This video took quite a while to edit so just as a heads up some of the numbers are slightly different from when I originally recorded it. Nonetheless, I hope you get some value out of it and let me know if you have any questions!
The only thing I’d like to mention is that when comparing United and American you may have not realized it but the cheapest one way American fairs said they were 6,000 points. From my experience American Airlines in many scenarios offers some of the best travel deals on points. Especially if you are using American Airlines points directly. Like 27,000 points first class from ord to los Cabo’s (SJD) or 17,000 points round trip economy plus $140 to MZT mazatlan Mexico which is one of my favorite places to visit. I’m sure you have but I’d dive deeper into what American has to offer.
@@realprofessoroak I’m going to put your video to good use. I earned about 325k in MR points this month between two new Amex cards that I opened (260k in intro offers completed and then multiplier spend).
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on Amex MR redemption. However, I think you forgot to mention that these redemptions are often unattainable as each flight may open only 1-2 saver award seats. These redemptions may be valuable but there no point unless you can book them with ease. This is why I’m sticking with chase+C1 as the points are more flexible
Thanks, and this is a very good point. The availability is largely going to depend on the travel season and the award seats open for a particular partner airline which can be confirmed by calling them
You need to explain how to book flights using another airlines points. There are like dozens of these videos but they always skip this part and it’s the most confusing and difficult steps.
Hey folks, for the first domestic flight use case with AeroMexico, it seems that since AeroMexico's award rates are now in kilometers instead of miles. That 1:1.6 transfer rate is now used to equalize the value of the points when transferred over to be the same as if transferred over to another SkyTeam partner. Still a decent value for that redemption, but the other options discussed for standard award rates for domestic travel can be better options if there is availability.
@@shachimerchant2433The transfer rate is for the point value of AMEX points to AeroMexico, which means that 12,500 AMEX points -> 20,000 Aeromexico km, which can then be used to book SkyMiles flights once converted to miles if it's on a domestic airline such as Delta.
@@realprofessoroak How do we transfer miles to Delta from AeroMexico once we get the points transferred from Amex? I always get stuck transferring miles with partner airlines
Thanks so much for the succinct guide with no nonsense! Just wish ANA didn’t have such high taxes and fees. It makes it almost as much as a whole another (cheap) international flight cost.
You're welcome! You're right about the fees for ANA reward flights but there are some exceptions depending on the travel date and service destination which I'll try to cover in another video
I'm seeing in other videos that they are booking through Virgin Atlantic by searching for ANA award seats on the United site. The standard point redemption value is about the same at 90,000 through VA to go from NA to Japan. It seems easier to just use ANA and transfer points there rather than booking through VA for the same amount of points.
@@realprofessoroak when I search nippon flight on United airlines using points, the flight doesn’t show up unless I put money. Does more flights show up under the points section later on? Does Nippon release more seats later or it’s just what shows up now? Looking for November time frame. And is the way to book, transfer points to virgin Atlantic and then call to book if I see a flight on United airlines? Thanks for your time.
The tough part about booking award flights Is that they are often times not displayed on the website, and it requires you to call the airline to confirm. I'd say given there is an available flight redemption for the dates you're looking to travel, there are multiple methods to get decent value including transferring to ANA directly if the conversion works out.
This video was great - I have a challenge for you. Create a video of how you would maximize 1million AMEX points. As a matter of fact - I’d pay you $50 to create a video like this.
All that is great in theory, but in reality when it comes to actually booking the flight, u will find there are zero seats available for booking, always, guaranteed you will never find any available seat for redemption. 100% of the time you will transfer points to airline partners because the math looks good, then you simply wait for those points to expire because nothing is ever available for redemption, I’ve personally lost 1.5 million amex points this way and I’ve learned the only way to use amex points is for low value 1.1 cents per point. Anything higher than that is just a pipe dream.
I would say from anecdotal experience that United is a safe bet if you want to use it to book actual flights with the "airline fee credit" through United TravelBank. I can't say for certain that you can do that with other airlines so that is what I'd recommend for now.
