Got it.
No one has really responded to my original question... does anyone have any thoughts on doing this transfer over a CO transfer?
@LAXtravler:
I copied and pasted a more details pro and co of BA miles that may help you to decide whether you should do the transfer.
In my case, I have 530K BA miles and 220K AMEX points. I plan to transfer AMEX points to BA because 50% bonus is huge and I can use BA miles to fly to Hawaii and Asia in the not near future
1) Don’t redeem awards on British Airways flights (high fees, $500-$1,300 per ticket)
2) Don’t redeem award trips to Europe (high fees, think $400+ per ticket, even on Oneworld partners)
3) The cheapest awards are domestic American Airlines awards, which come with $2.50 in fees per leg and only 25,000 roundtrip for coach, 50,000 for business and 75,000 for first. Also cheap are South American awards, which are usually $60ish per roundtrip- even business class.
4) BA allows unlimited stopovers on awards, so add in multiple stops to maximize the value of your award
5) BA has four separate award charts and when you mix more than one carrier on an award, expect to pay exponentially more. Keep itineraries to one carrier! British Airways Flights, BA + 1 partner, One Oneworld partner and multiple Oneworld partners.
6) BA Cash and Miles redemptions can be an amazing value- especially on coach awards
7) BA allows one-way awards, even on Oneworld partners
8 ) You can use BA miles for awards on not only BA, but American, Cathay, Qantas, FinnAir, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Lan, Malev, Mexicana, Royal Jordanian, S7, Alaska, Aer Lingus and Kingfisher.
9) BA.com is quirky and will automatically try to route you through London, so use Qantas.com, AA.com or Expertflyer.com to search for partner award availability.
10) Some of the best redemptions are 40,000 mile coach awards to South America, including Buenos Aires/ Brazil. That means only 27,000 Amex points will get you a roundtrip coach ticket and you can include multiple stopovers! You can even use less points if you use cash and miles option. The same trip is 80,000 miles or 58,000 Amex points. Another one of my favorite redemptions is 100,000 mile (67,000 Amex points) to Asia in Cathay Pacific business class.