Not exact matches
However, the
United award chart shows that business class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip
for the same exact flight, a quarter of how many
miles or points you would have
needed with cash back or a statement credit.
If you redeemed
United miles for an
award ticket but
need to cancel your trip, you can get the
miles refunded to your frequent flyer account.
To find
award space on
United flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA Mileage Club
miles, you simply
need to run a search
for partner
awards on ANA's website.
To find
award space on
United flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA Mileage Club
miles, you simply
need to run a search
for partner
awards on ANA's website.
You can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards at a 1:1 ratio if you
need more
United miles for an
award booking.
Buying
United miles should be left
for times when you
need to top off your MileagePlus account to book an
award ticket.
Because we are looking at Economy bookings, the number of
miles needed for an
award that actually flies on
United planes cost the same as an
award on
United's partners.
While the number of
miles needed for a Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to / from Europe on
United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000
for roundtrip Business Class), the taxes
for a premium cabin
award are low
for a European route.
You either have an
award chart that lists the number of
miles you
need for flights between particular regions — airlines like
United, American, and Alaska use this system.
If you redeemed
United miles for an
award ticket but
need to cancel your trip, you can get the
miles refunded to your frequent flyer account.
Not terrible, but why use more
miles than you
need when
United or American has plenty of
award availablity
for cheaper?
Yes, you
need more
United Miles than AAdvantage
miles for a number of
awards and, yes,
United is going to be devaluing its
award chart from 1 November 2017.....
Without getting too deep into the
United award chart and all of the complexity that it can entail with the excursionist perk, here are some sample redemptions so that you can see how many
miles you might
need to acquire
for trips you might want to take.
For example, if you were able to book a off - season award with ANA you'd be paying HALF of the miles needed for a roundtrip business class to Tokyo when compared to Unit
For example, if you were able to book a off - season
award with ANA you'd be paying HALF of the
miles needed for a roundtrip business class to Tokyo when compared to Unit
for a roundtrip business class to Tokyo when compared to
United!
As a reminder, you
need 80,000
United miles for a one way business class
award ticket to India.
-LSB-...] Delta and
United both jacked up the number of
miles needed for premium - cabin
awards in 2014.
Negatives: •
United miles were devalued on February 1, 2014 so you will
need a lot more
United miles if you want to redeem them
for international
awards on partner airlines (especially
for first and business class flights).