4:03 - quick question. You mention that it would cost 7.5k Amex points transferred over to Aeromexico to book the 12.5k mile flight seen on Delta. However, Aeromexico's award chart suggests all domestic U.S. flights cost 20k one way during off-season and 22k during peak. Assuming we use the 20k as an example, 20k/1.6 = 12.5k amex points that need to be transferred over to Aeromexico to book the Delta flight that also costs 12.5k on Delta. Aeromexico only seems to be a good option for longer-haul Delta flights or for Cap1 cardholders, who can't transfer points to Delta.
This is a good point. The dynamic pricing of Delta flights still applies but it seems that the redemption value is matched to the point transfer rate for that reason. This would be the same for any SkyTeam partner when booking on AeroMexico
@@realprofessoroak Yup, exactly. Aeromexico has a fixed award chart whereas Delta, Air France and KLM are dynamic in nature. Issue is, in order for the ticket to be bookable through Aeromexico, it needs to have saver availability on partner airlines. But the saver rates on those airlines would more or less be the same cost as Aeromexico's fixed award chart rate (this is WITH Amex's 60% bonus). Another issue with Aeromexico is that they pass on fuel surcharges and impose a minimum $25 award booking fee. Lot of nuances to consider when booking award travel!
@@realprofessoroak No, you got it wrong, maybe you should have read the fine print. AeroMexico uses kilometers for their point system. So yes, the Amex is a 1 point to 1 mile transfer but since Aero Mexico is using kilometers, the rate then is 1 to 1.6.
@@FelixCervantes @Professor Oak I believe they switched from km to premier points recently so that's fine. However, it looks like Aeromexico uses both fixed and dynamic pricing. For the JFK-LAX on Feb 28 trip as shown in the vid, it costs 27,800AM points + $44 in taxes. With Amex's bonus, that would be 18k Amex points, which is still way more than Delta's 12.5k miles + $6 in taxes.
First time here. Thx for presenting such good content and well organized! Question about booking Virgin with Flying Blue. I can see business class availability on Virgin’s site but don’t see the same flight on Flying Blue/AF. Maybe Virgin doesn’t release as many flights to partners. I was searching LAX LHR.
I've noticed this as well with certain partner airlines, but the best way to verify would be to call Flying Blue to confirm they can secure an award flight on Virgin for the service you're looking for. Sometimes business/upper class is just not listed which can be frustrating
I wish you would focus on more economy or at least include it in each example , more of us that watch these videos are not looking for luxury but good deals to bring the family
Generally, it's more convenient and cost-effective to book a round-trip award ticket since the pricing for most services is round trip, although there are standard award charts that have one-way pricing as well. Hope that helps.
Best Amex Point Use Video on RUclips. Couple questions however: As far as Lufthansa first class flights to Europe via Avianca Life Miles. 1) How did you get even see Lufthansa first class flights? I searched JFK,BOS, EWR ATL,MIA, ORD, MCO Everything east coast USA is only business class to Frankfurt or Munich. 2) How do you see if there is award availability for business class seats on Lufthansa? I can NOT even search for US to Europe routing on Avianca life Miles website. Do you call them on phone? Please explain how these deals can be had. Thanks again!
The standard award charts are available on their website but the only way to confirm award ticket availability is to call Avianca. Their website's native search tool isn't great and doesn't show all available flight awards.
I’m not legal and can only fly domestic I’m thinking at front the golf amrd to get points, but i would fly united of American Airlines because that’s what Dulles has how do i use point for united if i can transfer them directly
I’m planning on booking my October Korea trip but wasn’t sure to look for two one-ways or one round trip. People say it’s best to book 2 one-way because of the risk of the outbound flight getting cancelled. What do you think? Kinda conflicted which to do when browsing flights right now
I tried booking from Minneapolis to Dallas but as soon as i put in Minneapolis in departure it doesnt show any domestic flights on the destination what am i doing wrong? This is on aeromexico.
