For example, an American Airlines frequent flyer can use AAdvantage miles to book a flight on British Airways, and the cost of that ticket will be based on the American
Airlines mileage award chart.
Not exact matches
When you join the
award - winning Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan ™ program, you have a wide range of options to quickly earn
airline miles that will get you closer to your next dream getaway.
Japan
Airlines»
Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest option at 42,000 miles for a one - way business class
award ticket.
The
airline needs time to credit the most recent
mileage and then issue an
award certificate or ticket.
If the
airline adds a new route after you enroll, especially an international one, you may be able to earn
mileage on that route but not use
awards there.
If consumers must pay taxes or
airline - imposed fees when booking a flight using frequent - flyer miles, the ad must display at least the minimum amount of government taxes and mandatory carrier - imposed fees that could apply to that itinerary together with the
mileage award levels, and the fees must be displayed as prominently as the
mileage requirements.
Because
Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy class
award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American
Airlines.
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.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank will require the fewest miles from the East Coast for an economy class
award ticket, at just 39,000
Mileage Bank miles round - trip.
If you are traveling from the West Coast, Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank will still have the best redemption rates, though the redemption rates aren't quite as good compared to
award tickets from New York City.
As a result, if you need to connect to one of American
Airlines» hub airports, your
award ticket might require more
mileage.
These partners can offer
award seats to your destination, and most
airlines will price their partner
awards at the lowest
mileage levels.
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Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to book this flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip business class
award.
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 with economy
awards, Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business class
award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
The Chase Ultimate Rewards program is ideal for people looking to get into the
mileage game fast and strong, or as a supplement to
airline programs for serious travel hackers juggling multiple - miles credit cards and multiple
awards programs.
American AAdvantage and Alaska
Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both American
Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop economy class
award on American
Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
Except for Melbourne, the redemption rates for economy, business, and first class
awards from the U.S. to major cities in eastern Australia will require the same number of Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank miles.
However, when American
Airlines has
mileage sales that earn bonus miles, you might be able to get a decent value for the miles if you need to top off your account so you can book an
award ticket.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank is another program you can use to hunt for
award values on Emirates.
Avios are the shared
mileage currency of British Airways and Iberian
Airlines — but you can use them for far more than travel on these two European carriers, and you can take advantage of their distance
award chart for short flights.
The following as specifically excluded in the fine print:
Airline ticket purchases, mileage point purchases, mileage point transfer fees, gift cards, duty - free purchases, award tickets and fees incurred with airline alliance partners do not q
Airline ticket purchases,
mileage point purchases,
mileage point transfer fees, gift cards, duty - free purchases,
award tickets and fees incurred with
airline alliance partners do not q
airline alliance partners do not qualify.
But with
airlines increasing the number of miles needed for many
awards, and reducing the number of seats they make available for the lowest
mileage levels, these programs have lost some of their value.
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.
When you join the
award - winning Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan ™ program, you have a wide range of options to quickly earn
airline miles that will get you closer to your next dream getaway.
Reduced
mileage award — You must book through American
Airlines reservations or ticket centers to receive this benefit.
Japan
Airlines»
Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based
award chart which is broken into tiers based on your flight miles.
Since I can redeem United miles on their partner
airlines, in this case Lufthansa, at the same
mileage cost as on United metal, using the current
award chart I'll pay 100,000 United miles and $ 97 in taxes and fees.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop economy class
award on American
Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
These include premier priority travel offered by the
airline, premier
mileage bonuses, complimentary premier upgrades, as well as various premier
award travel benefits.
American AAdvantage and Alaska
Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both American
Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
This puts it on par with United
Airlines, which has the same policy but much more expensive
awards in terms of
mileage.
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).
As with economy
awards, Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business class
award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
Rather than having a standard region to region chart, Alaska
Mileage Plan has specific
award prices for individual
airlines.
Like British Airways Executive Club, the Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based
award chart.
Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan allows free stopovers on
awards, which is a benefit eliminated by almost all other
airline programs.
This means that there are many routes with open seats available for
award tickets going empty, but you may have to call the
airline mileage program to find them.
AA Reduced
Mileage Awards require you to not only have American
Airlines miles that you want to redeem, but also to have an American
Airlines co-branded credit card.
If the
airline thinks it can sell those seats for cash, it's much less likely to release the seats for cheap
mileage redemptions — making
award space extremely limited on the most popular travel dates.
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).
That contract also states «no
mileage credit will be
awarded for canceled flights or if you are accommodated on another
airline.»
Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan is an
award - winning program that is valued by travelers for a couple of reasons.
There's no detail offered here on what they consider a «canceled flight,» but if your
award flight is canceled for reasons due to an error by the
airline (not by you or due to weather or strike), agents will likely issue
mileage credits for a rebooked flight.
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.
Unlike American
Airlines and many other frequent flyer programs, Japan
Airlines»
Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based
award chart.
I compiled the following chart using the actual
mileage and dollar
award costs for several cities served by British Airways, American
Airlines, Delta, United, and their partners.
First, they lowered
mileage earning rates on partner
airlines without notice and now, I just found out they will be raising their fees for
award travel changes.