Sentences with phrase «ana miles»

People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great redemption options (90,000 miles for business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business class ticket on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous fuel surcharges).

Would Etihad allow one to book those with ANA miles?

Here's my dilemma: I can be poised to check ANA for award availability on United or another Star Alliance partner 356 days in advance of the outbound leg — but if I want to use ANA miles to book a round trip award, don't I have to wait to book until the requisite number of days before the return leg, since ANA doesn't allow one ways?

I am happy the new program did not completely destroy the value of ANA miles, as I still have the chance to fly ANA long haul at fantastic mileage costs.

Another interesting thing is that the price is 65,000 miles to anywhere in Africa / Middle East, making ANA miles the cheapest miles to use to get to anywhere in Africa.

You can get ANA miles from the American Express Membership Rewards program as well as the Starwood Preferred Guest program.

Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints transfer 1:1 to ANA miles, but the transfer is not instant; it usually takes several days to a couple weeks.

The total mileage comes out to 8,083 miles, therefore, I should be able to book this entire trip in business class for 68,000 ANA miles!

Unless you don't mind paying hundreds of dollars for your «free» ticket, avoid using ANA miles on all European partner airlines except LOT and Turkish.

I wouldn't, though, since ANA miles are way too valuable to me.

Some redemption rates are very good, and in many cases your ANA miles can go much further than miles from other U.S. - based frequent flyer programs.

Flying to Europe for 48,000 MileagePlus miles in Economy can only be beat by flying to Europe for 40,000 AAdvantage miles in economy (till May 15), or flying from Boston to Dublin for 25,000 Avios in Economy (50,000 in business), or flying to Europe pretty much at any time of the year for 43,000 ANA miles in economy (68,000 in business).

But you wouldn't find me redeeming ANA miles for these destinations anyway — the best way to use ANA miles in South America was / is (and still will be, to tell you the truth) to «deep» South America: Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.

Drew dissected the best routes that can be booked with ANA miles, so check if you'd be better off booking now rather than later.

Since United does not fly to South Africa, you'll have to pay fuel surcharges if you want to get there with ANA miles.

And this is why I'm keeping my ANA miles intact.

Business class flights to Europe and South America cost 88,000 ANA miles — slightly more expensive after the recent devaluation, but still a bargain, compared to everyone else.

And here is the same ANA flight priced in ANA miles.

My next favorite option would be using ANA miles to book a United flight to Europe and then connecting to my desired city in Scandinavia.

ANA miles aren't always cheaper when you need to book a United or Star partner flight, but if you have a choice, using the miles from the right program can often save you a small fortune.

Would you rather pay 70,000 AA miles for a one - way flight to Hong Kong or 80,000 ANA miles for a roundtrip?

Even better, if you have access to ANA miles, you can fly from New York to Abu Dhabi for a bargain - basement 97,500 miles.

You'll probably have to pay some pretty hefty fuel surcharges unless you get kind of lucky when using ANA miles to get to Africa but paying fees when you only have to spend 104,000 miles is not that bad of a deal.

I recommend Travel Is Free excellent guide to using ANA miles if you decide to go down this route.

You could book the same United flight to Europe with ANA miles instead of United miles and end up saving over 20,000 miles!

Getting to South America can be a lucrative way to redeem ANA miles, too.

You are almost always going to incur fuel surcharges when using ANA miles to book award flights.

This means that you can use your ANA miles to fly on any of these other airlines (subject to availability).

There are two main ways to earn ANA miles: through American Express Membership Rewards and through Starwood Preferred Guest.

First, earning ANA miles can be a challenge, but you mention the ability to transfer MR or UR.

Here's a guide for booking flights with both ANA and ANA partner airlines with ANA miles.

They have some of the best sweet spots out of any airline, it's extremely easy to accumulate ANA miles with American Express credit cards, they have great booking policies, many different routes with minimal fees, and a superb product to go along with all of that.

In addition, it's pretty easy to rack up ANA miles from transfer partners making it a solid option for redemptions.

You can pool points with other family members but they must be registered and you must «apply» while paying for the application fee with 1,000 ANA miles

When you use ANA miles to book with Star Alliance Partners, the travel seasons don't apply and it's just a standard rate of 85,000, regardless of when you travel.

The whole trip falls under 20,000 flying miles and would cost me only 115,000 ANA miles in Business class provided I can find award space for all these segments.

Europe is a perfect destination for using ANA miles because it shouldn't be impossible to find availability on United flights and it's a superb destination for stopovers.

Booking ANA flights with ANA miles is a superb way to get to Tokyo because the hard product of ANA is one of the best and the fees are actually pretty reasonable.

That trip would cost 450,000 ANA miles.

Before we get into some fun ways to use ANA miles, there are a few important points to remember.

Before we even get started, know that you can only redeem your ANA miles for travel by yourself or by family members within two generations.

Because this is a distance - based chart you can create a trip for as low as 20,000 ANA miles in economy for trips of no more than 2,000 miles.

For example, miles can be transferred to ANA Airlines of Japan, and 104,000 ANA miles can be redeemed for a round - trip award flight in business class between the United States and Africa on any of ANA's Star Alliance partners such as Lufthansa, Turkish, Ethiopian, or South African Airlines.

Thus, if you're thinking about using ANA miles to get to Paris, then I recommend trying to book United flights.

My preferred method of getting to New Zealand would be to book a roundtrip with ANA miles on United Airlines since they don't pass on fuel surcharges and your total fees would be minimal.

Thus, while getting to New Zealand via United with ANA miles would be terrific, I definitely recommend expanding your searches to routings via Australia and Asia that involve other partners.

ANA is a transfer partner of American Express and Starwood's Starpoints convert to ANA miles as well (both convert at a 1:1 ratio) so there are ample opportunities for anyone wishing to build up a balance of miles with ANA.

You do have to book round - trip tickets with ANA miles, but you can add 3 stopovers on your flight, and a round - trip ticket to Europe in economy is only 55,000 miles.

For example, flying to Europe on United round - trip in business class will only cost you 85,000 ANA miles.

Considering that you could throw in a stopover on this trip, I think ANA miles on ANA is one of the best ways to get to Australia with miles and points.