Best *A program to convert AMEX points???
Jul 9, 2008 | 12:52 am
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Best *A program to convert AMEX points???
I'm Gold on UA, and unfortunately I cannot use UA MP points to upgrade coach to biz on other *A airlines. Since I want to sometimes not fly UA (i.e. if I want to upgrade ANZealand coach to biz) I figure I need points on some other *A airline. I have a bunch of AMEX points I can convert to either ANA or Singapore. Which would be the better of the two to park points in for future use, likely as upgrades on various non-UA *A airlines?
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Jul 9, 2008 | 6:10 am
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I'm Gold on UA, and unfortunately I cannot use UA MP points to upgrade coach to biz on other *A airlines. Since I want to sometimes not fly UA (i.e. if I want to upgrade ANZealand coach to biz) I figure I need points on some other *A airline. I have a bunch of AMEX points I can convert to either ANA or Singapore. Which would be the better of the two to park points in for future use, likely as upgrades on various non-UA *A airlines?
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Singapore Airlines Krisflyer only allows miles to upgrade from Economy booking classes Y and B (which can cost more than discounted business class). So I would say this is not a great program for this purpose.
ANA allows only Y and B as well but has a few more booking classes for some airlines (U & E for NZ and S for SK). So again not a great program.
You can use UA SWUs to upgrade on LH for example if you fly with them. LH Miles and More offers a upgrades from almost all booking classes but you need a lot of miles to do this.