r/pointstravel

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

How do I get more delta points and best way to accumulate them?

I have 100K Amex points and 300K Chase Sapphire points. I can transfer from either account. Which one would you recommend? Looking to transfer 80K

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

I was traveling for the last two weeks so I unfortunately missed out on the news of Amtrak as a new transfer partner until this week. I heard it's a good addition. I am planning on taking several Amtrak this coming year and wondering if it makes sense to transfer points over to them. I haven't quite figured out what the cpp value is. I haven't done any points transfer yet with bilt but Amtrak sounds like one of those partners I see myself using a bit more often than others. I have the bilt palldium if that means much.

I am planning my next trip and this time I plan to visit China. I have not actually chosen where in China yet, but as long as I get to mainland or even HK I can do the rest.

Earlier this year I flew to Japan with ANA first using MR and of course it was excellent. I was looking into options for China and came across ANA again, but I am a bit confused on the best option.

The best deal by far with ANA is USA to Shanghai/HK with a stop in Tokyo. In the off season this seems to be 57k each way business. 7k more than straight to Japan.

Unfortunately, unless I am mistaken, I think this will be nearly impossible to book. This is because the flight to China is always a day later than the initial flight, meaning I wouldn't be able to book until a day later than a flight straight to Japan.

My current plan with that in mind is just to get business to Tokyo and then pay out of pocket cash for an economy to China and then the same to return.

Before I started proceeding with this I thought I would ask here. I appreciate any input!

Please help me understand or tell me what I'm doing wrong.

I have 113K points with Chase. I need to go to Melbourne, AUS next spring. Dates are flexible. I've missed the opening rewards opportunity, so I'm watching for reasonable fares I can use some points with money. Here's an example of how I get frustrated. I see a nice looking deal on Air New Zealand in Premium Economy. I don't have any point with them directly. Chase does not transfer to them directly. However, they are a part of the Star Alliance, as is United, which Chase does transfer directly to. I thought the strategy is to go to United and search for a flight that Air New Zealand operates, book that ticket after transfering my points to United. The problem is I never see the flight LAX-MEL operated by Air New Zealand because United has enough of their own flights on that route.

Am I understanding how the process works? Am I missing some search option to see Air New Zealand flights on the United site? Will this never work because United is "too big" with it's numerous routes? Will this never work because United is the only member of the Star Alliance that Chase transfers to?

Thanks for any help you can give me, including tips on getting to Melbourne from LAX. :-)