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Awards Redemption: NYC to Tokyo
Hi - new to Flyertalk and looking for some help with a miles redemption.
I am going from NYC to Tokyo next September / October for 2 weeks and would love to fly business. I have c. 110k Amex points, 120k Chase Rewards, 150k Delta and 220k British Airways points but have never used any of them to book flights. There seems to be a lot of options (ANA, JAL, United) for airlines but I am not sure on where to prioritize sending my miles to book? I would like to avoid getting stuck on the dreaded waitlist! Can anyone help? Thanks! |
Originally Posted by NYFlier1001
(Post 30426770)
Hi - new to Flyertalk and looking for some help with a miles redemption.
I am going from NYC to Tokyo next September / October for 2 weeks and would love to fly business. I have c. 110k Amex points, 120k Chase Rewards, 150k Delta and 220k British Airways points but have never used any of them to book flights. There seems to be a lot of options (ANA, JAL, United) for airlines but I am not sure on where to prioritize sending my miles to book? I would like to avoid getting stuck on the dreaded waitlist! Can anyone help? Thanks! Your first task is to see which carriers actually have low-tier award space on your desired dates. If more than one carrier has the availability you need, the next step is to determine the cost of the redemption -- in both miles and cash "surcharges" -- among the different redemption programs. Some frequent-flyer programs collect surcharges for redemptions on their own airline, and on some partners. Some programs -- like United's -- do not collect surcharges on any redemptions, but UA charges more miles for premium-cabin redemptions on partner carriers than on UA metal. Also, note that many (though not all) FFPs offer one-way awards for half the cost of a roundtrip. So you might conceivably book the outbound on one airline through a particular FFP, while booking the return portion on another airline through a different FFP. Report back here after you have determined what's available. Note that different FFPs can charge vastly different amounts of miles and/or cash for a frequent-flyer award on the exact same flights. Good luck! |
Originally Posted by NYFlier1001
(Post 30426770)
Hi - new to Flyertalk and looking for some help with a miles redemption.
I am going from NYC to Tokyo next September / October for 2 weeks and would love to fly business. I have c. 110k Amex points, 120k Chase Rewards, 150k Delta and 220k British Airways points but have never used any of them to book flights. There seems to be a lot of options (ANA, JAL, United) for airlines but I am not sure on where to prioritize sending my miles to book? I would like to avoid getting stuck on the dreaded waitlist! Can anyone help? Thanks!
BA thread--->https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...8-edition.html ++++ Awards can be hard to get. Are a long way from being guaranteed. Often/usually need to be flexible on dates & routes & departure/arrival airport. Depending on the airline and/or ffp awards can start to become available 355/330 days out . Awards can be released any time from the 355/330 days to closer to departure. Availability is from the airline ffp web sites/phone. Some ffp's do not display all partners on line. Need to phone. If a multi segment award check the rules/cost carefully. With some ffp’s it can be 2 or more awards or cost more ff miles/points than a direct flight. If the award is on partner airline it may cost more miles/points than an award on the ffp airline. A guide of ff miles needed. These may not be up to date. FT thread AwardHacker: a tool we build to tell you how to travel with the least miles points to web site --> AwardHacker |
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