The most interesting part might be that they still kind of have their old distance based award chart (stick around until the end). (travelisfree.com)
British Airways uses distance based award chart, so the number of miles needed from New York to India would be less than the miles needed from Los Angeles to India. (takeoffwithmiles.com)
Alaska also just launched a new distance based award chart for their own award flights meaning that flights under 700 miles on Alaska metal can be as cheap as 5,000 miles. (milestalk.com)