Converting Miles
 

Hi,

I am new to this forum. Apologies if this has been discussed before, I couldnt find anything...
I have a stash of RBC Platinum Avion points and wanted to convert them to Asia Miles. I had 2 questions

1) Is there a charge for this?
2) Are the amazing reward redemption levels accurate? Are there any catches?

I am specifically looking at

Ticket/Upgrade: Round-trip Ticket
Class: Business


From
To
Airline
Toronto London / Heathrow British Airways
London / Heathrow Toronto British Airways


Asia Miles Required 60,000

This is AMAZING! Considering a YYZ-LHR eco ticket on Air Canada is 65,000. I am assuming the conversion rate from avion points is not 1:1?

Any other tips you have on reward availabilty etc etc will be appreciated as I have never dealt with CX before

Thanks

Sadiq

1) No Charges. Just call 1-800-769-2512 to make the exchange. Must transfer a minimum of 10000 RBC points. Current exchange rate is 1:1

2) Yep, the 60 000 J reward from YYZ-LHR is accurate. And yep, it is amazing.

WOW! :eek:

What is availabilty like? Any bucket I can check using KVS?

Thanks :)

I will leave the availability and KVS question up to the regulars, as I have yet to book an award with Asiamiles. Some of the other rewards are great too, like YVR-LHR, YVR-NRT, LHR-DAR, LHR-NBO etc. All in J, all 60 000. ^

You can check BA availability only on ba.com.

Or call Asiamiles to check.

As Asiamiles awards are mileage based... you can stretch your YYZ-LHR award to as far as Rome if you like.

I usually redeem an award YVR-LHR-CDG-CDG-LHR-YVR. For 60K miles. Or you may use the miles for one class upgrades on BA on almost any fare. However, it's World Traveller to World Traveller Plus... and WT+ to J, and J to F. You can't go from WT to J. One used to be able to... not any more..

Go to: http://www.asiamiles.com/en/redeem/flights/charts/#2

The mileage you see for each 'zone' is based on a oneway mileage. If you're travelling from YYZ-LHR-AMS return, you add the total mileage between YYZ-LHR-AMS. Then you look up the zone.

I've also done JNB-GRU return in business on South African for 60000 AsiaMiles

Actually, you can check BA availability on the QF website if you're a member of the QF frequent flyer program.

For a very select group of BA city pairs

Does anyone know how long it takes for the points transferred from Avion to show up in the Asia Miles account? Thanks :)

The Avion site says up to four weeks. For me it took just under two.

Cheers

Thanks! Do you know if CX will hold a reservation while the points are being transferred? I am looking at a few BA flights over the new year, and I'd hate to lose them while waiting for the points to arrive...

Not sure about CX, but Asia Miles sure did ^

Also - a slightly OT reminder - the last day to transfer Avion miles to AA is 31st October 2006

Thanks for the super-quick response! Very much appreciated!