LAX to LIH Award Options – AA | One Mile at a Time

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Anonymous Guest

June 24, 2019, 12:52 pm

Hi All,

I’m wondering how best to pay for an American Airlines flight from LAX to LIH (Kauai) in late August. I’m new to points transfers so I wanted to make sure I’m going with the best choice. Here are my options (listed as per person costs, but will be paying for 2 people incl. me):

1) Pay $205 for each ticket in Main Cabin ($410 total) – receive free checked bags (two total, so I would save $60) through Platinum AA status

2) Redeem 12K AA award miles + $5.60 for each Main Cabin ticket (24K total), but my balance on AA is currently 5,000 miles so I would need to transfer 60K Marriott points (3:1 transfer ratio) to cover – receive free checked bags (two total, so I would save $60) through Platinum AA status

3) Redeem 13K Avios for each Main Cabin ticket (26K total), transferring AmEx rewards points to cover and pay additional $60 for checked bags as AA elite status does not apply to Avios award flights.

Thanks for your help!
Jeff

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