Thank you so much for the video! How does cancellation work for award flights through a different airline (e.g., booking Taipei flight on Singapore Krisflyer)? If you cancel do they still give you the full miles back?
Glad you found it useful! For cancellations with Singapore Airlines (Krisflyer Award Flights) right now, there is a $75 fee for cancelling Saver fares, and a $50 fee for cancelling Advantage fares.
Thanks, the website is AwardHacker. I'd still confirm by referencing the award charts/calling the airline to confirm the information there is accurate though
I have a lot of United miles, is there any video you made on booking buisness class with another airline using United miles? If I were to do this on United, it says i need to use 200k miles each way from ATL to ICN or NRT. Thank you.
When I get the chance I will certainly try to make a video about the best routes to Japan using points/miles but unfortunately I have been really busy with work lately. The sweet spots to Japan from the United States often involve booking a positioning flight which means getting yourself to a major airport that services Japan (for example LAX or SFO that offers direct service to NRT or HND. Off the top of my head I would recommend trying looking at Star Alliance partners using United as the platform to search award tickets to Japan with your United miles.
I have been trying to follow your methods to book flights using both Capital One and American Express, first through trying to find airlines that I can directly transfer my miles to, then going through the Star alliance partners.First of all, if you cannot transfer your American Express or your Capital One points directly to the airline that's the cheapest you want to use, you have to book the flight through the partner. for example, Lufthansa does not partner with either credit card, so you cannot directly transfer your points. You have to use a partner. I called Lufthansa and held a flight and assumed I could book the same flight giving the partner my reservation code. No such luck! they would not let me transfer miles to them from the partner to Lufthansa, you have to book the flight through the partner. But it turns out there's almost no seats available for the Star alliance to book! Whereas Lufthansa has a few seats. it's kind of like a lost leader. The airlines that American Express primarily uses to go to Europe are so expensive that it's not worth it when I use the star alliance partners to try to book the flight , The airlines give them very limited award point seats. I cannot book the same flight that lufthans is allowing you to book with points so it's a big scam. It's really not as easy as you make it sound.. airlines have it all figured out they're not giving anything away..
Booking through partner alliances requires a lot of luck and patient. I know my friends book their ticket at least an year in advance. The airline companies only release 1 or 2 seats a week or so for these alliances points redemption. So it’s really hard to book it. It takes a lot of energy for sure
New platinum card holder here and I’m close to reaching the $6000 spend. Do you know if things like the $189 clear membership and $200 fee credit count towards reaching the signup bonus?
For more context I’ve paid about $4500 to American Express due to my payments, but I have about $5500 worth of spend but the credits offset a lot. Just wondering Great video!
Yes, the AMEX Platinum benefits that are returned as statement credits count towards the minimum spend requirement. The annual fee, however, does not count towards the MSR.
Yes, so it's a matter of transferring your AMEX points to an airline alliance partner and then booking with the airline you are looking to travel on if there is award pricing available. I'm going to make a video doing a step by step breakdown here soon that may help.
You don't have to move your points twice, you just use them on Singapore's website to book United flights through the Star Alliance. There should be a tab on the results when you look up flights for "Star Alliance" flights in the search results. That way you can use your KrisFlyer miles to book United flights.
How do you actually find award availability with Aeromexico for Delta flights though? I wish you would have showed that in the video (i rewatched in case i missed it)
To search or book partner awards with Aeromexico, you actually have to call them since there is no option to search partner award flights on their website
@@realprofessoroak ah ok, thank you for your quick reply on that! So is it that all Delta flights are available through them and you just have to call after checking Delta? Or is it like only a few are available and you won't even know if your flight is available until you call?
