Flights that you book using avios are called reward flights. British airways executive club is the program with which you are booking your award flight. American airlines and british airways are both part of the oneworld alliance, which means they have access to each others award flight availability and you can book flights with each others miles or points. How do you use avios points to book with american airlines. You can transfer ultimate rewards or amex membership rewards to british airways and then use british airways avios to book american. That page takes you to the pretty, yet useless, calculator page. Richmond savers and cardratings may receive a commission from card issuers. British airways will show american airlines flights on their booking system and you book them like any ba redemption.
How to fly to hawaii with british airways avios points. If youre new to british airways avios, the mileage currency of the british airways executive club frequent flyer program, you may be looking for tips on how to maximize your miles for free flights, or even how to search and book avios award flights. Award travel book now book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. Book us airways flights with british airways avios.
You can book flights with iberia for yourself or for whoever you want in exchange for your avios. Then click get flights to continue to the next page. Most of the time when american airlines has milesaaver availability you can book the same award flight on using avios. The good news is, you dont have to fly on british airways aircraft with your avios. Pay for the flights using your avios you just need to pay the taxes fees and charges with cash. British airways executive club avios to book american airlines flight in us, lounge access. For aer lingus flights, you can book with british airways or aer lingus. So the cost of this award ticket is priced by british airways executive club, not american airlines. How to book aer lingus flights with british airways avios.
How to book vueling flights using avios tricks of the trade. February 5, 2014 by brad 31 comments richmond savers has partnered with cardratings for our coverage of credit card products. You cant actually book aa flights using iberia miles right now. How to book american airlines flights with avios points. Enjoy your avios and use them to get a discount when you book your tickets. You can search and book award flights on all of the carriers fellow oneworld members. Mileage value was good on both trips i was booking a business class flight from lima, peru lim to amsterdam schipol ams and a return economy flight. Once the avios are in your account, its time to book your flight. Depending on your departure city, it could be cheaper to use avios than to book with american airlines using aa miles. Spend them on leisure offers, or purchase goods from the more than 90 partners you have at your disposal. My last experience of booking a vueling flight, about a year ago, was a bit of a horror story. Going by the british airways points chart, flights to these regions will typically fall within the range of 7.
Earlier this week i booked a vueling flight using avios and thought it would be a good idea to share some details about the booking process as there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of information out there about this i didnt want to book this flight. In addition, booking domestic aa flights with avios can preserve your aa miles as a part of a mileage conservation strategy. If youre short of avios points to redeem the flight you require we wouldnt advise using the purchase avios option, which works out at a rate of 3. One of the cheapest ways to book a domestic flight in the u.
Now select book a reward flight and tap on choose your reward. Basically, if you booked british airways flights via american airlines, you must use american aadvantage miles to upgrade. As we mentioned in the american airlines article, the british airways award chart is based on distance, so for short, direct. Save miles by using british airways avios to book american. It may seem counterintuitive, but there are times when you want to use one type of airline mile to fly on one of its alliance partners. According to the great circle mapper the flight from ricord is only 642 miles in distance and fits into zone 1 on the ba award chart, but since it originates in the us this flight is actually 7,500 avios. How to book american airlines flights with british airways avios. If you booked american flights via british airways, you must use avios to upgrade. We discuss why you should book award flights on american airlines using avios from british airways and how you can save yourself a few frequent flyer miles when doing so. Last time i did that was march 2019, however something happen and i cant do it anymore. What if i book an aa economy flight within the us with avios, do i have lounge access as well. If youre using british airways avios to book an american airlines flight, american airlines is operating your flight. You can get some great deals on flights that are normally more expensive. Youll need to click the one way only box if you want to book a oneway flight.
Book american airline flights with british airways avios. How to book it you can find american airlines and alaska airlines award flights on the american airlines website. To begin with, click on the british airline account and tap on executive club and select spending avios under it. Select your preferred option from the search results and then click continue at the bottom. And passengers of american airlines can use avios points of british airlines to book seats. Later in this is post, ill explain why you want to book aer lingus award flights with british airways rather than aer lingus. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. Read and agree to the terms on the next page, clicking continue again to progress. There are hundreds of options where its going to be cheaper to book american airlines awards with british airways avios. You do it exactly the same way that you would when booking avios redemption flights on british airways. You will need to book these flights through your ba account, not aa.
Cancelling avios flights the british airways avios. Collecting avios and tier points on flights executive club british. For several months last year, booking aa flights via iberia wasnt available. How do you book american airlines flights with avios.
