Best US to Europe routes for finding AA award space with partner miles
The following list shows the number of days over the coming year in which I found nonstop business class award space for two to Europe flying American Airlines. This list is limited to routes where I found at least 20 dates available.
New York (JFK) to London (LHR): 74 days
Chicago (ORD) to London (LHR): 58 days
Charlotte (CLT) to Munich (MUC): 42 days
New York (JFK) to Barcelona (BCN): 39 days
Charlotte (CLT) to Frankfurt (FRA): 37 days
Dallas (DFW) to Rome (FCO): 32 days
New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG): 31 days
New York (JFK) to Rome (FCO): 31 days
Charlotte (CLT) to Rome (FCO): 28 days
Raleigh Durham (RDU) to London (LHR): 29 days
Boston (BOS) to London (LHR): 28 days
Philadelphia (PHL) to London (LHR): 25 days
Best Europe to US routes for finding AA award space with partner miles
The following list shows the number of days over the coming year in which I found nonstop business class award space for two from Europe to the United States flying American Airlines. This list is limited to routes where I found at least 20 dates available.
London (LHR) to New York (JFK): 189
London (LHR) to Raleigh Durham (RDU): 75
Rome (FCO) to New York (JFK): 71
Madrid (BCN) to New York (JFK): 69
Frankfurt (FRA) to Charlotte (CLT): 69
London (LHR) to Los Angeles (LAX): 68
London (LHR) to Chicago (ORD): 63
Barcelona (BCN) to New York (JFK): 49
Amsterdam (AMS) to Philadelphia (PHL): 45
Madrid (MAD) to New York (JFK): 44
London (LHR) to Boston (BOS): 43
Zurich (ZRH) to Philadelphia (PHL): 38
London (LHR) to Philadelphia (PHL): 37
London (LHR) to Dallas (DFW): 29
Frankfurt (FRA) to Dallas (DFW): 24
Dublin (DUB) to Philadelphia (PHL): 22
Award Booking
Alaska Airlines charges as little as 45,000 miles plus $19 to fly business class from some east coast cities to western Europe on American Airlines
In many cases, American Airlines‘ own miles are best for booking AA award flights. However, AA doesn’t have an award chart for its own flights, so its unpredictable whether AA or a partner airline is best. If you have AA miles it will always make sense to check AA’s own prices before booking through a partner airline.
As to partners…
From the east coast, Alaska awards start at only 45K one-way to western Europe. That’s an awesome deal! Prices increase with longer distance flights.
If you want to use Avios, booking through Qatar is probably your best bet. As with Alaska, you can expect to pay more for longer distance flights.
Another good option may be to book with Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. Unfortunately, when booking AA flights this needs to be done by calling or messaging Cathay Pacific.
Check out the prices charged by different Avios currencies for business class from JFK to London on American Airlines:
British Airways Avios: 62,000 + $1,002.30
Iberia Avios: 62,000 + $232.80
Qatar Avios: 62,000 + $237.30
Even though Iberia is a tiny bit cheaper than Qatar, Iberia’s partner awards are non-changeable and non-cancelable. With Qatar you can change or cancel for only $25 per person up to 24 hours before departure.
Here are the programs that can be used to transfer to each of the airline miles discussed above:
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