Help Planning 2xRT in F To HNL (BA, AA, Chase, AMEX)
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BA now charges per segment. DFW-OGG/HNL in F is 60K Avios per person, one way. If you want to tack on AUS-DFW in F, that will cost an additional 13.5K Avios per person, one way.
Originally Posted by peteropny
First off - if you haven't already done so - "household" the BA accounts - this way you'd have 112K on BA - then transfer in enough AMEX/Chase to make up the difference for the one RT - 8k from AMEX - that gets you to the 120K on BA for 1 F ticket (note I'm not checking BA award chart and assumes that what was previously posted is correct).
Now for the 2nd ticket - using AA miles (you have 50k already - and need 70k) - so 20k short. Hyatt does transfer to AA at 2:1 ratio (so 30k Hyatt = 15k AA). This still leaves you 5k AA short. Your Chase points - do you have the "new" Chase Sapphire Ultimate Preferred (or whatever the latest rave is?) - if so, you can transfer to Hyatt at 1:1 - so transfer 10k Chase to Hyatt (that makes up the 5K AA that you need).
Note I've not figured out all your stops in Hawaii that you referred to.
Note AMEX / Chase transfers are supposed to be "immediate" but Hyatt to AA takes up to a month.
You'd be left with 26K AMEX and 48K Chase left after all this (or you can substitute Chase points for the AMEX ones for BA transfer).
Now for the 2nd ticket - using AA miles (you have 50k already - and need 70k) - so 20k short. Hyatt does transfer to AA at 2:1 ratio (so 30k Hyatt = 15k AA). This still leaves you 5k AA short. Your Chase points - do you have the "new" Chase Sapphire Ultimate Preferred (or whatever the latest rave is?) - if so, you can transfer to Hyatt at 1:1 - so transfer 10k Chase to Hyatt (that makes up the 5K AA that you need).
Note I've not figured out all your stops in Hawaii that you referred to.
Note AMEX / Chase transfers are supposed to be "immediate" but Hyatt to AA takes up to a month.
You'd be left with 26K AMEX and 48K Chase left after all this (or you can substitute Chase points for the AMEX ones for BA transfer).