Airmiles Consolidation

A question about : Airmiles Consolidation

Hello, I have a small stash of Avios (7500), I have some Virgin miles and I have some Flying Blue miles, along with a stack of AMEX points (60,000). I want to put them into one scheme which should provide more chance of free flights; my choice would be Virgin to go to the States. Has anyone combined their miles before and what's the best scheme to go for? Thanks.

Best answers:

• you cannot combine miles between these programs
• You won't be getting free flights with them because taxes and other fees will still get charged.
  I'd suggest:
  1) Getting the Avios up to 9,000 for each return flight to Europe you're likely to book (so 18,000 for two seats).
  2) Pricing up the number of Virgin miles needed for posher seats across the pond an focus on achieving that ASAP.
• 7.5k is indeed small. As has been said, the flights you redeem are not free. You select the bucket and pay the taxes, but the reward redemption is based on the bucket fare.
  I've just booked VS UC 'G fare' (free in your terminology) return to Barbados. It was 100K miles and Ј448 taxes per adult.
• The reward saver flights come at a far reduced tax/fees rates, which brings you far closer to a free flight with just a few more miles.
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• my statement should have been you cannot transfer the miles directly between these programs; Flying Blue, Avios and Virgin
  How many Flying Blue miles do you have? enough for a shorthaul flight?