@@Lnetta2Lteezy Airlines (including SkyTeam) generally allocate a certain number of seats per flight for award tickets so even though it may show on Delta's website, there might not be an available award seat left. That being said, Aeromexico Club Premier will hold an award ticket for you so if when you call they can confirm there is one available for the dates you are looking to travel, they can hold it while you have your points transferred to redeem that ticket. Hopefully that helps
Since ANA is a Star Alliance member, you can book from any partner to ANA. If you're booking with ANA's own Mileage Club, you'll need an AMC account to reserve/purchase an international flight award. It should be under the section for "International Flight Awards"
When you look on Singapore's website, under "Book" there is an option for "Redeem Flights". If the redemption search results don't show the United flight you're looking for, you would have to call Singapore to use your KrisFlyer miles for that ticket redemption
Delta actually doesn't allow mile transfers from any other airline partners, although of course you can use Aeromexico CP points on any SkyTeam airline including Delta
This is not correct, you cannot book other airlines when transferring points to Aeromexico, I just called them and they do not book other airlines even if they belong to the same alliance.
HELP! I have 135K MR points with Platinum, want to transfer points to AeroMexico to book domestic travel with Delta, but need step by step tutorial HOW TO DO IT. Can you help? Sub'd, thanks in advance!
Wrong information i did excatly what u said trasfer amex points to aero mexico then made detla sky account and try to shop with points it said not elligable and i called delta sky miles they said they dont accept any partner points !!! I just wasted 125K points now plz get ur facts right
This video took quite a while to edit so just as a heads up some of the numbers are slightly different from when I originally recorded it. Nonetheless, I hope you get some value out of it and let me know if you have any questions!
Have you heard if the united travel bank always trigger the 200 credit or is it a hit or miss?
@@bryantramos2382 I haven't had any issues with it on 3 of my AMEX cards, and I last used it a month ago with no issues
The only thing I’d like to mention is that when comparing United and American you may have not realized it but the cheapest one way American fairs said they were 6,000 points. From my experience American Airlines in many scenarios offers some of the best travel deals on points. Especially if you are using American Airlines points directly. Like 27,000 points first class from ord to los Cabo’s (SJD) or 17,000 points round trip economy plus $140 to MZT mazatlan Mexico which is one of my favorite places to visit. I’m sure you have but I’d dive deeper into what American has to offer.
This is literally the most succinct, clearest, & well rounded explanation on the use of Amex travel partners I've seen👏🏾👍🏾
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful
Loved the information and attention to detail. Subbed and saved the video for future use for when I am booking flights
Thanks! Glad you found it useful
@@realprofessoroak I’m going to put your video to good use. I earned about 325k in MR points this month between two new Amex cards that I opened (260k in intro offers completed and then multiplier spend).
I have been searching for the answers you just gave ALL DAY. Thank you so much. Subbed. 🤙
You are brilliant...Love the direct and detailed informational pro tips. Definitely subscribing!!
Thanks!! Glad it was helpful
Excellent training..very clear and concise..more examples please.. you are the best on the web!
That's great to hear! I'll be putting together an updated video with some more use cases here in the near future. Thanks for the feedback.
Earned a sub. This is the video i desperately needed! Perfectly explained
Glad it helped!
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on Amex MR redemption. However, I think you forgot to mention that these redemptions are often unattainable as each flight may open only 1-2 saver award seats. These redemptions may be valuable but there no point unless you can book them with ease. This is why I’m sticking with chase+C1 as the points are more flexible
Thanks, and this is a very good point. The availability is largely going to depend on the travel season and the award seats open for a particular partner airline which can be confirmed by calling them
Wow! Thank you for a detailed video on Amex MR.
Glad you found it useful!
You need to explain how to book flights using another airlines points. There are like dozens of these videos but they always skip this part and it’s the most confusing and difficult steps.
One of the best videos I’ve found on Award Travel. Well done and instantly subscribed!
That's great to hear, thank you!
Hey folks, for the first domestic flight use case with AeroMexico, it seems that since AeroMexico's award rates are now in kilometers instead of miles. That 1:1.6 transfer rate is now used to equalize the value of the points when transferred over to be the same as if transferred over to another SkyTeam partner. Still a decent value for that redemption, but the other options discussed for standard award rates for domestic travel can be better options if there is availability.
