Reduced
Mileage Awards Fly to great destinations on American Airlines operated flights for up to 7,500 fewer AAdvantage ® miles!
Not exact matches
The chart below shows the round - trip
mileage costs plus the round - trip taxes / fees that are required when booking
awards with
Flying Blue miles.
ANA
Mileage Club does pass on carrier - imposed surcharges when booking
award tickets with many partners, but not on flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when
flying to London.
Flying Blue recently switched to using dynamic pricing with
award ticket
mileage tied to the revenue cost of the flight.
When
flying Iberia, note the
award chart has an off - peak function like Aer Lingus, which provides reduced
mileage redemption options if you are flexible with dates.
The biggest advantage Air France / KLM
Flying Blue has over Korean Air SkyPass is the ability to book one - way
award tickets at half the
mileage cost.
The American Airlines AAdvantage loyalty program is a revenue - based program where miles are
awarded based on the cost of the airfare as opposed to
mileage flown.
Get there:
Fly Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal direct to Porto (OPO) or connecting in Lisbon (LIS) on a partner
award ticket booked through United
Mileage Plus.
Use United miles earned from a United
Mileage Plus credit card or transferred to United from Chase Ultimate Rewards to
fly on a partner
award ticket on Turkish Airways via Istanbul, or South African Airways vis Johannesburg.
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.
Flying from the East Coast, you can book a business class
award for 110,000 Alaska
Mileage Plan miles if you can find an itinerary that includes only 1 partner (American Airlines or Qantas).
American partner Qatar Airways offers service to Johannesburg from its hub in Doha, and so long as you
fly on Qatar to Doha as your transatlantic hop, it's possible to book an
award at this same
mileage amount while avoiding almost all fuel surcharges and fees.
Sure it wasn't the best program; miles expired after 3 years regardless of activity and fuel surcharges were added to
award bookings but the majority of United's cheapest fares (all but Basic Economy) still credited to KrisFlyer at 100 % of
mileage flown.
I earn at least 10,000 miles on every
mileage run, so booking these
awards for her was a drop in the bucket, just as I'm happy to book
awards for Megan's mother to
fly out and help us plan our wedding (a similarly high - cost, low - miles fare).
You can
fly Air France, KLM or any
Flying Blue partner airline, however this must be a
mileage - earning flight (
award flights and certain other types of tickets do not earn miles).
The American Airlines AAdvantage loyalty program is a revenue - based program where miles are
awarded based on the cost of the airfare as opposed to
mileage flown.
As long as there's qualifying activity on your
Mileage Plan account — including
flying on Alaska, Virgin or their airline partners, redeeming miles for
award tickets, eating at
Mileage Plan Dining restaurants, buying items via
Mileage Plan Shopping portal and credit card spending — your miles won't expire.
Since airlines have largely adjusted the way they
award miles (based upon price of the ticket versus distance
flown),
mileage runs have lost much of their appeal.
The Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based
award chart, which is broken into tiers based on how many miles you're
flying.
The route you
fly in
mileage determines the zone you will be using to price out your
award.
This includes
Mileage Bargain and
Fly Smart
award tickets, so you should be certain you can travel on the flights when you book.
Yes, with all
award tickets, including reduced flight
awards such as
Mileage Bargain and
Fly Smart
awards, you have the option to cancel the ticket for free within 24 hours of booking.
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.
The biggest advantage Air France / KLM
Flying Blue has over Korean Air SkyPass is the ability to book one - way
award tickets at half the
mileage cost.
Although ANA
Mileage Club offers some great discounted
awards on its own airline, there are still reasons to
fly a partner.
At the beginning of every month
Flying Blue (the loyalty program for Air France / KLM) releases discounted
mileage awards for Economy and Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
With Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare class tickets will earn 10 % of
mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
The 50 % extra
Flying Club miles are
awarded in addition to the normal Economy, Premium Economy or Upper Class
Flying Club
mileage earned.
Prepare your
mileage balances: American was
awarded four flights to Havana (including four from Miami and one from Charlotte); both JetBlue and Delta will
fly to Havana from cities like New York and Orlando; Alaska secures rights to
fly nonstop from Los Angeles; and United will
fly from Houston.
The
mileage costs shown are for roundtrip travel as ANA one - way
awards are not bookable with Virgin
Flying Club miles.
Although I don't
fly United very often (mostly because when I do I deal with nasty / clueless employees or my travel reservations simply aren't honored), I rank their frequent flyer miles as the most valuable
mileage currency out there thanks to low fees on
award tickets, the ability to book one - way
awards and great airline partners in Star Alliance.
All three airlines still
award elite qualifying miles based on actual
mileage flown.
Tickets issued by United but operated on Star Alliance or MileagePlus partners will earn
mileage via the new system, but tickets issued by those airlines directly will earn
award miles based on distance
flown and the purchased fare class.
When credited to Singapore Airlines SilverKris, P fare class tickets will earn 110 % of
mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
When credited to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare class tickets will earn 10 % of
mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
ANA
Mileage Club does pass on carrier - imposed surcharges when booking
award tickets with many partners, but not on flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when
flying to London.
Earn 4
Flying Blue
Award Miles per every Qualified Euro spent on time and
mileage at participating Enterprise Rent - A-Car locations.
The number of miles you
fly — you have to add each segment of your journey — will determine the number of
Mileage Bank miles that will be required for an
award ticket.
Kenya Airways and KLM are both part of the
Flying Blue program and offer greater
award availability, particularly in premium cabins, to their own
mileage members.
For example, if you book an
award that has you
fly American Airlines from Philadelphia to Chicago then on to Tokyo via Japan Airlines first class, your total
mileage cost would be 155,000 Asia miles.
The chart below shows the round - trip
mileage costs plus the round - trip taxes / fees that are required when booking
awards with
Flying Blue miles.
With Singapore Air KrisFlyer, V fare class tickets will earn 10 % of
mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
The AAdvantage Platinum card has a lot to offer anyone who
flies on American Airlines with some regularity, including free checked bags, a
mileage refund on all redemptions and discounted
award flights.
If you earn most of your miles from
flying in Business Class / First Class then there's a good chance that the new higher
mileage earning rates will mostly offset any increases in
award costs (discounted Business Class will now earns 50 % more miles while, where
award costs have gone up they've done so by between 6 % and 72 %)
Look for a reduced -
mileage awards program that lets you
fly to select destinations for fewer miles, says Robert Firpo - Cappiello, deputy editor of Budget Travel.
If you have
Flying Blue miles and are thinking about booking an
award, make sure you look up the post-June 1
award rate with their
mileage calculator and compare it to the current
award rate.
If you happen to have to elite status with
Flying Blue, the new
mileage rates aren't going to help you book first class
awards on Air France.
Any
mileage programs marked with a * show pricing that is only available if your
award does not include any alliance partners (i.e. you only
fly American Airlines flights if using American AAdvantage or United Airlines flights if using United MileagePlus).
Use United miles earned from a United
Mileage Plus credit card or transferred to United from Chase Ultimate Rewards to
fly on a partner
award ticket on Turkish Airways via Istanbul, or South African Airways vis Johannesburg.
Get there:
Fly Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal direct to Porto (OPO) or connecting in Lisbon (LIS) on a partner
award ticket booked through United
Mileage Plus.