Hello!
I’m booking flights for my honeymoon, and my fiancé really wants to fly Polaris (neither of us have ever experienced that luxury). A flight from ORD to Paris is 310,000 miles or $4,163 (for both - one way).

I currently have 198,384 Skymiles (merely Silver status) and 182,037 Venture X Rewards. Despite being a good consultant, I’m horrible at points management and finding the deals. Does anyone have advice on how to make this happen without forking over $4K after all wedding expenses?

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“Despite being a good consultant.” Lol.

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There’s an argument to be made that I’m actually not a good consultant because of my subpar points and credit card management

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You can book United economy and buy Polaris upgrade for much cheaper through plus points purchase from this bowl.

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Thanks! This is helpful.

Check point.me.

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Create an Air Canada Aeroplan account. Search for the flight you’re targeting on the air Canada website. You will likely find the flight or very similar at a MUCH lower points cost. You’d then transfer your capital one points to air Canada and book.

If you want Polaris, points use & specific days-you might need flexibility on airport. A short flight to EWR, IAH etc could yield more availability if all other things are covered

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Super psyched and appreciate your willingness to help!

Happy to help point in the right direction if you have more specific questions. I enjoy searching for these deals - happy to take a look myself if you want to give me more specifics via dm

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You can't use Skymiles for United flights.
Capital One doesn't allow transfers to United MileagePlus. Your only option would be to transfer Venture X rewards to one of the Star Alliance airlines such as Singapore or Air Canada and hope they have Polaris availability for you to book

My apologies, my points are actually with MileagePlus and not SkyMiles. Do you have any experience transferring CC puts to an Alliance Partner, then spending it on another Alliance Partner (eg Venture X to Singapore to United)?

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