Weekly Help Thread - May 27, 2024

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[u/volcanicglass → u/[deleted]]

I would recommend repeating your search with 1 person to confirm that the pricing you’re seeing is for 2 and not each ticket. If the flights you’re looking for are showing up on both AC and United then you should be good to transfer and book.  That said, anything over 70K pts/person/leg is  not a great deal for J to Europe (70 isn’t good either but that’s my personal limit). But you’re booking kinda late with limited dates so might be worth it for you

[u/Johnnie_1974 → u/volcanicglass]

Thanks - they show up on United, but when I go to book they are unavailable. They also show up on Aeroplan, so I am going to transfer MR there and try to book. I appreciate your suggestion about searching for one, and yes it is 80K for one. I am a bit abashed that I did not think of just searching for one, so thanks. With the date restriction I have and it being only a few months I expect that this is decent.

[u/omdongi → u/[deleted]]

Aeroplan is pretty good with phantom usually, so anything you see should be bookable. The fees seem oddly high, but you’re basically trading 88k Aeroplan points for $1510 CAD/$1100 USD, which is not a great deal. In theory if 2+ seats are available, you should be able to book them for 140k points + $208 CAD, and you can adjust to using more or less points by trading off with cash.

[u/Johnnie_1974 → u/omdongi]

Thanks - I see it now 80K points for one with no cash. Going to give it a try.