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9 More Amazing Redemption Ideas
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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Hi Ricky,
I booked a trip to IST with 24 hours layover on Morocco. I want to go to IST but what if something happens in my layover and I wouldn’t be able to travel on time? Should I call Aeroplan to reschedule so I won’t lose my IST ticket? But in this case, I would have stayed longer than 24 hours in Casablanca, so would Aeroplan charge me then the difference in points? IST is 57500 and CMN is 82500?
Thanks
Great post as always, Ricky. I wish you would include more examples from Western Canada though!
Hi Ricky,
I’m not finding the one-way PRG-INC flight you refer to for 25K miles. When I check on the Emirates site I’m getting much higher redemption rates. What am I missing?
Etihad doesn’t let you search for partner flights online, so you’ll need to call in and book. Search for Czech Airlines availability beforehand on ExpertFlyer.
Thanks Ricky! I’m wondering though, if these types of route offers can’t be seen online how does one know they exist?
By looking through the redemption programs’ reward charts. For example, here’s the chart for redeeming Etihad Guest miles on Czech Airways, which shows the price point for the Prague–Seoul route: https://www.etihadguest.com/content/dam/eag/glc/etihadguest/programassets/pdf/czech-airlines-redemption.pdf
Sorry, meant to say Etihad site
If I try and input the YYZ-CAI-IST example AP says it’s not valid? It says the start and end of your trip traveled by another method of transportation must be in the same IATA zone?
The multi-city search engine can only book A-B-C-A trips, not A-B-C one-ways.
You’ll need to search YYZ-IST as a one-way, and if there’s space on YYZ-CAI, then it’ll likely show up. Or call it in over the contact centre.
Hi Ricky,
Really appreciate the Asia Miles idea. Is this a search two segments separately and call to book? I couldn’t figure out how to do this on the Asia Miles website.
Thanks!
Nope, it’s all done online. You want to search as a one-way, and you’ll be allowed to specify your two desired segments, so you’ll want to input the exact two segments you want and then run the search. If there’s award space on both segments, you’ll be able to click through and book.
(Note that you can have either two flights both on Cathay Pacific, both on a partner airline, or one on Cathay and one on a partner airline. You can’t combine two partner airlines on a one-way ticket.)
Got it to work through Multi-City! Thanks a lot! I’ve got a trip next year that I hope to use this on.
Find Aer Lingus flights by joining Avios.com, and searching then phone BA
to book the flight for less expensive taxes.
Also Aer Lingus goes to many places in Europe that are usually more expensive than Ryanair but a handy alternative is to use Avios that are easily transferred from the BA programme to the Aer Lingus progamme.
Also transfer avios to the Iberia programme for Iberia and Vueling flights, both in Europe and internationally.
Fantastic ideas…my problem after playing in this space for a few years, is getting enough vacation time to redeem for all the awesome ideas
These are great ideas! I have been saving on miles for 2 years, and realizing that earning those miles is actually the easy part of the journey. Redeeming those miles for the best value takes a lot of time and research. Thank you for your suggestions!
Totally agree. I think a lot of newbies focus mostly on the earning side (understandably so), but it’s best to take some time to understand the redemption sweet spots that will benefit you the most, so that you can can concentrate on earning those points and then be certain that you’ll get good value out of them.