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I had to fly BLR to USA and back in dec 2026, needed to find best and cheapest miles redemption

Searched krisflyer , flying blue , Qatar, air India , Va etc , it was time consuming to check daily - seats aero free search Is cached and no live search , so tried their pro version

In couple days while searching found my sweet spot Qatar via American Airlines was cheapest 40k pts + 48$ tax

Now I have pro version which I won’t use which will expire in a month , fellow cc geeks anyone needs a n advanced search query let me know

Hi all ,

With 2 months to go , I had a USA trip to plan for Dec 2026 , I had 160k Amex points in October 2026 , the revenue rates were crazy high for the holiday season . Below is what I redeemed , cc geeks any other better options which I can use next time ?

BLR - SFO 27000 Pts VA + 205 Pound tax

Transferred 60000 Amex to 48000 VA as the Amex card point segregation seem to be happening soon so I still have 21k VA left

LAX - BLR 51000 Avios + 165 USD tax

Transferred 1l Amex points to Qatar privilege club at 2:1 ratio as seats were limited only 1 saver from lax to blr on 24 dec , American Airlines was available at 40k pts + 48$ tax , but the transfer of Amex to marriot to AA at 3:1 would take around 1 week , couldn’t wait so long hoping seats remain

What I love about redemptions is the cancellation fees are nominal compared to revenue tickets in OTA’s