Agree with alieninperth, any of these are better value. About $2250 return was my calculation for Avianca C and US similar. Of course you need the transfer bonus (Avianca) or 100% buy bonus (US) but this is on offer 90% of the time across the two.Seems OK what do you guys think ??
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Did you use the points + pay option for Avianca (1.5c per point for the 40% points, 1.25 for the 60% pay), my calcs put this as ~$ 2300.I ran the number yesterday with the various bonii available and Avianca was coming in at about $2,600 rtn, USDM at about $2,400 and AA at about $2,500. there is a way to trick the AA route to reduce that to about $2,200 but I'm not sure that it is really worth it.
Ah yes, similar to some of those opportunities to Central Asia that route through Europe (though LHR is a decided bonus).Yeah I used the min points and max pay opion, I seem to have to pay more to go to Ireland as opposed to the UK.
As for the AA thing, I saw something on the AA forum promoting the use of the middle east and then pts to UK and then looked around there. I also looked at some countries that are not a million miles from Europe (only about 40km). Think of a land with arabic and french influences. All flights route through LHR. Short check the bags or HLO and you will be sorted.
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Hi guys, just a quick question from a brand new UA newbie, thinking of purchasing points so do bought points generally arrive instantly or does one need to wait the 48hrs as UA says?