Flights within the United States will cost 15,000 Turkish
Airlines miles roundtrip for coach seats or 25,000 Turkish Airlines miles for business class seats.
Not exact matches
> Value: 25,000
miles is enough for a
roundtrip Economy Class award less than 1,201
miles each way on Cathay or partners like American
Airlines.
Singapore
Airlines only charges 100,000 KrisFlyer
miles to fly
roundtrip from the U.S. to Europe in Virgin Atlantic Upper Class.
After you've accumulated a nice chunk of
miles, they can be redeemed for
roundtrip or one - way flights on American
Airlines (some even at discounted values), gift cards, magazines, cabin upgrades, car rentals, or other vacation accommodations.
So for only 20,000
miles each way, you can fly from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi or Dubai on Turkish
Airlines or connect in Cairo for a free stopover in Egypt on a
roundtrip award.
Fly on a partner
airline like Lufthansa or Swiss and you can expect to redeem 140,000
miles roundtrip.
Singapore
Airlines only charges 100,000 KrisFlyer
miles to fly
roundtrip from the U.S. to Europe in Virgin Atlantic Upper Class.
And while most introductory offers give you enough free
miles to redeem for at least a single
roundtrip fare, the 35,000 bonus
miles in the Hawaiian
Airlines card's introductory offer may not be quite enough to be redeemed for that first ticket.
Using Alaska
miles to get to the following countries flying American
Airlines is one of the best redemptions available at 30,000
miles roundtrip (off - peak).
If you use the American
Airlines AAdvantage program, it will cost 25,000
miles from anywhere in the U.S. for a
roundtrip during off - peak season, September 7 to November 14 or 35,000
miles the rest of the year.
Redeeming on Air Canada, you can fly LAX — JFK on United
Airlines business class for 25,000
miles (50,000
miles roundtrip).
Virgin provided the following example in its news release: ``... a flyer booking a
roundtrip ticket from New York to L.A. with Virgin America at a cost of about $ 320, could redeem that flight for 15,399 Elevate points, equivalent to 30,798 Membership Rewards points, which is comparable to other
airline programs that would require up to 50,000
miles.»
To be fair, I should point out that most other
airline programs offer domestic award
roundtrips for as few as 25,000
miles — but it's getting increasingly difficult to find awards at that level.
Since the regular award cost for a
roundtrip flight between the U.S. and Europe for all major
airlines is 60,000
miles, you will often come out ahead by booking your flight via the Citi Travel Center.
If you want to visit both of these fantastic islands in one trip, you can fly between Kauai and Maui on Hawaiian
Airlines for 10,000 AAdvantage
miles roundtrip.
Per the American
Airlines oneworld award chard, a
roundtrip Business Class fare on any of these three routes will cost 150,000
miles + taxes (which will be low)
Airline miles are getting harder and harder to use economically and, although 120,000 airline miles will technically get you an American Airlines roundtrip Business Class redemption from the continental US to Hawaii, Europe, South American and parts of Asia, have you tried actually booking such an
Airline miles are getting harder and harder to use economically and, although 120,000
airline miles will technically get you an American Airlines roundtrip Business Class redemption from the continental US to Hawaii, Europe, South American and parts of Asia, have you tried actually booking such an
airline miles will technically get you an American
Airlines roundtrip Business Class redemption from the continental US to Hawaii, Europe, South American and parts of Asia, have you tried actually booking such an award?
For example, Alaska
Airlines business class award redemptions to Asia cost only 100,000
miles roundtrip.
But when you consider that American
Airlines charges 180,000
miles roundtrip for first class awards on Etihad, it's not the best idea to use Alitalia
miles for these coveted awards.
If you were to fly
roundtrip Business Class on a partner
airline that would cost 140,000
miles or $ 3,766 in this promotion.
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.
American
Airlines is also an Alaska Mileage Plan partner and, technically, a good option if you're looking to use Alaska
Miles (e.g. Europe — Hawaii
roundtrip Business Class for just 115,000
miles).
American
Airlines is also an Alaska Mileage Plan partner and, technically, a very good option if you're looking to use Alaska
Miles (e.g. Europe — Hawaii
roundtrip Business Class for just 115,000
miles).
