LA to NY for in-laws
Aug 3, 2011 | 10:05 pm
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LA to NY for in-laws
My in-laws helped pay for a large portion of my wedding last year. As such, I want to do something nice for them, and send them off to New York for a week.
They've never flown a flight longer than an hour, and my mother in law has minor health issues, so I want to book them in a comfortable business class.
Here are my choices:
I have about 150k in BA miles I could use to book on AA.
I have about 200k Amex MR points I could transfer to any of the partners that fly LAX-JFK (or nearby airports).
The trip would be sometime in May 2012. Of my available choices (basically, any MR transfer partner), who offers the most comfortable J cabin?
They've never flown a flight longer than an hour, and my mother in law has minor health issues, so I want to book them in a comfortable business class.
Here are my choices:
I have about 150k in BA miles I could use to book on AA.
I have about 200k Amex MR points I could transfer to any of the partners that fly LAX-JFK (or nearby airports).
The trip would be sometime in May 2012. Of my available choices (basically, any MR transfer partner), who offers the most comfortable J cabin?
Aug 3, 2011 | 10:22 pm
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Unless there is a Business Class on this route that is clearly superior to AA's, I would use the BA miles to fly AA. Your in-laws would get to use the Admirals Club at both ends, and AA's J seat on the three-class transcon is comfortable. Moreover, you would not have to pay any fuel surcharges when redeeming BA miles on this route.
Since BA permits en-route stopovers on award redemptions, you could probably add on a Coach leg -- to be flown at a later date -- from LAX to places like SFO, LAS, RNO, PHX, etc., as long as BA approved the award routing.
Unless there is a Business Class on this route that is clearly superior to AA's, I would use the BA miles to fly AA. Your in-laws would get to use the Admirals Club at both ends, and AA's J seat on the three-class transcon is comfortable. Moreover, you would not have to pay any fuel surcharges when redeeming BA miles on this route.
Since BA permits en-route stopovers on award redemptions, you could probably add on a Coach leg -- to be flown at a later date -- from LAX to places like SFO, LAS, RNO, PHX, etc., as long as BA approved the award routing.
Aug 4, 2011 | 10:02 am
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They've never flown a flight longer than an hour, and my mother in law has minor health issues, so I want to book them in a comfortable business class.
Here are my choices:
I have about 150k in BA miles I could use to book on AA.
I have about 200k Amex MR points I could transfer to any of the partners that fly LAX-JFK (or nearby airports).
The trip would be sometime in May 2012. Of my available choices (basically, any MR transfer partner), who offers the most comfortable J cabin?
Here are my choices:
I have about 150k in BA miles I could use to book on AA.
I have about 200k Amex MR points I could transfer to any of the partners that fly LAX-JFK (or nearby airports).
The trip would be sometime in May 2012. Of my available choices (basically, any MR transfer partner), who offers the most comfortable J cabin?
It would take only around 100k MR points to transfer to DL SkyMiles with the current bonus offers. If you've never transferred into Delta SkyMiles, you can take advantage of the offer for first-timers where transferring 100k MR will give you 150k SkyMiles plus 25k MQM's which instantly gives you Silver Medallion status.
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Aug 4, 2011 | 11:52 am
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I think BA is your best bet here.
Aug 4, 2011 | 3:12 pm
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For an extra 10K you can book JFK-LAX-HAwaii. With a stopover at LAX. You could even fly business to hawaii if that actually exists. Domestic F would require more mileage.
I think BA is your best bet here.
No Business Class to Hawaii. The extra 10K would get a Coach seat to Hawaii (only the JFK-LAX leg would be in Business).
Originally Posted by hindukid
I think BA is your best bet here.
Aug 8, 2011 | 12:37 pm
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Thanks all for the advice. They decided Hawaii was not on their wish list.
Booked them this morning using my BA miles in J on AA metal.
Per the ticket info I got, they each get to check up 3 bags at no charge? Is that correct? Did not realize AA was so generous.
Also, are they going to get any lounge access at either LAX or JFK, and if so, which one(s)?
Booked them this morning using my BA miles in J on AA metal.
Per the ticket info I got, they each get to check up 3 bags at no charge? Is that correct? Did not realize AA was so generous.
Also, are they going to get any lounge access at either LAX or JFK, and if so, which one(s)?
Aug 8, 2011 | 12:41 pm
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Thanks all for the advice. They decided Hawaii was not on their wish list.
Booked them this morning using my BA miles in J on AA metal.
Per the ticket info I got, they each get to check up 3 bags at no charge? Is that correct? Did not realize AA was so generous.
Also, are they going to get any lounge access at either LAX or JFK, and if so, which one(s)?
Booked them this morning using my BA miles in J on AA metal.
Per the ticket info I got, they each get to check up 3 bags at no charge? Is that correct? Did not realize AA was so generous.
Also, are they going to get any lounge access at either LAX or JFK, and if so, which one(s)?
Aug 9, 2011 | 2:34 am
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