[Expired 2009 offer]100,000 miles for new BA Chase VISA
Mar 26, 2010, 6:56 pm
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I saw Mr. Bean already gave you detailed information.
I wish it would be the way you are thinking... wouldn't it be nice? If it works this way, it would be the KILLER CARD. :
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Mar 26, 2010, 8:41 pm
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I was talking in the context of the OP's post - he was referring to from Domestic USA to Hawaii, that the cost is not 25K.
Needless to say, I should be more specific in that.
While it is all good and handy - most posters on this thread are NOT thinking the types of redemption you kindly posted. I would venture to say 99% of the new proud owners of this nice pile of BA miles would redeem their awards ORIGINATING from North America.
Therefore, while the above information is indeed good to know, it is not very relevant to those who seek for advices. Would you yourself to take a position flight to South America, or Far East, or wherever where it is outside North America, in order to redeem such type of award?
Besides, only US residents are eligible for this card to begin with. Therefore, the discussion of award redemption should keep this in mind in order to make the discussion helpful and relevant to the majority of readers.
Happy, I think you are missing the point. I'm sure you wouldn't call your upcoming trip to Turkey a "positoning" flight, but once you are there, you can use your AA all-partner award to get back to Florida, stopover at home for months using AA's free North American stopover, and then go on -- months later, if desired -- to California, Hawaii, Alaska, etc. The same principle applies to the free stopovers on the BA awards. Once someone gets to Hawaii or the Caribbean or Central America (either by paying cash or using a one-way award) one can effectively get two more vacation trips out of two one-way awards. For example, make the beginning of your BA award the return to the U.S. from the Caribbean; then, months later, continue to Hawaii or somewhere else. Use another one-way award to get back home from Hawaii; stay home a few weeks or a few months; and then continue on to the Caribbean, Central America, etc. This obviously would require some pre-planning, and only work for people who live near a valid AA connecting point between the two ends of the award, but I suspect that there are more than a few FTers in that category, including you. 
Originally Posted by Happy
Needless to say, I should be more specific in that.
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Actually, it is applicable to BA miles, since BA miles can be redeemed for award travel on AA, and BA permits free en-route stopovers, even on partner award travel. So, for example, using BA miles to redeem for AA award travel from EZE to MIA should cost the same number of miles as EZE-MIA (stopover)-LAX (stopover)-OGG. In fact, depending on how BAEC defines "most direct route", one might even be able to redeem for EZE-JFK-LAX-OGG on a single award.
Edited to add: I just re-checked the BA award chart, and see that South America to Hawaii costs slightly more miles than South America to the lower 48 (25,000 miles for a one-way coach award to Hawaii versus 20,000 miles to the lower 48), so that was a bad example. But flying from the Caribbean or Central America to Hawaii on one partner (AA) costs the same number of miles as flying from the Caribbean or Central America to the lower 48. And flying from the Far East to Hawaii or the Caribbean on one partner (AA) also costs the same number of miles as flying from the Far East to the lower 48.
Actually, it is applicable to BA miles, since BA miles can be redeemed for award travel on AA, and BA permits free en-route stopovers, even on partner award travel. So, for example, using BA miles to redeem for AA award travel from EZE to MIA should cost the same number of miles as EZE-MIA (stopover)-LAX (stopover)-OGG. In fact, depending on how BAEC defines "most direct route", one might even be able to redeem for EZE-JFK-LAX-OGG on a single award.
Edited to add: I just re-checked the BA award chart, and see that South America to Hawaii costs slightly more miles than South America to the lower 48 (25,000 miles for a one-way coach award to Hawaii versus 20,000 miles to the lower 48), so that was a bad example. But flying from the Caribbean or Central America to Hawaii on one partner (AA) costs the same number of miles as flying from the Caribbean or Central America to the lower 48. And flying from the Far East to Hawaii or the Caribbean on one partner (AA) also costs the same number of miles as flying from the Far East to the lower 48.
Therefore, while the above information is indeed good to know, it is not very relevant to those who seek for advices. Would you yourself to take a position flight to South America, or Far East, or wherever where it is outside North America, in order to redeem such type of award?
Besides, only US residents are eligible for this card to begin with. Therefore, the discussion of award redemption should keep this in mind in order to make the discussion helpful and relevant to the majority of readers.
Mar 26, 2010, 9:10 pm
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Happy, I think you are missing the point. I'm sure you wouldn't call your upcoming trip to Turkey a "positoning" flight, but once you are there, you can use your AA all-partner award to get back to Florida, stopover at home for months using AA's free North American stopover, and then go on -- months later, if desired -- to California, Hawaii, Alaska, etc. The same principle applies to the free stopovers on the BA awards. Once someone gets to Hawaii or the Caribbean or Central America (either by paying cash or using a one-way award) one can effectively get two more vacation trips out of two one-way awards. For example, make the beginning of your BA award the return to the U.S. from the Caribbean; then, months later, continue to Hawaii or somewhere else. Use another one-way award to get back home from Hawaii; stay home a few weeks or a few months; and then continue on to the Caribbean, Central America, etc.
