Feedback wanted on 2 transatlantic flights
 

Hi..

In Sept, I will be visiting England and Hamburg for a long weekend both times departing the NYC area. I'm hoping you guys might be able to offer some expert advice on the best way to go about this using award miles and thoughts on what I've found so far. I'm fine flying economy BTW.

I have 120,000 Amex MR points (convertible to 162,000 avios) and 100,000 united miles.

So far I have come up with the following

For Hamburg with Avios through air berlin

NYC - Dusseldorf Return 40000 miles and $101
Dusseldorf - Hamburg return 9000 miles and $75

All in all 49000 miles and $176

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I can't come up with anything ideal for the England trip without paying British Airways huge fees.

I want to leave NYC in the evening of Thurs 12th Sept and arrive in London (from NYC) around midday on Fri 13 Sept and depart Manchester on the 16th in the morning or midday.

I can get OK flights on the way back

Manchester - Dublin - JFK for 30,000 united and $163

But so far can't find anything suitable for NYC - London. If I do the aer lingus trick I still have to get from dublin to the UK using ryanair and pay around $125 each way.

Any thoughts? Thanks for reading

Feedback wanted on 2 transatlantic flights
 

55,000 United miles (+$2.50 security fee) will get you from NYC to London on that day, with plenty of availability.

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If there is availability, you should be able to book DUB-LON (stopover) -MAN on BA for only 4,500 Avios (and minimal fees, if you book it as a Reward Flight Saver).

Check on AA, one segment at a time, for JFK-TXL-LHR or JFK-DUS-LHR. You may find an all AB routing that you can call BA and book, or even if Germany-LHR is BA, surcharges will be (more) reasonable.

Feedback wanted on 2 transatlantic flights
 

MAN is not far from London by bus or train (2 hours) and both can be got cheaply if booked in advance. This could be an alternative to arriving on London

if you have chase UR you can transfer to virgin

virgin 12000 pts + $97.50 for NYC to london in economy

use avios to fly back from dublin to boston for 12500 pts, you can also go dublin to nyc for more pts