Using BA miles to book an AA trip

[YudiG]

can i do DTW-LGA-ORD w/ ba miles on aa metal as a one way 12.5k award? or must i do 2 one ways for 25k?

[AJK]

Insert mantra here.

Ha. Well, which one: YMMV or "try, try again."

[Dan]

The latter.

[SPGCont]

Are you able to use BA miles to book a flight on AA from US to Europe, such as LAX to LHR? Does AA or BA charge a fuel surcharge for such flights? If yes, what would such a charge typically be?

[aussiebochur]

Yes, BA miles can be used on any OneWorld carrier.

The taxes on AA won't be as high as BA but if travelling in business or first there's a big luxury tax.

[aussiebochur]

We all know that BA allows unlimited stopovers.
People have mentioned that this could mean having 2, 3 or 4 stopovers while crossing the US.

But I was wondering how far they would go.
While not with AA (couldn't be bothered starting a new thread), reckon they would let me book  hba-mel-cbr-syd-bne-glt-rok-mky-tsv-cns-wei-hid on QF?

Not bad for 15k miles...

If the agent is being cooperative and there's a sense that they have never learnt or know any geography (not too hard to find), it may possible to max out the 16 segments allowed on a single.
Now that would be cool!

[SPGCont]

Yes, BA miles can be used on any OneWorld carrier.

The taxes on AA won't be as high as BA but if travelling in business or first there's a big luxury tax.

Thanks but can you be more specific? How much is "luxury tax"? What would fees be on BA vs. AA?

[aussiebochur]

Don't remember exactly put probably ~$500/~$300

You can do a dummy booking on BA.com and it will tell you exactly.

[YudiG]

well...no aa service from dtw/ord to myr so there goes that

[Tzviks]

Is the only way to book using BA miles on AA metal by calling BA? when I go on BA. com if BA flies there it won't show me any AA flights?

[Dan]

Is the only way to book using BA miles on AA metal by calling BA? when I go on BA. com if BA flies there it won't show me any AA flights?

Find a date with no BA availability and you'll be be to click on include partners.

[yitzf]

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You can use BA miles even while traveling on AA to take an unlimited amount of free stopovers, even on a one-way ticket! You can theoretically fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, stay there for a couple nights, then to Dallas for a few nights, onto Chicago for a few nights, and Cleveland for a few nights before finally flying to New York. And you can book that whole one-way ticket for just 12,500 miles and $10 tax!

would i be possible to do phl-->mia>lga (or ever jfk-->mia-->lga) for the price (in miles of course) of a one way?

[PlatinumGuy]

would i be possible to do phl-->mia>lga (or ever jfk-->mia-->lga) for the price (in miles of course) of a one way?

In general it has to be in the direction of travel, but YMMV (Don't think BA has specific rules.)

[azhoopsfan]

BTW- beware that BA charges 3x the milage for domestic business as they consider it first class.  The exception being the JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO routes because they have 3 classes of service.

This stinks!