Not exact matches
When booking
economy class
flights, you should always compare the
cost of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the
cost of using points to book through the Chase travel portal.
While
award flight costs for Delta can be quite volatile, 70K miles is enough for approximately three round - trip domestic
economy awards, or one long haul international
economy award.
A United round - trip ticket in business class will only
cost you 88,000 ANA
award miles, or 55,000
award miles in
economy, and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United
flights.
In
economy class, the
award cost is reduced from 25,000 miles to 18,750 miles for a one - way
flight.
These
flights are less than 4,800 flown miles, so Zone 5 applies, meaning these
awards cost 70,000 points in
economy and 130,000 in business.
While
economy class
awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the
cost of business and first class
awards on American Airlines» partners —
flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
New MileSAAver
awards for
flights of 500 miles or less will now
cost only 7,500 miles in
economy class or 15,000 miles in first class.
What you do know is that a round - trip Delta
award flight generally
costs 30,000 SkyMiles for an
economy seat and 60,000 miles for business class.
Domestic
economy awards under 700 miles
cost 10K miles each way as opposed to the base rate of 12.5 K miles for
flights longer than that threshold.
To me, if an airline says a
flight to Europe should
cost 60k miles in
economy and I'm willing to stockpile 240k miles for my family to travel, and I have a reasonable amount of date flexibility, I think I should be able to get the
award at some point.
United charges more miles between the Continental U.S. and Alaska, so if an
award seat in
economy within the Continental U.S. and Canada
costs 12,500 miles one - way, a
flight between the Continental U.S. and Alaska
costs 17,500 United miles.
A round - trip
award flight between Denver and Mexico City booked during the low season
costs 56,000 miles for
economy and 96,000 miles in business.
Aside from a few short - haul
economy flights we paid for out of pocket, the only
costs we encountered were taxes and fees on our
award tickets — all of which
cost less than an
economy fare would have on any of the
flights.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the
cost of
award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to
Economy Class, to be able to find great value Business Class fares to keep our
flights comfortable.
Mileage earnings on Delta
flights will soon be a lot better than in the past (across most fare bookings) and the
cost of most
Economy Class transatlantic
award have come down....
A United Airlines
award flight from the U.S. to Europe
costs 60,000 MileagePlus miles roundtrip in
economy.
However, they have explicitly stated that
flights between select markets will only
cost 10K miles each way for the lowest level
economy awards.
One of the best values for a U.S. traveler is an
award flight between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, which
costs 72,000 miles in premium
economy and 120,000 miles in business (72,000 and 120,000 Membership Rewards points respectively).
The best deal available is the ability to snag a round trip
flight to Europe for only 25,000 miles in
economy — that's the same number of miles it generally
costs for a round trip
flight within the U.S. Business class
awards can be a good deal, but taxes are considerably higher especially for
flights departing out of Europe.
The carrier has reduced the mileage
cost of many reward
flights, has increased earning levels on some partner airlines, and now allows free upgrades for elite members on
award flights when they book
economy cabin tickets.
However at a value of 2 cents a mile, you would still have to book an
award ticket that normally
costs $ 250 one way in
Economy to get that value per mile on a domestic
flight.
Economy saver
awards will stay the same price (one way will continue to
cost 10,000 miles for
flights under 700 miles or 12,500 miles for all other
flights)
Another sweet spot is an
Economy award redemption from London to the USA East Coast (New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Boston) which only
costs 26,000 Avios for the round trip in off - peak periods (but these
flights come with heavy taxes making them not so attractive after all).
The study examined
award flight costs on 100,000 date / route combinations for domestic
economy travel from March 1 through October 31 of this year.
Collect American Airlines miles for international First Class; Avios for short, direct,
economy awards; and Arrival miles for low -
cost carriers and super-cheap cash
flights.