Use AA or BA miles for a BA award?
May 17, 2001 | 8:35 pm
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Use AA or BA miles for a BA award?
I am planning an award trip on BA and have a choice of either using miles from my BA or my AA accounts.
Does it make a difference which "bucket" of miles I make the reservation with? Is seat availability (particularly for business or first) better if I use BA Exec Club miles? Does status matter? I am Gold (could be Platinum if necessary) on AA, whereas I am zilch on BA. Thanks.
Does it make a difference which "bucket" of miles I make the reservation with? Is seat availability (particularly for business or first) better if I use BA Exec Club miles? Does status matter? I am Gold (could be Platinum if necessary) on AA, whereas I am zilch on BA. Thanks.
May 18, 2001 | 12:05 am
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Originally posted by fallinasleep:
I am planning an award trip on BA and have a choice of either using miles from my BA or my AA accounts.
Does it make a difference which "bucket" of miles I make the reservation with? Is seat availability (particularly for business or first) better if I use BA Exec Club miles? Does status matter? I am Gold (could be Platinum if necessary) on AA, whereas I am zilch on BA. Thanks.
I am planning an award trip on BA and have a choice of either using miles from my BA or my AA accounts.
Does it make a difference which "bucket" of miles I make the reservation with? Is seat availability (particularly for business or first) better if I use BA Exec Club miles? Does status matter? I am Gold (could be Platinum if necessary) on AA, whereas I am zilch on BA. Thanks.
May 18, 2001 | 7:03 am
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As I recall, the mileage required is much less if you use your BA miles. For example, a business class award US to Africa on BA is 100K, whereas it's 150K from AA. As somebody else mentioned, when you use AA miles you travel AA transatlantic, then BA from London onward.
May 19, 2001 | 8:24 am
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depends on what you are trading off.
i always keep my AA mile to redeem for CX flights, and avoid AA transatlantic as much as possible. so BA for Europe for me.
note also that from either coast to europe is the same mile, you might want to use it for west coast and purchase ticket for flights from east coast
i always keep my AA mile to redeem for CX flights, and avoid AA transatlantic as much as possible. so BA for Europe for me.
note also that from either coast to europe is the same mile, you might want to use it for west coast and purchase ticket for flights from east coast