Best way to burn points without flying?
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Best way to burn points without flying?
What is the best way to burn points without flying? I tried to get my parents flights from LHR-BKK with no luck and no Cathay flights showing up and have 400k points I need to burn. I can't fly myself as it's not easy to get back into Thailand so I can't use it within Asia myself too.
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Did you just check Cathay or did you look at other One World airlines? I thought BA was guaranteeing some award seats on every flight or some such, so you might be able to use the Asia Miles for a London to Bangkok ticket if your parents don't insist on flying Cathay.
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Did you just check Cathay or did you look at other One World airlines? I thought BA was guaranteeing some award seats on every flight or some such, so you might be able to use the Asia Miles for a London to Bangkok ticket if your parents don't insist on flying Cathay.
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AsiaMiles aren’t unreasonable for some redemptions. I spent this summer and fall burning them on SEA-LHR nonstops on AA and BA in J. At 61k the prices are similar to AA (57.5k on both AA and BA) and AS (57.5k/60k for AA/BA). Since these miles were acquired with transfer bonuses the net cost in AMEX MR was around 52k AMEX.
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