Alaska Airlines and
American Airlines charge 40K miles each way for first class to and from the continental US to Hawaii.
For example,
American Airlines charges the same price (in miles) for a main cabin flight inside the contiguous 48 U.S. states.
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.
American Airlines charges 12,500 miles one - way to fly economy from one city in the Europe zone to another.
American Airlines charges 30,000 miles in economy, 55,000 miles in business, and 80,000 miles in first class to fly between these regions.
American Airlines charges $ 50 for an Admirals Club one - day pass and Delta charges $ 59.99 for a one - day Delta Sky Club pass.
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.
* Update 9/2015 - Wave Tribe's FB friend Cindy said «
American Airlines charged my husband $ 200 one way for his surfboard and it was a Harbour Pope bisect (a board that comes in two pieces).
and that's less than
American Airlines charges for the exact same flights.
American Airlines charged my husband $ 200 one way for his surfboard and it was a Harbour Pope bisect (a board that comes in two pieces).
In contrast,
American Airlines charges $ 75 for bookings within 21 days.
On most flights,
American Airlines charges $ 25 for the first checked bag and $ 35 for the second checked bag.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles in each direction for a Business Class award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now search for airberlin award availability on AA.com.
For example,
American Airlines charges 12,500 miles each way for travel from their hub in Phoenix, but by using miles from their partner British Airways» award program instead, the cost can be reduced to 7,500 each way.
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.
Compared to the 70,000 - 75,000 rate each way charged by Alaska,
American Airlines charges 80,000 AAdvantage miles each way to Japan / Korea and a whopping 110,000 AAdvantage miles to other destinations in Asia.
For comparison,
American Airlines charges 30,000 miles round trip and United charges 35,000 miles round trip, even though both have significantly less service than Delta.
For instance,
American Airlines charges $ 200 (plus tax) to reactivate up to 50,000 miles.
American Airlines charges a ridiculously low price for the award space considering some of the -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Other good options for credit cards that will cover some of your pesky
airline feeds include the Premier Rewards Gold Card from
American Express, which offers a similar annual $ 100 fee credit, and the Citi Prestige Card, which has a $ 250 fee credit that applies to virtually any
airline charge including ticket purchases.
Then, in May,
American Airlines announced it would
charge travelers flying on discounted fares $ 15 for the first checked bag, beginning June 15.
American Express Gold Card users can use their points to shop (both through online vendors and Amazon), buy gift cards, pay off a
charge on your bill, book flights and hotels, pay for Uber rides, and transfer points for
airline frequent flyer miles or hotel points.
American Airlines» Tim Smith emailed me to confirm that any seating policies referred to in the AP article are not new and that by booking online there is the option of pre-selecting your seats at no extra
charge.
American Express Gold Card users can use their points to shop (both through online vendors and Amazon), buy gift cards, pay off a
charge on your bill, book flights and hotels, pay for Uber rides, and transfer points for
airline frequent flyer miles or hotel points.
Air Canada's new bag fee means that nearly all North
American airlines aside from Southwest and Jet Blue
charge a first checked baggage fee.
She finds the award seats on
American's partner, Japan
Airlines, and asks
American to hold the award, which it will do for up to five days, at no
charge.
For the special case of Citibank cards tied to
American Airlines, at the lowest level, there are no baggage fees ($ 25 each way)
charged the cardholder and immediate family on
American Airlines.
American Express provides a $ 200
airline fee credit to cover incidental
charges when moving through airfare for its Platinum cardholders.
American Airlines would
charge you 45,000 AAdvantage miles, and Alaska
Airlines would
charge you 40,000 Mileage Plan miles for the same flights!
Airlines are changing their frequent flier programs in other ways as well:
American Airlines AAL, -0.57 % changed its rewards structure in April (for travel beginning in June) so that for about half the year it will increase its redemption rate to 30,000 miles, up from the previous 25,000 miles, and on the busiest days will
charge 50,000 miles; however, during less busy times, it will lower the rate to 20,000 miles.
Leading the
charge as the main offer on the Executive Card, a 50,000
American Airline AAdvantage bonus mile reward is received for spending $ 5000 within three months of obtaining a card.
Could I transfer points on both to British
Airlines, then purchase an
American Airlines from US to Europe to avoid the large fuel
charges?
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American Airlines does not
charge a fuel surcharge on any flights, EXCEPT on partner flights with British Airways or Iberia.
This is 5,000 miles less than what most of the major
American airlines will
charge to fly to the same destination.
These aren't the best premium cabin redemptions out there, especially if you are looking to connect on to a further destination (since British Airways
charges separately for all flights), but it's not a bad option if you want to experience Japan
Airlines or
American Airlines business or first class.
Here's one example where Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan is
charging both lower fees and fewer miles to fly on
American instead of British Airways.
If you buy the minimum of 11,000 miles to receive bonus miles, your total cost (including taxes and the processing fee
charged by
American Airlines) will come out to $ 343.95.
This is significantly lesser compared to other US carriers like Delta,
American Airlines and United which
charge 30,000 miles for the same.
As if
Americans weren't already envious enough of Europe's wide selection of low cost
airlines that
charge less than the price of what most
airlines in America tack on to check a second bag, they've now gone ahead and instituted a price war, driving fares even lower.
While in theory this perk is meant to offset taxes, fees, baggage
charges and in - flight purchases, it's often possible to use the credit to purchase gift cards for
airlines including
American that can be used toward cash flights in the future.
United typically does not
charge exorbitant fuel surcharges or other hidden fees for its own flights or flights on its partners like you'll see when redeeming Avios or
American Airlines miles on British Airways.
Other
airlines — like United and
American —
charge to use miles, but usually only on tickets booked 21 days or less before the flight.
Both Delta Air Lines and United
Airlines charge 35,000 miles on a similar route;
American Airlines requires 30,000 AAdvantage miles.
The
airline fee credit applies only on one
airline of the cardholder's choice and only to extra
airline costs, such as baggage fees, in - flight refreshments, flight change
charges, airport lounge day passes, pet kennel costs and phone reservation fees, according to
American Express.
This is 5,000 miles less than what most of the major
American airlines will
charge to fly to the same destination.
How does it compare to
American Express Platinum, a travel and
airline charge card?
She finds the award seats on
American's partner, Japan
Airlines, and asks
American to hold the award, which it will do for up to five days, at no
charge.
It's possible that
American Airlines plans to start
charging for Premium Economy on these routes from 19 April and, as we've seen happen with the 787 - 9s and 777 - 200s, before this date any available Premium Economy cabins will be sold as Main Cabin Extra seating so the
airline is in no hurry to update the seat maps.
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.