So if we see a flight for 12,500 miles on deltas website ? Will it be 12,500 X 1.6 = 20k Aeromexico miles ?
@@shachimerchant2433The transfer rate is for the point value of AMEX points to AeroMexico, which means that 12,500 AMEX points -> 20,000 Aeromexico km, which can then be used to book SkyMiles flights once converted to miles if it's on a domestic airline such as Delta.
@@realprofessoroak How do we transfer miles to Delta from AeroMexico once we get the points transferred from Amex? I always get stuck transferring miles with partner airlines
@@tallto did you figure this out?
@@willhooper1366 not quite, I need to go back and look into this
Dude this is GOLD! You dropped so many good tips!
I'm glad you found it useful!
Thanks so much for the succinct guide with no nonsense! Just wish ANA didn’t have such high taxes and fees. It makes it almost as much as a whole another (cheap) international flight cost.
You're welcome! You're right about the fees for ANA reward flights but there are some exceptions depending on the travel date and service destination which I'll try to cover in another video
@@realprofessoroak Wow that’s amazing thank you so much for your content! Really appreciate you
really good summary man, you did an excellent job in this video
Thanks man!
Wow. Thanks. Subscribed. You earned it. Thanks, again.
You bet!
I'm seeing in other videos that they are booking through Virgin Atlantic by searching for ANA award seats on the United site. The standard point redemption value is about the same at 90,000 through VA to go from NA to Japan. It seems easier to just use ANA and transfer points there rather than booking through VA for the same amount of points.
Thank you! Well explained!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Great video❤! I need more on ANA Japan
I'm glad it helped! Did you have any specific questions about the AMEX point transfers to ANA?
@@realprofessoroak when I search nippon flight on United airlines using points, the flight doesn’t show up unless I put money. Does more flights show up under the points section later on? Does Nippon release more seats later or it’s just what shows up now? Looking for November time frame. And is the way to book, transfer points to virgin Atlantic and then call to book if I see a flight on United airlines? Thanks for your time.
The tough part about booking award flights Is that they are often times not displayed on the website, and it requires you to call the airline to confirm. I'd say given there is an available flight redemption for the dates you're looking to travel, there are multiple methods to get decent value including transferring to ANA directly if the conversion works out.
Thank you so much !
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Subscribed! Thx You!
You bet!
Amazing content - the other guys got too simple with their instruction lol
Thanks! I'll be making an update to this in the near future since some new tools have become available since I made this video.
Love it
This video was great - I have a challenge for you. Create a video of how you would maximize 1million AMEX points. As a matter of fact - I’d pay you $50 to create a video like this.
How did you find the AeroMexico flight at 12k miles? Their award chart shows low-season tickets at 40k RT (20k OW)?
So good 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 thanks
You're welcome!
So you’re a member of like every airline program in the world? 😮
All that is great in theory, but in reality when it comes to actually booking the flight, u will find there are zero seats available for booking, always, guaranteed you will never find any available seat for redemption. 100% of the time you will transfer points to airline partners because the math looks good, then you simply wait for those points to expire because nothing is ever available for redemption, I’ve personally lost 1.5 million amex points this way and I’ve learned the only way to use amex points is for low value 1.1 cents per point. Anything higher than that is just a pipe dream.
Help! I’ve had my card since Valentines and I still haven’t chosen an airline. Which would you recommend??
I would say from anecdotal experience that United is a safe bet if you want to use it to book actual flights with the "airline fee credit" through United TravelBank. I can't say for certain that you can do that with other airlines so that is what I'd recommend for now.
4:03 - quick question. You mention that it would cost 7.5k Amex points transferred over to Aeromexico to book the 12.5k mile flight seen on Delta. However, Aeromexico's award chart suggests all domestic U.S. flights cost 20k one way during off-season and 22k during peak. Assuming we use the 20k as an example, 20k/1.6 = 12.5k amex points that need to be transferred over to Aeromexico to book the Delta flight that also costs 12.5k on Delta.
