The American
Airlines award chart charges 30,000 miles for a one - way flight from North America to Europe in summer.
Not exact matches
In this case I know from looking at the
award chart that American
Airlines charges 50,000 miles to travel between the United States and Europe, so that's probably American
Airlines award space from July 15 through July 20.
For example, United
Airlines has very generous
award chart that permits a free stopover on all international round - trip
awards, but its MileagePlus program will sometimes
charge twice as many miles for partner
awards vs. an
award on its own planes.
United has a traditional
airline award chart that
charges 12,500 miles each way for a domestic economy saver
award within the lower 48 states.
And Delta has done much to erode trust in recent years, most importantly by eliminating
award charts and becoming famous for devaluing the Skymiles program with no notice (for example, by
charging significantly more Skymiles to fly a partner
airline within 21 days of departure).
You can check the miles required for a given
award flight on
airlines redemption
chart, but there is no easy guide to the additional fees you'll be
charged.
The worst values with HawaiianMiles come when using those miles to book partners with disadvantageous
award charts, such as ANA, American
Airlines and Korean Air, which
charge significantly more miles for the same routes than Hawaiian does.
But within the last few years, the
airlines increased the fees they
charge while revising their
award charts to require more miles.
Though United has majorly devalued its
award chart, the fact that it doesn't
charge or pass on fuel surcharges makes MileagePlus miles one of the best ways to book many highly desirable
airlines and premium cabins that would otherwise require at least $ 500 in fees.
If you change the
airline, routing, etc., then you'll be
charged per the new
award chart.
United gutted its
award chart for partner First Class, so that its prices are almost double what American
Airlines charges to fly some of the nicest products in the world.