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Deals like Europe to the Middle East for $ 1,538.50 and the US to Tokyo for $ 2,172 are exceptionally good value when booked on airlines of the caliber of Etihad and JAL (even after you factor in taxes and fees) and even some of the American Airlines redemptions don't look too bad considering the good Business Class seats the airline offers.

Not exact matches

Not many details yet but the company did say the new loyalty program «will offer additional earning and redemption opportunities, more specialized service and a better digital experience for Air Canada customers,» according to Benjamin Smith, president, Passenger Airlines.

Unfortunately, Delta Air Lines does not publish an award chart, and instead provides the redemption rate based on a number of factors that the airline decides.

Unlike Korean Air though, Flying Blue does not have different redemption rates for these airlines.

Double miles on restaurants and gas and the redemption bonus are nice, but other large airlines pony up benefits this card does not.

As a general rule, hotel points are considerably less valuable than airline miles or transferrable points, so don't expect to get two cents or more in value out of every redemption.

Airlines don't use a public formula to calculate the redemption cost of a reward flight.

Some airlines black out certain seats that can't be used as award redemptions; with this option, you don't have to worry about it!

The mileage cost to fly one of ANA's partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a few solid partner redemption options.

But if you don't fly Sun Country Airlines, and you won't benefit from the airline's redemption options, this obviously isn't a card you should consider.

And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 - tier Delta award chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level redemptions aren't available on any airline and you're considering a more expensive award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate award tiers.

Unlike other airlines, Southwest does not go out of its way to obfuscate its redemption policies making them fairly easy to understand.

The gurus at FlyerTalk have dedicated threads for each airline where you can do your research to make sure that the Gift Card redemption works.

But if you don't fly Sun Country Airlines, and you won't benefit from the airline's redemption options, this obviously isn't a card you should consider.

The U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve card unfortunately falls short on its airline lounge offering, but it does feature an extensive list of luxury benefits and an excellent rewards program that includes a generous travel credit, a bonus on travel purchases and a 50 percent boost in point value for travel redemptions.

As a general rule, hotel points are considerably less valuable than airline miles or transferrable points, so don't expect to get two cents or more in value out of every redemption.

For example, did you know that Air Tahiti Nui and Fiji Airways are redemption partners with American Airlines putting many popular South Pacific destinations on the map for those looking to redeem miles.

United Airlines MileagePlus might not have the most competitive business class redemption rates, but it does provide some different avenues to earn points for award travel.

These award redemption rates aren't terrible at the moment but keep in mind, KrisFlyer does add fuel surcharges for award bookings on certain airlines.

Do note that Flying Blue's best award redemptions tend to be in economy class vs business and offer low rates to places like Hawaii, Central and South America, and even Europe at costs less than many of their partner airlines included Alaska or Delta.

Only the business version has the new 50 % rebate on points redemptions for premium cabin travel on any airline — the personal card doesn't have it.

However, SPG Flights redemptions do have the added advantage of earning elite qualifying and redeemable miles on most airlines.

Unlike Korean Air though, Flying Blue does not have different redemption rates for these airlines.

Some airlines black out certain seats that can't be used as award redemptions; with this option, you don't have to worry about it!

The best part about these redemptions is that Hawaiian Airlines doesn't charge exorbitant fuel surcharges on award tickets.

The mileage cost to fly one of ANA's partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a few solid partner redemption options.

If you live on the West Coast, don't forget that 24,000 Singapore KrisFlyer miles provide a redemption rate that is just a bit better when flying Alaska Airlines.

Since Frontier does not share mile earning or redemption with any partner airlines, its award chart is very straight - forward.

JAL Mileage bank offers some fantastic award redemption opportunities that other airlines» rewards programs do not (I discussed one such example here) but there are only very limited opportunities to earn JAL Miles if you're based outside of Japan — Starwood's Starpoints come in very useful here.

Finally, don't forget about the great short - haul redemptions still found on British Airways and other discounted rates found on other airlines.

Unfortunately, the business class redemptions with Flying Blue to South America are not very good at all and you can do much better if you can book with other airlines.

During the financial crisis when airlines weren't doing well, they introduced additional fees on award redemptions called fuel surcharges.

Singapore is an alliance partner as well, but since you can't redeem LifeMiles for Singapore First, I'd recommend just transferring to Singapore Airlines directly since they are also a transfer partner) Compared to United or Air Canada redemptions, a key to LifeMiles is that they don't pass on any carrier's fuel surcharges.

Our take: The U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve card unfortunately falls short on its airline lounge offering, but it does feature an extensive list of luxury benefits and an excellent rewards program that includes a generous travel credit, a bonus on travel purchases and a 50 percent boost in point value for travel redemptions.

This makes sense since United does not have to pay another airline for redemptions on its own metal; the only cost is the loss of a seat being sold on its own aircraft.

Points don't work like airline miles or hotel points, where what you're looking to redeem for is valued according to a redemption chart.

If you are loyal to a particular airline or hotel, it might be better to consider to a brand - specific credit card (i.e. Chase IHG Rewards Club credit card) that offers perks like anniversary nights and higher reward point payouts as the Sapphire Preferred loses a lot of its luster after earning the 50,000 bonus points if you don't need the reward point redemption flexibility.

Once you understand the value of a mile or point you can judge for yourself whether a particular airline redemption is worth doing.

The idea that redeeming miles for an American Airlines transatlantic economy class fare isn't a good use of miles also comes from the value that people assign to their balances — generally people like to think they're getting outsized value from their miles and an Economy Class redemption often doesn't give them that.

Often if you're low on points on a certain airline, or having trouble finding low - level redemptions in both directions on the flights you need, it makes sense to split your itinerary on two airlines, but there's no point doing this with Delta.

However, American doesn't operate flights to India, which makes it not possible to take advantage of this lower redemption levels (when compared to awards with Etihad Airlines)

If you do not have the Frontier Airlines credit card, then the carrier adds an award redemption fee to flights booked less than 180 days out.

From California, routes via Europe and Asia are pretty much the same distance, so I have a lot of options with United miles, which allow redemptions on plenty of partners and don't limit routing rules like American Airlines does.

While Alaska Airlines miles can lead to some amazing redemptions, if you don't live in a major international hub you or an Alaska Airlines hub you might need to be a little bit creative in how you make your redemptions.

Most of the rest of the Membership Rewards airline partners (such as Air France, ANA, Aeroplan) charge stupid fuel surcharges on most of their flights, which makes them mostly useless for those of us who are so cheap that we don't even want to pay a few hundred dollars for a premium redemption.

Saver awards cost a touch more than SuperSaver (usually between one - third and one - fourth more depending on the route), while Flex awards, which do not confer any additional benefits such as American Airlines AAnyTime awards, cost twice the SuperSaver redemption rate.

American have continued their assault on award redemptions to Hawaii by implementing a 40 % increase in the number of miles needed for a Business Class ticket but, in the case of partner awards, this doesn't make much difference as most people would be flying to Hawaii on American Airlines and not a partner airline anyway.

Etihad Guest is a unique program because Etihad isn't part of an airline alliance, but they do allow redemptions with some interesting carriers.

Redemptions using HawaiianMiles on Hawaiian Airlines - operated flights are very straightforward, though they can be costly if you don't snag the lowest redemption level called Coach SuperSaver.

If you fly a couple of times a year and don't feel like you can earn enough miles with any one airline to make another redemption, Alaska Airlines might be a good option to help you pool your miles.