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Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« on: August 28, 2013, 11:03:06 AM »
Looking for the best award ticket options from NYC-TLV for Thanksgiving/Chanukah week. I need two tickets and have 80K miles on United and 88K points on AMEX. I've read much about Singapore Krisflyer and ANA as being good options to book on United. Any ideas will be appreciated!

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2013, 12:11:48 AM »
If there is availability on flying blue for a delta direct flight, then you can transfer Amex to your FB account with very little fuel surcharges.

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2013, 12:35:16 AM »
Looking for the best award ticket options from NYC-TLV for Thanksgiving/Chanukah week. I need two tickets and have 80K miles on United and 88K points on AMEX. I've read much about Singapore Krisflyer and ANA as being good options to book on United. Any ideas will be appreciated!

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If the flights are available for 40K UA miles direct EWR-TLV, you can book it for 37.5K SQ each way or 60K ANA miles roundtrip with out YQ.

SQ takes around a day to transfer and for ANA more like 2-3 days.

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2013, 01:35:47 AM »
How do you earn ANA miles?
How much do they cost if buying from a broker?

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2013, 06:06:58 AM »
How do you earn ANA miles?
How much do they cost if buying from a broker?
Amex transfers.


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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2013, 09:49:16 AM »
Thank you

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2013, 09:53:58 AM »
If the flights are available for 40K UA miles direct EWR-TLV, you can book it for 37.5K SQ each way or 60K ANA miles roundtrip with out YQ.

SQ takes around a day to transfer and for ANA more like 2-3 days.
If the flight is not direct from EWR, i.e. a JFK flight with a stopover, is it still able to be booked on ANA for 60k?

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2013, 10:13:42 AM »
If the flight is not direct from EWR, i.e. a JFK flight with a stopover, is it still able to be booked on ANA for 60k?
Yes, but depending on which carrier you use, you might get hit with some YQ.

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2013, 02:31:17 PM »
Yes, but depending on which carrier you use, you might get hit with some YQ.
which carrier would get there without the YQ?

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Re: Best way to fly to Israel using United Miles+ AMEX Points?
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2013, 02:35:49 PM »
which carrier would get there without the YQ?
UA, US.
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