Weekend Blitz

Note: A lot of info in this post refers to the 35% transfer bonus between AMEX Membership Rewards and British Airways Avios that runs until June 7, 2013. More info here: Deal Blitz Alert: 35% Transfer Bonus from AMEX to British Airways Avios. If you’re reading after June 7, 2013 you can still get some great value out of your Avios miles.

British Airways/Iberia Avios miles are [glossy term=”distance based awards”] distance based awards:  on the surface, it seems like you’re getting a bad deal on award redemptions. But, as with anything involving miles, it opens up possibilities to find great values on non-stop short distance flights.

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Manual search Head to AA.com –> AAdvantage “Redeem Miles” “Book Award Travel Now” Make sure “AAdvantage Award” tab is selected and fill in your departure details. I suggest doing a search for Round-Trip because it won’t take much longer. Check your options here. Any non-stop flights in the “Economy MileSAAver” or “Economy MileSAAver Off Peak”  should be bookable with British Airways Avios or other Oneworld Partner miles. Don’t forget to check “Business/First MileSAAver” space and make notes. It will cost more, but it’s still bookable via British Airways Avios. Searching with new [...]

American Express Membership Rewards has an ongoing special that will give you a 35% bonus on miles transferred from AMEX into British Airways Avios points. 

This has been the first transfer bonus between AMEX and BA in many months, so I’d suggest everyone jumps on it before it ends on June 7th.

 

The bonus is hardcoded in the transfer rate

As a reminder, British Airways Avios are distance-based award:

And, you can book on member airlines such as American Airlines, Air Berlin, Iberia, Cathay Pacific, LAN…

We’ll have a series of quick posts on [...]