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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Paris with Points

We waited a long time and took a lot of trips to other amazing places before we finally visited Paris, and boy were we missing out. Even though Wei and I don’t love French food, we absolutely love wine, cheese, and bread, and we could spend months just visiting different cafes and eating those three things.

We’ve researched a one-way flight from Los Angeles to Paris for just 30k miles, which is normally how many miles it could cost to fly from LA to Houston.

If you want to take a flight with points, fill out our Free Dream Trip: Free Credit Card Consultation, and you will see your report produced just like this one.

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Home Aiport *
Ont /Lax
How Did You Hear About This?
  • Youtube
Do you have trip coming up? If not, what is your dream trip? Let us know how many people and where you want to visit. *
Dream trip Paris me and my wife, maybe next year family vacation to New York total of people 5 all adults
How do you want to fly there?
Economy / Cheapest
How do you want to fly home?
Economy / Cheapest
How are you traveling?
Family
How many airline miles or points do you currently have? Please list them out *
60,000 Delta miles / 106,000 Chase points. My wife has 15,000 Amex points…. My Southwest card I have zero points
Which Credit Cards Do You Have? *
  • Chase Freedom Unlimited
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred
  • Delta Airlines Card
  • Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express
List Any Additional Cards
We both have the IHG card I have about 91,000 points and she has about 92,000 points.
How many cards have you applied for in the last 24 months?
4
How much could you reasonably spend per month in total on credit cards?
$1000-$3000

Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Bangkok

Searching for flights on Google in April, on the legacy carriers like Delta, United and Airfrance, it’s a whopping $1,761 each way. You can fly on a budget airline like Norwegian, but that experience is less than ideal.

Instead, if we use points, we can get this same flight for just 30k miles or $.0587 per point. Let’s find out how to book these flights and where…

42.5k American Express Miles on Airfrance

If you have Amex points in your account, you can easily transfer them Airfrance, one of the transfer partners of the Membership Rewards program.

To find your flight, start your search on Airfrance, and then once you identify the best routes and pricing, transfer your points to Airfrance.

30k Chase Miles on United

Getting Chase miles can sometimes be more difficult, but the redemptions can be a lot stronger than with Amex, and that’s why I always recommend having an Amex and a Chase card, so you can take advantage of the best transfer partners for your flights.

We found this United flight for just 30k miles, and of course United is a transfer partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards.

How to Get 100k United Points

Based on the current cards you have, our recommendation is to get the Chase Ink Business Preferred Credit Card, which has an 100k sign up bonus, when you spend $15k in the first 3 months, easily enough points for a 2 roundtrip flights in the US with bonus points left over.

How to get 100k American Express Points

I was browsing Instagram the other day when I came across an ad for the The Platinum Card from American Express card and a 100k point welcome bonus. Those 100k points are enough for 1 roundtrip flight to Paris plus some miles leftover.

To see if you qualify for this offer or any other of the highest paying Amex bonuses, use the CardMatch tool. It’s free, it doesn’t pull your credit and it’s the best way to get the most Amex points.

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