Book american airline flights with british airways avios the points. You can pay for your flights with a combination of avios and cash, whether you book through iberia. Fly with british airways, iberia, american airlines and our oneworld and other airline partners. One of my favorite ways to use british airways avios points is to book domestic award flights with american. How to book award flights using british airways avios. How to find award availability with iberia avios one. Avios to book american airlines flight in us, lounge. If you plan on flying aa flights look to book with avios on. British airways charges 7,500 avios for a nonstop award flight within north america that covers up to 650 miles in distance or 9,000 avios for one up to 1,151 miles. How to book iberia with american express points point me. How to redeem aadvantage miles for flights on us and our partners. How to book american airlines award flight using british.
These flights start at just 11,000 iberia avios roundtrip when you can often expect to pay 15,000 miles or more using either british airways or american airlines miles for the exact same flight. The biggest news and best part about this change is that you can now use british airways avios to book award flights on us airways. This is because american charges you 22,500 miles each way and avios will only charge you,000 miles each way representing a 9,500mile saving per person, round trip. You can use british airways avios to book on american airlines planes flights. A brilliant guide to british airways upgrades using avios. A friend asked me if i could do a post on using british airways avios for flying on american airlines flights. Im ba silver, so when i book a flight with ba i have lounge access no matter if eco or business or first class. As i recently wrote in an article on how to book american airlines with avios, the taxes on these flights are incredibly cheap. And folks in dallas will pay 2,500 fewer points in coach with british airways avios points, but for business class and first class, its cheaper to use united airlines miles. Starting on march 31, 2014, us airways officially joined the oneworld alliance as part of its merger with american airlines. Guide to booking flights with british airways avios points. How to book american airlines flights with british airways. This is the step in the aviosamerican award booking. Similarly, you can upgrade a ba flight booked with american, but you can only do so using the points currency of the airline you booked with.
All upgrades using avios are subject to availability. I will give you a wiz tip on how to save valuable time and find british airways award flight via american airlines. If youve used any airline website ever, you would think that after logging in to your iberia account, you would simply click on the link under your profile that says book flights with avios. Using british airways avios points for amazing reward values.
You are using avios to book an american airlines flight through british airways. Under the book with avios tab you can enter your flight details including the cities, dates, class of travel, and the number of passengers. We show you how to do it and explain how many points you will need to book. You cant use iberia miles to book american airlines. One of the best reasons for using avios to book american airlines is the significantly reduced associated taxes for us domestic flights, with a return flight requiring a payment of just. How to book american airlines flights with chase or amex. Book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. One of the most common desires for using avios to book american flights is to get to hawaii from the west coast.
Using the book flights with avios tool can take more time because the booking calendar and flight options are spread across several pages, and are not the easiest to navigate. How to book alaska airlines flights with british airways. Whenever and wherever you fly, you can earn avios with british airways, our oneworld alliance partners and our other airline partners. Book a roundtheworld trip with one world explorer, opens another site in a new window that may not meet accessibility guidelines. A beginners guide to using british airways avios the. How to book award flights using british airways avios the points guy. You pay avios plus a cash amount to cover the taxes, fees and carrier charges. The easiest method for earning avios is to earn chase or american express points and then transfer them to british airways executive club. Go to, log in to the british airways executive club section and then go to the avios booking page. American airlines, on the other hand, typically requires 12,500 miles for all domestic awards that cover more than 500 miles in. How can i book american airlines flights with british airways avios. Go to the website, select the option to book with avios and you will be able to book an american airlines flight using avios on the british airways website. You pay with your avios plus a cash amount for taxes, fees and carrier charges. In theory, booking american airlines flights with british airways avios is very straightforward.
American airlines awards are bookable through iberia again. Compare 7,500 avios with the earlier screenshot from that showed 12,500 american airlines. Using british airways avios to book american airlines tickets. Save thousands of points when you use british airways avios for flights on american airlines to hawaii aulani. As a followup to our article on how to book american airlines flights with british airways avios miles using british airways avios miles for sweet spot redemptions, heres a stepbystep tutorial on how to book alaska airlines flights with british airways avios. Save points on flights to mexico by using british airways avios. American airlines recently reduced the miles required for flights under 500 flights miles to 7,500 miles each way, so you could book this same flight on american for 15,000 american miles round trip in economy.
You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our oneworld and other partner airlines, wherever theres availability. A situation in which this would be even better would be when redeeming avios for american airlines domestic flights within the us. It can save thousands of miles compared to using american aadvantage miles for the exact same flights. The 8 best ways to redeem iberia plus avios for max value. Iberia points with other oneworld companies iberia.
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