Good morning everyone. Hope you had a good Mother's Day weekend.
I am going to ask a question for which there is probably an answer already been posted here and elsewhere on the web, but I am dumb and can't figure it out.
I need to book a flight from NY City to Prague using reward points/miles. I have American Airline AAdvantage miles and AmEx Member Rewards. The flight I originally planned to book on AA using AAdvantage miles is no longer available and I can't figure out how to use AmEx rewards with transferring to airlines alliance partners and booking that way.
What I need is a flight from NY City (JFK, LGA, EWR) to Prague (PRG) on either August 16 or 17, evening flight preferred.
For OneWorld Alliance, when I am searching AA for award flights right now I only get flights with either 2 stops or 8hr layovers. I'd like something better than that.
For StarAlliance, I am searching United site for available award flights and I see flights operated by Austrian Airlines, TAP Airlines, and Polish Airlines that seem to 'cost' 30K of United points plus about $40. This is perfect. But, how do I get United points if United is not an AmEx transfer partner; Singapore, ANA, and Canada are. And if I transfer AmEx ponts to Singapore or ANA, how do I get them to United? How do I actually book a flight.
On Travel Miles 101 facebook page I was told to "Lots of one-stop availability on Star Alliance on both dates. Transfer 27.5K MR to Singapore or 37.5K to Aeroplan" and I can't figure out what that means, how to find it, and how to book it. I haven't seen anything with 27.5K or 37.5K miles at all. Only 30K on both AA and United.
Also, are there any other places/way to search for this ticket? I've read posts by ThePointGuy, Travel Miles 101, and some others, and I still can't figure out the logistics of it.
If anyone is willing to help this dummy (me!) please remember to speak slowly and on a 3rd grade level. Thank you in advance for the help.