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1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

Is there an aggregation type of reward airfare site? I'm trying to dig into Chase travel partners and find cheap routes between US and Europe for 4 people and it's a beating..

Use Wikipedia for that. Lookup the name of the airport you are looking to travel to and it will tell you every airline that flies there and from what city. Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations Transfer your points accordingly by alliance. For example, AA is excellent to get overseas but BA usually is not because they charge more tax. But, inter Europe flights on BA from LHR are usually $1 in taxes and less miles than AA.

Any of the airline entries will tell you their European hubs. Rinse and repeat to find direct flights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Metropolitan_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations

Just depends in where you want to go. As long as they have an interline agreement, it’s pretty easy to build a route.

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If you are asking if there is a site that will tell you what travel partner is the best to transfer your points to, I don’t think there is. You just have to search because it’s not always a clear answer. I booked 2 business class tickets from MAD-JFK for 100,000 miles in August for less than $400. This is an anomaly from a mileage perspective but AA would have been much cheaper. We’re flying Iberia, which is a OW partner.

I’ve found a lot of success with Aeroplan from Europe too. It just depends on a specific trip and which days you’re going. The answer is too great for a specific search engine.

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On 3/2/2025 at 9:38 AM, Mother mopar said:

Lounge guy and AA EP flyer, I use this site to plan lounge stops, as I hate tight layovers. 

https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges

I fly AA and live in Corpus.

My layover is DFW.  Full stop. Period.  Then I'll pretty much have a direct flight to where I want to go.

Skylink to D12, down the escalator, right turn and into the Centurion lounge.

 

Although the last 2 times they've had a waiting list.  So I dropped by the Admiral's lounge to get a pregame drink before I got the text to come over.  AMEX has better food (thank you Dean Fearing).

 

But I appreciate the link.  I'm sure I'll need it coming up since we're looking at expanding to international stuff from our organization.

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18 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Is there an aggregation type of reward airfare site? I'm trying to dig into Chase travel partners and find cheap routes between US and Europe for 4 people and it's a beating..

 

15 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

If you are asking if there is a site that will tell you what travel partner is the best to transfer your points to, I don’t think there is. You just have to search because it’s not always a clear answer. I booked 2 business class tickets from MAD-JFK for 100,000 miles in August for less than $400. This is an anomaly from a mileage perspective but AA would have been much cheaper. We’re flying Iberia, which is a OW partner.

I’ve found a lot of success with Aeroplan from Europe too. It just depends on a specific trip and which days you’re going. The answer is too great for a specific search engine.

https://awardlogic.com/

https://www.point.me/

I'm not 100% sure if this is what you are looking for, but I've used both of these sites and found them to be quite helpful.  You can plug in your desires airports and dates and it will let you know what flights are available for what points through whatever award program.  You can filter by program, and once you select something that works for you the site will give you instructions on how to transfer your points, if need be.

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You can always ask on flyertalk. 

There are people who make hobbies or sidejobs out of optimizing your points basket and finding good redemption strategies. 

They usually charge a few hundred, which if you redeem for e.g. 3 premium seats with $10k street value can seem like an absolute bargain. 

Sometimes they launch independent sites which could be like the ones @someguyshared. (I didnt check those sites specifically and havent used these things in ages). 

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17 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

I'm wide open and want to see what's out there. I'm DTW based but I am open to looking out of Chicago, East Coast, West Coast and seeing what routes they have overseas in either direction. 

For cash purchases, registeres flyertalk member get access to Mileage Run Deals and Premium Fare Deals and theres always interesting shit in there if you are fairly flexible

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21 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Is there an aggregation type of reward airfare site? I'm trying to dig into Chase travel partners and find cheap routes between US and Europe for 4 people and it's a beating..

Expert  Flyer or point.me, 

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21 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

Pick a different entry point.

Not sure where you’re headed specifically, but it may be more feasible to land somewhere else there, then take an internal flight.

 

Yep.  Wife and I are going to Spain in September.  Ended up having to go through Mexico City (from Denver) to get good deals.  Got 2 round trip business class tickets from Mexico City to Barcelona on Emirates for just over 300k points, so I'm happy about that.

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On 3/3/2025 at 4:59 PM, thunderlounge said:

Pick a different entry point.

Not sure where you’re headed specifically, but it may be more feasible to land somewhere else there, then take an internal flight.

 

That's what she said.

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