You can use the
miles you earn with the card for flights with United
Airlines, which start at 12,500
miles for a one - way flight and 25,000
miles for a
roundtrip flight.
American
Airlines has launched a promotion which allows AAdvantage members to earn up to 50,000 AAdvantage
miles when they travel
roundtrip between the US and Europe.
Many award tickets, such as flights to Europe, are on par with those of other competing
airlines, with economy tickets starting at 60,000
miles roundtrip plus taxes and fees.
30,000
miles for Economy Class
roundtrip could be a good use of
miles too... although it will depend on how large the taxes and fees are that the
airline adds to the cost of the award.
If you can fly during the off - peak dates designated by the
airline, you can save 15,000
miles per
roundtrip to Europe and 5,000
miles roundtrip to other destinations.
Paris — Vancouver for 93,750
miles roundtrip is easily the best deal here... especially as the Air France aircraft on this route is a 777 - 200 with the
airline's newer Business Class installed.
American
Airlines AAdvantage
miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver awards, United
Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a
roundtrip Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska
Miles will get you some nice
roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to award availability).
If you can travel during the low season between September 7 and November 14, American
Airlines offers off - peak MileSAAver awards for only 25,000
miles roundtrip in economy.
The Business Class deals aren't that impressive as, if you double up the costs to get the price for a
roundtrip, the final cost of the awards isn't too dissimilar to a lot of Business Class cash fares offered by
airlines when the sales are on — and with cash fares you often have a greater choice of dates and you earn
miles as well.
A United
Airlines award flight from the U.S. to Europe costs 60,000 MileagePlus
miles roundtrip in economy.
You can get a
roundtrip ticket to Europe for only 80,000
miles and with some partner
airlines like Aer Lingus, fees will only run you around $ 80.
You can save 5,000
miles on a
roundtrip ticket to Mexico, Central America, or the Caribbean by redeeming for American
Airlines off - peak dates.
Alaska
Airlines will charge your 85,000
miles roundtrip in business class on each route.
American
Airlines roundtrip flights to all these destinations would cost 35,000
miles and they would route via Miami vs. non-stop JetBlue flights.
Save 5,000
miles on
roundtrip flights to Asia by booking American
Airlines off - peak dates.
You can get from North America to what the
airline calls Asia Zone I, which includes China, Korea, Taiwan and more, for as little as 45,000
miles roundtrip during the low season.
You will save 15,000
miles roundtrip by booking Europe tickets on American
Airlines off - peak dates.
Singapore
Airlines charges 25,000
miles roundtrip per person for this ticket (same as American
Airlines).
The rates in American
Airlines business class using Alaska
miles are 20,000
miles cheaper, but remember, Alaska
Airlines has a very generous stopover policy allowing one stopover on one - ways and two stopovers on
roundtrips.
If you're patient enough and were able to get the business version of the Aviator Red when it comes out and also snag the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select cards, you might be able stockpile over 200,000 AAdvantage
miles over the next 3 to 6 months and have enough
miles to book a
roundtrip long - haul first class flight on some of the top
airlines like Etihad.
For a
roundtrip flight between the US and South Africa, you can expect to pay 150,000 American
Airlines miles and about $ 75 in taxes.
For most major
airlines in the US, it is safest to assume that you will need 25,000
miles per person for a
roundtrip ticket to Orlando.
If you want to use Singapore
Airlines to book for 25,000
miles per person
roundtrip and no extra fee, you can transfer points from SPG, Amex MR, or Chase Ultimate Rewards to Singapore
Airlines KrisFlyer all at a 1:1 ratio to book that ticket.
Flights within Sri Lanka, where the
airline holds a monopoly, can get quite expensive, but award flights cost only 5,000
miles roundtrip.
Roundtrip domestic flights on those
airlines can run as little as 12,000
miles.
A 50,000 bonus is enough for a
roundtrip flight to Europe in off - peak if you're earning American
Airline miles, but only slightly more than half a
roundtrip to Europe if you're earning Delta Sky
Miles.
Another thing to always remember is that many of the
airlines with low mileage requirements require you to book
roundtrip awards and require the same amount of
miles for oneway trips.