me there's no availability.
So ... people that are smarter than me ... what do I do?
I live in MKE, and can fly out of ORD. I travel some for work, but not internationally. I also have a wife and three small kids at home, so it's not like we're taking a European vacation anytime soon.
I've looked at spending the miles on AA, but every time I look on BA.com, it tells me there's no availability.
So ... people that are smarter than me ... what do I do?
Jan 19, 2011, 11:24 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
Posts: 6,812
Where would you want to go I can see some availability from ORD- Orlando in May as a starter online.
I believe people have said on here, you get better availability if you phone.
Your best bet may just be to phone the Exec club, with some dates and destinations and see what they can do for you.
I believe people have said on here, you get better availability if you phone.
Your best bet may just be to phone the Exec club, with some dates and destinations and see what they can do for you.
Jan 19, 2011, 11:27 am
#3
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Join Date: May 2007
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,046
Perhaps you could save the miles until you and the wife have the time and cash to drop off the kids with the grandparents and head off to London in Club World using BA's miles for upgrade facility.
It is 12.5k miles each way per passenger, so 50k miles to get both of you to London in Club World. You could therefore do this twice.
Make sure your miles do not expire though. There has to be some activity on your account every once in a while (maybe 3 years?). You can buy 1k miles for GBP 30, which will keep all your miles active.
It is 12.5k miles each way per passenger, so 50k miles to get both of you to London in Club World. You could therefore do this twice.
Make sure your miles do not expire though. There has to be some activity on your account every once in a while (maybe 3 years?). You can buy 1k miles for GBP 30, which will keep all your miles active.
Jan 19, 2011, 11:28 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mostly AUS or rural England
Programs: BAEC redundant Bronze, AAdvantage Lifetime PLT, CO, WN, B6
Posts: 6,526
Search this forum for issues booking AA awards using BA miles? The BIG bugbear at present is ba.com doesn't seem to show availability for any AA flight that requires a connection. From MKE that's probably just about everywhere. In summary your best bet is to look for sAAver awards on aa.com. When you find something you like you should be able to get them by calling BA - tell them ba.com won't show you the availability and you ought to be able to avoid paying the telephone reservations fee.
Jan 19, 2011, 11:37 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: HNL
Posts: 781
I signed up for a BA credit card promotion, and now I have 107K miles. I earned them in Jan. 2010, and I'm sure they'll run out sometime.
I live in MKE, and can fly out of ORD. I travel some for work, but not internationally. I also have a wife and three small kids at home, so it's not like we're taking a European vacation anytime soon.
I've looked at spending the miles on AA, but every time I look on BA.com, it tells me there's no availability.
So ... people that are smarter than me ... what do I do?
I live in MKE, and can fly out of ORD. I travel some for work, but not internationally. I also have a wife and three small kids at home, so it's not like we're taking a European vacation anytime soon.
I've looked at spending the miles on AA, but every time I look on BA.com, it tells me there's no availability.
So ... people that are smarter than me ... what do I do?