New york to Berlin
Apr 28, 2015 | 10:49 am
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New york to Berlin
I'm trying to figure out how to get the trip from NYC to TXL with the least amount of miles (I have miles on Ultimate Rewards and MR). Is there a system or anything that I can use to figure out what alliances to look at?
Apr 28, 2015 | 11:00 am
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Apr 28, 2015 | 11:02 am
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Thanks. I don't think anything direct is availalbe - at least Ba.com isn't showing anything. Any "tricks" i can use? Book with another airline's program?
Apr 28, 2015 | 11:06 am
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Thats what I planned to do. For some reason, BA doesn't show any availability, while AA does. Is this a glitch?
Apr 28, 2015 | 11:07 am
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You could search on Air Berlin's own site for award seats on your dates. If there are none for members of their own program there will almost certainly be none through partners.
Apr 28, 2015 | 11:13 am
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If ba.com does not show availability, but aa.com does, I would call BA to book by phone. There's no way to be sure which site is correct.
Last edited by mia; Apr 28, 2015 at 3:11 pm
Apr 28, 2015 | 9:56 pm
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FF miles in different ffp's are not equal
Look here, but may be up to date, especially with BA. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...demptions.html
Apr 29, 2015 | 6:26 am
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Direct flights are on UA and AB. In terms of comfort I would suggest AB (which is not something I thought I'd ever say). I believe that you can transfer your UR to either UA or AA, but with AA you will probably have to call to see availability. I know they show up on the website but I've recently had problems with phantom availability (i.e. false positives).
Apr 29, 2015 | 8:45 am
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The least amount of miles would be to redeem 20,000 BA Avios for travel on AB's JFK-TXL nonstop. (Connecting via DUS would cost more Avios, as BA's frequent-flyer scheme charges per flight flown.)
If aa.com is correctly displaying award-seat availability on the AB JFK-TXL nonstop, then that flight should be available for redemption with BA Avios. If you are correctly searching ba.com for award seats, and the AB flight does not show up, then a call to the BAEC Service Center is in order.
Originally Posted by kvolvo
I'm trying to figure out how to get the trip from NYC to TXL with the least amount of miles (I have miles on Ultimate Rewards and MR). Is there a system or anything that I can use to figure out what alliances to look at?
If aa.com is correctly displaying award-seat availability on the AB JFK-TXL nonstop, then that flight should be available for redemption with BA Avios. If you are correctly searching ba.com for award seats, and the AB flight does not show up, then a call to the BAEC Service Center is in order.