«Prison and Rehabilitation Trusts and private sector prisons will be paid by results - with
a premium awarded if the offender is not reconvicted within two years.»
Pupil
premium awards deployed resources in support of disadvantaged pupils.
Just a heads up, FIA pushed a new travel portal out, and you do now need 25k points in order to see
the premium awards.
It allows you to get any available seat on any flight, but you'll pay
a premium award rate tied to the current cash price of the ticket.
Charles Avenue, taking advantage of «weird»
premium award pricing.
Most folks believe Membership Rewards points are more valuable than that since you can transfer them to a number of airline partners for
premium award redemptions.
For example, in October 2015, it was possible to buy Lifemiles for as low as 1.32 cents per mile, a great price to redeem for
premium awards.
That may be true if you're actually using your MR points that way, though it also assumes that you agree with me when I said that «Yes, You DID Get 10 Cents Per Mile For Your Award Redemption» in calculating the value of
premium award redemptions.
Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia is a collection of
premium award - winning wineries offering diverse experiences beyond the cellar door.
Many airlines have tightened up
premium award availability, but that doesn't mean you can't get that coveted seat if you know where to look.
The award calendar is meant to show the saver economy /
premium award availability across a two - month period, so that you don't have to check one day at a time.
The devaluation on 22 March has seen a lot of
the premium awards I booked with my miles go up in price quite steeply and what was once a good deal is now either very expensive (in terms of miles needed) or not that good a deal at all.
Increased the cost of
premium awards on partner airlines by significant margins (some awards increased in price by over 50 %) making them a lot less attractive than in the past.
A look a the simple things we can all do in our everyday lives to earn easy miles & points for the aspirational
premium awards bloggers keep writing about.
With Skymiles being so heavily devalued and
premium award space becoming more and more sparse, it's a good thing Skymiles don't expire.
While these fees are much higher now, Emirates
premium awards might be easier to obtain via American Express Membership Rewards.
One way to soften the blow is to pair
a premium award ticket redemption with a Travel Together Ticket — British Airways version of a companion pass.
Unfortunately, it appears that Alaska partner airlines don't share much
premium award space on these routes.
However, Asiana is generous with allocating
premium award seats for its members.
While a route serviced by an A350 should be an aircraft where
premium award seats can be made available, it's likely that availability for business class seats will be scarce so I wouldn't rely on booking these seats with partners like United.
So while standard economy saver awards will remain unchanged, get ready for some «enhancements» to
the premium awards and even the standard economy awards.
It's true that
premium award travel on Singapore isn't cheap, but the experience can be well worth it (especially if you managed to get a double Ultimate Rewards bonus this month).
Last year, a friend who traveled on the same dates as I used
a premium awards card all the way down.
Finding
premium award seats to Australia is not easy.
Zero
premium award space on the return.
While I generally redeem for international
premium awards, I also love using miles when they'll save me real, hard cash on domestic flights.
Doesn't the 50 % devaluation of AA miles, by the disappearance of the MileSaver
premium award, affect your valuation of AA miles?
American Airlines has, at best, average award availability in economy and even less so with
premium award seats.
It's still unclear to me which currency internal valuations are denominated in and how often they're adjusted; sudden currency fluctuations may open up more opportunities for odd
premium award nights, but I haven't been able to test that yet.
In the last month or so, while planning my winter jaunt to Italy, I've been noticing some odd
premium award night pricing, and today finally decided to get to the bottom of it.
You'll need more lead time for
premium awards, such as an international first - class ticket, than you will for a domestic economy flight.
Don't buy more than 4,000 miles — and even then, make sure it's for
a premium award redemption.
Delta miles are at the low end of the spectrum, but other miles, like American or United (at least until next month's devaluation) can be worth a lot more than that, especially on
premium awards.
Breaking up long - haul
premium awards into two different one ways can make life easier (perhaps that should've been its own lesson.)
Odd
premium award pricing results from low premium room rates and high internal valuations.
That's what I'm calling an «odd» price for
premium award nights.
For further reading, here's an example of Loyalty Lobby finding an odd
premium award night price in Shanghai back in 2012, and here's a somewhat dated Points Guy mention of the same phenomenon.
Lesson 5: Diversify — It helps with long - haul
premium awards This may sound slightly different than the advice that is typically given around frequent flyer miles, where people suggest you focus on one program.
- Miles & More is the mileage program of Lufthansa as well as Austrian and SWISS, and members get more access to
premium award tickets - All three airlines are part of Star Alliance, so you can use these miles on any of the 27 partner airlines including US Airways and United (and Miles & More awards can be booked one - way, which US Airways awards can not)- You can book a roundtrip domestic business class award on United and US Airways for 35,000 miles, or a first class ticket for 50,000 miles.
But AA releases very little
premium award seats.
Not exact matches
The programme encourages and celebrates the outstanding efforts of the top ten most impressive entrants at an exciting
awards cocktail evening, which is hosted at
premium venues in and around Perth.
It's the most -
awarded premium vodka in the world.
The company has introduced the Enviro Care line,
premium products made from 100 % recycled paper; the SpongeTowels Ultra Strong won two Grand Prix
Awards from the Retail Council of Canada; and in the U.S., White Cloud Ultra three - ply toilet paper was named best all - around bathroom tissue.
The Company also plans to launch www.tronc.com, a visual content portal that will curate tronc's
premium content across all of its
award - winning brands in one convenient place.
Any such shares subject to
awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under either such Plan will become available taking into account the 2:1
premium share counting rule applicable at the time of granting these types of
awards.
In addition, he was
awarded 3,240,096
premium priced stock options and 108,003 shares of restricted stock, subject to four and five year vesting conditions.
Any such shares subject to
awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights will become available taking into account the 2:1
premium share counting rule, discussed above, for these types of
awards.
If the Company delivers 60 shares to the participant and withholds 40 shares to cover tax withholding obligations, 80 shares (the 40 that were withheld multiplied by two to give effect to the 2:1
premium share counting rule) would again be available for subsequent
awards under the 2014 Plan.
For example, if a 100 share restricted stock unit
award is made under the 2014 Plan, the
award would count as 200 shares against the 2014 Plan's share limit after giving effect to the 2:1
premium share counting rule.
Any such shares will become available taking into account the 2:1
premium share counting rule, discussed above, for these types of
awards.