Additionally, some general airline cards also have strict requirements
about ticket redemption, such as limits to how much the ticket can cost, requiring Saturday - night stays and not permitting the miles to be used for an upgrade.
Not exact matches
Each
ticket cost
about 7,750 Rapid Rewards Points, which wasn't a
redemption I was particularly fond of making.
It's long been a curious fact
about the Mileage Plan program that BusinessElite
redemptions on Delta to Europe cost just 90,000 Mileage Plan miles, while the same
ticket would cost 100,000 Skymiles.
The best part
about these
redemptions is that Hawaiian Airlines doesn't charge exorbitant fuel surcharges on award
tickets.
Two paid economy New York - London roundtrip in May cost $ 1,130, while a Travel Together
Ticket redemption would cost 26,000 Avios and $ 815, or just
about 1.21 cents per Avios.
If you purchase your award
ticket by August 31, 2015 for travel between now... [Read more...]
about 20 - 50 % off Malaysia Airlines Enrich
Redemptions
While this
redemption is among the highest of the airlines on the list, you have to remember that with United you don't have to worry
about fuel surcharges and so your
tickets to Europe will cost next - to - nothing.
Maybe not the best
redemption looking at the taxes but it did save us
about 1000 - 1400 euro each on the business class
tickets.
Summary: IF you look for deals, you plan on travelling and will be using the card to book flights and are smart
about how you plan out your miles
redemption (i.e. you take advantage of special mile offers, both in
ticket redemption AND for bonuses when you book with your card), miles credit cards can offer you the best return.
We can go back and forth
about what award
tickets are worth, and it's not my place to judge whether you should base your
redemption value on what a premium fare costs in cash (correct) or instead use the price you believe you would have paid (wrong).
Wan na Get Away Fare
Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international
tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award
tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on award
tickets of
about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.
Everyone gets a different value out of their
redemptions, and people argue all the time
about whether they're getting the full value of the face value of a
ticket or hotel room from the miles or points they redeem for it.
Whether you buy a Blue or Mint
ticket, you'll get
about 1.4 cents per point upon
redemption, according to NerdWallet's valuation.
I'd value two
tickets like that at
about $ 6,000 total, meaning the companion pass would be worth NEGATIVE $ 1,100 to me on your
redemption.