Redeeming SPG points for LAN miles to buy AA tickets
Sep 21, 2014, 9:51 am
#1
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Redeeming SPG points for LAN miles to buy AA tickets
LAN is a One World alliance partner and accepts Starwood points at a ratio of 1:2. Starwood points can be redeemed for airline miles with a 25% bonus in lots of 20K.
Does that mean, for example, if I wanted to book an AA flight that would normally cost 50K miles on AA wia AA's website, that I could redeem 20K Starwood points for 50K LAN miles and purchase the AA ticket through LAN for 50K LAN miles?
Does that mean, for example, if I wanted to book an AA flight that would normally cost 50K miles on AA wia AA's website, that I could redeem 20K Starwood points for 50K LAN miles and purchase the AA ticket through LAN for 50K LAN miles?
Sep 22, 2014, 4:54 am
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-I understood that SPG changed the ratio to 1pt->1.5km last year (see FT thread, SPG website)
-which AA flight normally costs 50K AA miles and also costs 50K LAN kms?
AA flights with AA miles chart here: http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/f...ward-chart.jsp (region based)
OW (AA) flights with LANPASS kms here: http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...ated-airlines/ (based on distance per flight, availability will be lower)
-which AA flight normally costs 50K AA miles and also costs 50K LAN kms?
AA flights with AA miles chart here: http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/f...ward-chart.jsp (region based)
OW (AA) flights with LANPASS kms here: http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...ated-airlines/ (based on distance per flight, availability will be lower)
Sep 23, 2014, 3:13 pm
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LAN is a One World alliance partner and accepts Starwood points at a ratio of 1:2. Starwood points can be redeemed for airline miles with a 25% bonus in lots of 20K.
Does that mean, for example, if I wanted to book an AA flight that would normally cost 50K miles on AA wia AA's website, that I could redeem 20K Starwood points for 50K LAN miles and purchase the AA ticket through LAN for 50K LAN miles?
Does that mean, for example, if I wanted to book an AA flight that would normally cost 50K miles on AA wia AA's website, that I could redeem 20K Starwood points for 50K LAN miles and purchase the AA ticket through LAN for 50K LAN miles?
SPG changed the ratio to 1pt->1.5km last year (see FT thread, SPG website)
But since:
OW (AA) flights with LANPASS kms here: http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...ated-airlines/ (based on distance per flight
Last edited by sdsearch; Sep 23, 2014 at 3:23 pm
Sep 25, 2014, 2:03 pm
#4
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If you have BA miles (Avios), you have to use the BA Avios Chart (distance based), if you have AA miles, you have to use AA award chart (by zone), if you have LANPASS miles, you have to use LANPASS award chart, which is zone/country based for LAN flights, or distance based for OW airlines.
1 SPG=1.5 KM LANPASS
1 SPG=1.5 KM LANPASS