Hi. First time on this forum. Hope I am following correct protocol...
I am planning a trip to Cusco, Peru (machu picchu) mid January. LAN airlines has pretty decent deals around then. I am flying from New York. I have many AMEX points. Can I transfer them to LAN and how would I do so? Also, I have miles on many other airlines. Does LAN accept points/miles from other airlines?
Or in addition: Is there a cheaper way - using cash or miles - to fly to Cusco not using LAN airlines?
Amex MR do not transfer to LAN. Only SPG (starwood points) transfer to LAN.
However, LAN is member of the OneWorld alliance. Additionally, LAN has other partners that you can book with. You can book using any of those partners and some may give a better value than another.
Here is a list of all the OneWorld airlines-
http://www.oneworld.com/member-airlines/overview So, for example, you can use AA miles to book with AA for travel on LAN airlines.
Additionally, LAN code shares with AeroMexico so you should be able to book travel on LAN with AeroMexico miles. Amex transfers into AeroMexico miles. Don't transfer until you are ready to book and availability is there.
See here for OneWorld discussion and help-
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=21835.0