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The well known downside of using British Airways Avios is their fuel surcharges, especially on flights to Europe. As I've said before, when redeeming miles British Airways will not only pass along the airport taxes (like all airlines), but also include fuel as a surcharge. This is a major problem because the fuel surcharges can be astronomical when you fly on British Airways itself (instead of redeeming for a partner flight). Yet, British Airways is one of the biggest airlines in the OneWorld alliance, maybe the biggest. A flight that would cost $30 using American Airline miles will run $300...
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You have 100,000 or more American Express Membership Rewards Points from various offers but when you go to membershiprewards.com there are seemingly 100 transfer options! Let me help narrow down the right transfer option for you.
First, in my opinion, there are no transfer options as valuable as almost any of the airline options. But I'm going to assume that this is understood and the debate is between which airline and which hotel. Still, I'm going to say the hotel options are not good either - not even before Hilton gave up on their rewards program. So let's narrow it...
Read moreI love Marriott Rewards, but certainly have my opinion on how to use your points. Hopefully this is a timely post to many as my post You Could Have Free Marriott Platinum Status Tomorrow seems to be more popular. There are many ways to save Marriott points, use them for upgrades and you'll hear my opinion on how the Ritz Carlton is a waste... but if you don't read anything else scroll down and read about the Points + Air option - it costs a lot of points but provides a phenomenal value.
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