Happy, I think you are missing the point. I'm sure you wouldn't call your upcoming trip to Turkey a "positoning" flight, but once you are there, you can use your AA all-partner award to get back to Florida, stopover at home for months using AA's free North American stopover, and then go on -- months later, if desired -- to California, Hawaii, Alaska, etc. The same principle applies to the free stopovers on the BA awards. Once someone gets to Hawaii or the Caribbean or Central America (either by paying cash or using a one-way award) one can effectively get two more vacation trips out of two one-way awards. For example, make the beginning of your BA award the return to the U.S. from the Caribbean; then, months later, continue to Hawaii or somewhere else. Use another one-way award to get back home from Hawaii; stay home a few weeks or a few months; and then continue on to the Caribbean, Central America, etc.
Mar 26, 2010, 9:30 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 9:49 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 9:52 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 10:44 pm
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Happy:This thread is not for discussing redemption of BA miles.
Yeah! ^^^
Why can't these people follow your example?
Yeah! ^^^
Why can't these people follow your example?
Mar 27, 2010, 12:23 am
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I agree (as usual) with Happy's 2 main points-this is way beyond most readers here and BA redemption strategy might best be placed in its own area.
That said, Gov1976's thoughts are jewels, and bring together loose ends I've been pondering for a while. I need to re-read and confirm:
Does BA allow stopovers or one stopover on a one way award?
Any further indication if travel using the 2-for-1 vouvhers that came with the Chase card 30k spend will be bookable offfline (despite the T&Cs which say otherqise)?
That said, Gov1976's thoughts are jewels, and bring together loose ends I've been pondering for a while. I need to re-read and confirm:
Does BA allow stopovers or one stopover on a one way award?
Any further indication if travel using the 2-for-1 vouvhers that came with the Chase card 30k spend will be bookable offfline (despite the T&Cs which say otherqise)?
Mar 27, 2010, 12:35 am
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I agree (as usual) with Happy's 2 main points-this is way beyond most readers here and BA redemption strategy might best be placed in its own area.
That said, Gov1976's thoughts are jewels, and bring together loose ends I've been pondering for a while. I need to re-read and confirm:
Does BA allow stopovers or one stopover on a one way award?
Any further indication if travel using the 2-for-1 vouvhers that came with the Chase card 30k spend will be bookable offfline (despite the T&Cs which say otherqise)?
That said, Gov1976's thoughts are jewels, and bring together loose ends I've been pondering for a while. I need to re-read and confirm:
Does BA allow stopovers or one stopover on a one way award?
Any further indication if travel using the 2-for-1 vouvhers that came with the Chase card 30k spend will be bookable offfline (despite the T&Cs which say otherqise)?
Others have reported that the T&Cs for the companion voucher have been changed to allow booking by phone (allowing for stopovers outside of LON).
Mar 27, 2010, 12:42 am
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It's funny but I think that people are slightly blinded by the 2:1 offer. The reality in my view is that single partner award on non-BA metal is a better deal. Look at CX to Asia, F for 150k miles roundtrip. I'm not sure stretching to get 30k spend on a card is worth it for a 2:1 award on BA metal (for that same route the award cost is much, much higher). If you are going to have that spend anyway, fine, but if you are "overspending" or over using a card to get there then I am not sure it's worth it. I personally would have rather gotten a 2:1 voucher that is good with a paid ticket... I fly paid J on BA all the time and would find more value in that for bringing my wife along on a trip.
Last edited by SFO777; Mar 27, 2010 at 9:04 am Reason: Typo - six weeks, not months
Mar 27, 2010, 8:42 am
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100,000 miles
I am confused..is this still a valid offer...
if not what is the best current offer on this card...
could someone please email me the link to use?
Thank you very much.
Doug
if not what is the best current offer on this card...
could someone please email me the link to use?
Thank you very much.
Doug
Mar 27, 2010, 12:09 pm
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...rd-ticket.html
That thread is about South America, but the concepts are transferable
Mar 27, 2010, 4:07 pm
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That's fine if you are looking for that specific redemption (which I agree is a good deal) and you have $30k to throw around in six weeks, let alone 12 months.
My point was that for a routing like US-Asia, the 2:1 cert isnt really a great deal. It's pretty much both a wash in terms of miles and fuel surcharges to use the single partner award. So anyone who is working really hard to get $30k onto the card might do better to consider whether the 2:1 is worth begging borrowing and stealing. I'm also coming at this from the perspective of an actual BA flyer, so I'm not limited to the miles from the credit card. So for me, using the 100k to top up my account for a 2nd F tix on CX is a better deal than redeeming the BA 2:1 cert.
My point was that for a routing like US-Asia, the 2:1 cert isnt really a great deal. It's pretty much both a wash in terms of miles and fuel surcharges to use the single partner award. So anyone who is working really hard to get $30k onto the card might do better to consider whether the 2:1 is worth begging borrowing and stealing. I'm also coming at this from the perspective of an actual BA flyer, so I'm not limited to the miles from the credit card. So for me, using the 100k to top up my account for a 2nd F tix on CX is a better deal than redeeming the BA 2:1 cert.
Huh? I normally use 200K from my Amex MR account ($200K in purchases) for two LH First tickets to Europe. I signed up for the BA Chase card in December, charged $30K of normal purchases in the first six weeks of this year, netted 150K miles, received my companion cert last week and just booked two BA First tickets for May. I doubt you can find a better deal than that.
Mar 28, 2010, 7:29 pm
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If this question has been answered, I apologize as I tried to perform a search on this thread.
If you have a companion voucher, can you use the cash and miles option? Would the miles be matched then you would just pay the same amount of cash for the additional person? Thanks.
If you have a companion voucher, can you use the cash and miles option? Would the miles be matched then you would just pay the same amount of cash for the additional person? Thanks.