Travel gurus, need advice. Trying to book two business class RT from HYD to ORD for parents. Exact dates are flexible from mid-April 2019 to mid-July. Have 70K AA, 330k AmEx, 700k Marriott. Recs?

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Here is what I would do:
Go to BA - check ticket availability (you can find flights with AA, BA and Etihad)
Transfer 1:1 from Amex to BA and then book.
I think you can score 2 Business Class round trips in ~300K BA Avios

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Below is a sample from United. Looks like the trip from hyd to ord is amazing. All the return trips look horrible. Maybe you can split book and book them on air India via United on the way to ord and send them back via AA/Qatar?

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ORD to HYD

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Consider Gary Leff's book your award service well worth the fee

Not sure if the Marriott points will help
Let’s see what the recs are

On an above point, you could transfer Marriott points as well, but the transfer redemption is pretty bad, so I’d not use Marriott points

Thanks M1! I've heard taxes and fees are high with BA award travel, any way around that?

Call the BA helpline - they have additional routes as well, which someone don’t show up online

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The key is to book ahead of time, airlines release seats up to 330 days ahead of time. Those are all the saver level awards, eg biz to Europe is only 70k + $50-$100 taxes depending on what airport you fly in/out of

Best is Amex —> Aeroplan (instant transfer) and look up star alliance AKA Air India for good award availability with very low co-pay.

United RT business should be 85k x 4

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