Aeromexico only seems to be a good option for longer-haul Delta flights or for Cap1 cardholders, who can't transfer points to Delta.
This is a good point. The dynamic pricing of Delta flights still applies but it seems that the redemption value is matched to the point transfer rate for that reason. This would be the same for any SkyTeam partner when booking on AeroMexico
@@realprofessoroak Yup, exactly. Aeromexico has a fixed award chart whereas Delta, Air France and KLM are dynamic in nature. Issue is, in order for the ticket to be bookable through Aeromexico, it needs to have saver availability on partner airlines. But the saver rates on those airlines would more or less be the same cost as Aeromexico's fixed award chart rate (this is WITH Amex's 60% bonus). Another issue with Aeromexico is that they pass on fuel surcharges and impose a minimum $25 award booking fee.
Lot of nuances to consider when booking award travel!
@@realprofessoroak No, you got it wrong, maybe you should have read the fine print. AeroMexico uses kilometers for their point system. So yes, the Amex is a 1 point to 1 mile transfer but since Aero Mexico is using kilometers, the rate then is 1 to 1.6.
@@FelixCervantes @Professor Oak I believe they switched from km to premier points recently so that's fine. However, it looks like Aeromexico uses both fixed and dynamic pricing. For the JFK-LAX on Feb 28 trip as shown in the vid, it costs 27,800AM points + $44 in taxes. With Amex's bonus, that would be 18k Amex points, which is still way more than Delta's 12.5k miles + $6 in taxes.
First time here. Thx for presenting such good content and well organized! Question about booking Virgin with Flying Blue. I can see business class availability on Virgin’s site but don’t see the same flight on Flying Blue/AF. Maybe Virgin doesn’t release as many flights to partners. I was searching LAX LHR.
I've noticed this as well with certain partner airlines, but the best way to verify would be to call Flying Blue to confirm they can secure an award flight on Virgin for the service you're looking for. Sometimes business/upper class is just not listed which can be frustrating
I wish you would focus on more economy or at least include it in each example , more of us that watch these videos are not looking for luxury but good deals to bring the family
Not sure how to use Aeromexico points to book Delta. There seems to be no flights. (Used IAH to LAX as example this July)
having a hard time with this as well. Don't know how to "transfer" within airline partner alliances
You can’t, I just called them, they cannot book other airlines with awards
Wait I think it’s better to transfer to Virgin the to ANA
It’s only like 45k for business class one way
This definitely one of the better redemptions for business class with AMEX points
Definitely going to take a trip to Japan this summer. Is the VX card works the same on "transfer partners"?
Thank you so much for your video, I am overwhelmed though. Is it better to book round trip rather than one way?
Generally, it's more convenient and cost-effective to book a round-trip award ticket since the pricing for most services is round trip, although there are standard award charts that have one-way pricing as well. Hope that helps.
Best Amex Point Use Video on RUclips. Couple questions however: As far as Lufthansa first class flights to Europe via Avianca Life Miles. 1) How did you get even see Lufthansa first class flights? I searched JFK,BOS, EWR ATL,MIA, ORD, MCO Everything east coast USA is only business class to Frankfurt or Munich. 2) How do you see if there is award availability for business class seats on Lufthansa? I can NOT even search for US to Europe routing on Avianca life Miles website. Do you call them on phone? Please explain how these deals can be had. Thanks again!
The standard award charts are available on their website but the only way to confirm award ticket availability is to call Avianca. Their website's native search tool isn't great and doesn't show all available flight awards.
United is part of the Star alliance and they will not allow star alliance partners to transfer or use other partners awards points.
I’m not legal and can only fly domestic I’m thinking at front the golf amrd to get points, but i would fly united of American Airlines because that’s what Dulles has how do i use point for united if i can transfer them directly
How do I use Aeromexico points to book a delta flight?
I’m planning on booking my October Korea trip but wasn’t sure to look for two one-ways or one round trip. People say it’s best to book 2 one-way because of the risk of the outbound flight getting cancelled. What do you think? Kinda conflicted which to do when browsing flights right now
For your second international ( flying blue to virgin atlantic) do you book on the flying blue website or the virgin Atlantic website?
