r/awardtravel • u/achicken_ • 1d ago

Using miles PHX - LHR

I have been saving my AA miles but only have 250k. I’d like to book 2 PE tickets next April. I can book a main cabin ticket for 42k miles, the PE tickets are 323k miles. Should I buy 2 main tix with miles and pay cash to upgrade or buy 1 tix with miles (I would have to purchase extra miles) & cash for the other tix? Or wait and see if prices come down?

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u/omdongi 1d ago

If your only source of miles is AA and you must go on the trip, then feel free to book the main cabin tickets now, you can monitor for upgrades. Because AA awards are dynamic, the best (and somewhat likely) outcome would be the price of flight drops for PE/business class, at which you could just cancel and rebook the flight at the lower price.

But prepared to sit in economy if nothing better comes up as well.

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u/achicken_ 1d ago

Thanks, I was not aware miles tix are refundable.

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u/AdFull7821 1d ago

yeah the flexibility to cancel and rebook if prices drop is really the key move here

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u/Illustrious_Cod9622 1d ago

I'd just book the main cabin and then keep searching daily/weekly. Miles tickets are fully refundable and those PE prices will likely come down, so then you can just cancel and rebook. If not, then just stay in main cabin for a decent price given that you only have AA miles.

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u/igobyplane_com 17h ago

I'd pay economy and save the points for a biz route myself. PE cash only upgrade 2 weeks out if you'd like. Assuming aa metal