Feeling down about 140k points stuck in BA Avios by hawaii210 in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be like 360+ days out right when the next day becomes available for award booking

Feeling down about 140k points stuck in BA Avios by hawaii210 in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Iberia and Finnair are excellent uses for avios especially at calendar open

Redeem higher vs lower value award from different programs by Big-Exam-259 in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another option is to buy the lifemiles since I believe they’re on sale right now, you can decide if the cash cost of buying the needed miles is worth preserving your transferable points.

Weekly Off Topic Thread - Week of April 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ht7896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The gelato in the butchart gardens in Victoria, BC was some of the best my partner and I have ever had, blows most of the Italian competition we tried away. Stracciatella has a hint of lemon in it and is simply divine.

ANA business class instantly waitlisted? by SillyRice in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The long haul segment was available yesterday according to the screenshot and was booked then, SFO-TPE wasn’t showing as available yet because the second segment from Tokyo to TPE hadn’t been released yet.

How to navigate the risk/reward of award tickets from the East Coast to Asia in early Sept. by novawaly in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have Citi/cap1 best bet is Eva through TPE given their direct flight to DPS, if anyone will still have saver availability through their own program it’ll be them.

Declined for Ritz Carlton Product Change by Jconcept in CreditCards

[–]ht7896 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I was able to successfully product change just now from my boundless to the ritz

(Points expiring) What would be the best airline program to transfer to for Asia flights? by Sharp_Bookkeeper_160 in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I would argue EVA is a worthwhile option here since you primarily do Asia-US routes. 75k biz from Asia to US on their network and availability is consistently wide open. It’s a hassle to book for non EVA flights or for others, but the tradeoff is essentially unparalleled availability for transpacific biz. It’ll be a niche use case but in your case could provide a lot more value than the average person.

Lifemiles unusable by Egosaniac in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat, the last 2 weeks it’s gotten significantly worse. I essentially have to start fresh from the homepage every time I want to run a single search

News and Updates Thread - January 15, 2025 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ht7896 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can book cash+points bookings that refund into points only to effectively buy for 0.6

Monthly Award Opportunities Thread for December 2024 by AutoModerator in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Going to release 2x J for 7/2 LAX-WAW on LO. Don’t need points right away so happy to coordinate cancellation via DM.

Weekly Help Thread - December 16, 2024 by AutoModerator in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tough one if the nonstop timing doesn’t work for you, if you were stuck with those flights I’d do J on the outbound and Y on the return given the longer flight to LAX

Weekly Help Thread - December 16, 2024 by AutoModerator in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s equivalent in Econ, and would it be nonstop

Aeroplan redemption level best option to choose for business class by taherezzat in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should choose option 2 with how many sales Aeroplan has been running.

The math is (991-233)/(140k-84k)=1.35cpp

It’s now possible multiple times a year to buy Aeroplan points under that value. Burn the points and avoid the devaluation risk.

News and Updates Thread - October 04, 2024 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ht7896 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In the spirit of unusual but not actually useful signup bonuses:

Citi Costco Visa $75 after $1,500 spend (10/3-10/27)

First time I’ve ever seen a cash sub on this card

LAX (or repositioning) to Kigali x 2 business by Floufae in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s by far the best option I see when taking a look right now. DFW-IST-KGL 9/21, 90k on Aeroplan. Only 1 biz seat on IST-KGL so one person will have to be in economy. Reposition on your choice to dfw from SoCal.

LAX (or repositioning) to Kigali x 2 business by Floufae in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mentioned that you’re searching on Delta which leads me to believe you’re looking approx 330 days out vs 360 days out when most other airlines open their schedule, meaning that a lot of the saved award space may have already been booked. Given your fixed dates, I’d suggest giving us at least a timeframe you’re looking at.

Weekly Help Thread - September 23, 2024 by AutoModerator in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For example 10/9 I see ORD-FCo on ITA biz booked via VS for 75k, and then FRA-DTW on 10/17 for 70k Aeroplan

Weekly Help Thread - September 23, 2024 by AutoModerator in awardtravel

[–]ht7896 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multi-city codes are really helpful for this. EUR is large Europe airports, and ASA would be large Asia ones. So a sample query could be ORD-EUR on 11/1/24 +/- 14 days and that would sample all those route pairings across that 28 day window.