How do you book delta flights with Aeromexico points
How come when I go on the websites it only allows me to book international flights
I tried booking from Minneapolis to Dallas but as soon as i put in Minneapolis in departure it doesnt show any domestic flights on the destination what am i doing wrong? This is on aeromexico.
wifi won't doesn't count towards the amex airline incident credit.
can I hire you to be my amex points advisor lol (super serious)
Is Aero Mexico Transfer still the best way to get around the Delta Transfer fees which is 0.01 cents Per mile and a 30$ transaction fee?
I’m transferring miles from chase sapphire to flying blue. Do you know if I can then transfer them to Korean air?
How does Delta see the Aero Mexico points? If a Delta flight is 40k points and I only have 39k points in Delta, how do I use 1k from Aero Mexico.
Thank you so much for the video! How does cancellation work for award flights through a different airline (e.g., booking Taipei flight on Singapore Krisflyer)? If you cancel do they still give you the full miles back?
Glad you found it useful! For cancellations with Singapore Airlines (Krisflyer Award Flights) right now, there is a $75 fee for cancelling Saver fares, and a $50 fee for cancelling Advantage fares.
Super helpful, thank you@@realprofessoroak !
Hello great video … what is the name of the website that shows the different award programs for flight
Thanks, the website is AwardHacker. I'd still confirm by referencing the award charts/calling the airline to confirm the information there is accurate though
how to buy delta from aerimexico
How do I book delta with Aeromexico points?
my head is spinning. pls help flying into Rome leaving from Barcelona May 2024 from Texas
for the domestic flights through Aeromexico, would you book the delta flights through the aeromexico website, or through the actual delta website?
Same question here!!! AM will only allow me to price international flights
@@randomrayray8517 yeah i am surprised he didnt' cover this in the video -- very confusing.
I have a lot of United miles, is there any video you made on booking buisness class with another airline using United miles? If I were to do this on United, it says i need to use 200k miles each way from ATL to ICN or NRT. Thank you.
When I get the chance I will certainly try to make a video about the best routes to Japan using points/miles but unfortunately I have been really busy with work lately. The sweet spots to Japan from the United States often involve booking a positioning flight which means getting yourself to a major airport that services Japan (for example LAX or SFO that offers direct service to NRT or HND. Off the top of my head I would recommend trying looking at Star Alliance partners using United as the platform to search award tickets to Japan with your United miles.
I have been trying to follow your methods to book flights using both Capital One and American Express, first through trying to find airlines that I can directly transfer my miles to, then going through the Star alliance partners.First of all, if you cannot transfer your American Express or your Capital One points directly to the airline that's the cheapest you want to use, you have to book the flight through the partner. for example, Lufthansa does not partner with either credit card, so you cannot directly transfer your points. You have to use a partner. I called Lufthansa and held a flight and assumed I could book the same flight giving the partner my reservation code. No such luck! they would not let me transfer miles to them from the partner to Lufthansa, you have to book the flight through the partner. But it turns out there's almost no seats available for the Star alliance to book! Whereas Lufthansa has a few seats. it's kind of like a lost leader. The airlines that American Express primarily uses to go to Europe are so expensive that it's not worth it when I use the star alliance partners to try to book the flight , The airlines give them very limited award point seats. I cannot book the same flight that lufthans is allowing you to book with points so it's a big scam. It's really not as easy as you make it sound.. airlines have it all figured out they're not giving anything away..
Booking through partner alliances requires a lot of luck and patient. I know my friends book their ticket at least an year in advance. The airline companies only release 1 or 2 seats a week or so for these alliances points redemption. So it’s really hard to book it. It takes a lot of energy for sure
New platinum card holder here and I’m close to reaching the $6000 spend. Do you know if things like the $189 clear membership and $200 fee credit count towards reaching the signup bonus?
For more context I’ve paid about $4500 to American Express due to my payments, but I have about $5500 worth of spend but the credits offset a lot. Just wondering Great video!
Yes, the AMEX Platinum benefits that are returned as statement credits count towards the minimum spend requirement. The annual fee, however, does not count towards the MSR.
im still very confused.. so i can convert amex points to aeromexico points and use that to book a delta flight to fly in the US?
Yes, so it's a matter of transferring your AMEX points to an airline alliance partner and then booking with the airline you are looking to travel on if there is award pricing available. I'm going to make a video doing a step by step breakdown here soon that may help.
great ill be on the lookout! @@realprofessoroak
Can anyone tell me how to get my points from singapore airline to United airline with star alliance? I still Dont get it
You don't have to move your points twice, you just use them on Singapore's website to book United flights through the Star Alliance. There should be a tab on the results when you look up flights for "Star Alliance" flights in the search results. That way you can use your KrisFlyer miles to book United flights.
How do you actually find award availability with Aeromexico for Delta flights though? I wish you would have showed that in the video (i rewatched in case i missed it)
To search or book partner awards with Aeromexico, you actually have to call them since there is no option to search partner award flights on their website
@@realprofessoroak ah ok, thank you for your quick reply on that! So is it that all Delta flights are available through them and you just have to call after checking Delta? Or is it like only a few are available and you won't even know if your flight is available until you call?
@@Lnetta2Lteezy Airlines (including SkyTeam) generally allocate a certain number of seats per flight for award tickets so even though it may show on Delta's website, there might not be an available award seat left. That being said, Aeromexico Club Premier will hold an award ticket for you so if when you call they can confirm there is one available for the dates you are looking to travel, they can hold it while you have your points transferred to redeem that ticket. Hopefully that helps
@@realprofessoroak this is definitely helpful, thank you so much. 🙂
@@Lnetta2Lteezy You're welcome!
aint no way
how come I don't see book with miles on ANA?
Since ANA is a Star Alliance member, you can book from any partner to ANA. If you're booking with ANA's own Mileage Club, you'll need an AMC account to reserve/purchase an international flight award. It should be under the section for "International Flight Awards"
@@realprofessoroak Gotcha, thank you!
How can you book from singapore airlines to united?
When you look on Singapore's website, under "Book" there is an option for "Redeem Flights". If the redemption search results don't show the United flight you're looking for, you would have to call Singapore to use your KrisFlyer miles for that ticket redemption
@@realprofessoroak thank youuu
@@nikkifrankss97 You're welcome!
Does the united hack still work?
As of now, yes it does still work for United TravelBank
@@realprofessoroak Update? looking to fly United in July and was going to use this Hack!
Is there a way to transfer Aeromexico points to Delta Miles? If so, how to do this? I’m curious on how this will work.
Delta actually doesn't allow mile transfers from any other airline partners, although of course you can use Aeromexico CP points on any SkyTeam airline including Delta
@@realprofessoroak How do we do this? How do we use AeroMexico miles/points on a Delta flight?
@@tallto I am wondering the same thing. Yes I move miles to aeromexico then how do I book the flight? Is it through aeromexico or delta? I am confused
Can 70,000 points get me two tickets round trip to vegas
Absolutely, 70,000 points is a lot depending on where you are traveling from
Yeah but you forgot fees! Fees!
Singapore airlines is way better than United for international travel.
This is not correct, you cannot book other airlines when transferring points to Aeromexico, I just called them and they do not book other airlines even if they belong to the same alliance.
HELP! I have 135K MR points with Platinum, want to transfer points to AeroMexico to book domestic travel with Delta, but need step by step tutorial HOW TO DO IT. Can you help? Sub'd, thanks in advance!
that Japan flight is a STEAL
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Wrong information i did excatly what u said trasfer amex points to aero mexico then made detla sky account and try to shop with points it said not elligable and i called delta sky miles they said they dont accept any partner points !!! I just wasted 125K points now plz get ur facts right
You need to call AeroMexico to book your delta flight not book through Delta directly 😧
flying blue sucks