There are exceptions, but this is how the classic
airline redemption chart works.
You can check the miles required for a given award flight on
airlines redemption chart, but there is no easy guide to the additional fees you'll be charged.
Not exact matches
Alaska
Airlines offers a vast range of partner airlines as well as a very reasonable awards redemption chart, making this airline and its co-branded credit card a great inv
Airlines offers a vast range of partner
airlines as well as a very reasonable awards redemption chart, making this airline and its co-branded credit card a great inv
airlines as well as a very reasonable awards
redemption chart, making this
airline and its co-branded credit card a great investment.
Unfortunately, Delta Air Lines does not publish an award
chart, and instead provides the
redemption rate based on a number of factors that the
airline decides.
Maximize credit card rewards miles
redemption with partner
airlines — On most award
charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
Unfortunately, these programs are difficult to use for
redemption on partner
airlines, and there are no advantages to using them anyway since their award
charts are quite stingy.
Aside from the fact that this is a great
airline with an excellent award
redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.
The $ 120 travel credit can not be used towards
airline redemptions on the Flight Rewards
Chart.
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.
And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 - tier Delta award
chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level
redemptions aren't available on any
airline and you're considering a more expensive award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate award tiers.
The following
chart is applicable for
redemptions on Etihad Airways, Singapore
Airlines, Air New Zealand (New Zealand domestic and long - haul services only), SilkAir, Airberlin, Hawaiian
Airlines, and South African Airways.
The distance - based award
chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot
redemptions on partner
airlines.
Yes, the seats aren't always guaranteed to be available, but when they are, the standard cost for a transcontinental flight with
airlines that use a standard
chart - based
redemption system is only 25,000 points.
This is one decent first class
redemption that is still left in American
Airlines» award
chart after the 2016 devaluation.
Japan
Airlines» distance - based award
chart provides some great
redemptions, but Alaska
Airlines» region - based award
chart is sometimes a better deal.
Unlike major U.S.
airlines, British Airways Executive Club uses a distance - based award
chart (shown above) for first class
redemptions.
Maximize credit card rewards miles
redemption with partner
airlines — On most award
charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
Most
airlines publish award
charts, but JetBlue bases the amount of points needed for
redemption on the fare and other factors.
To get this award
redemption at this price, you must fly American
Airlines, which allows you to use the first award
chart.
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.
Japan
Airlines has an excellent distance - based award
chart for premium cabin
redemptions, though their miles are difficult to obtain.
Since Frontier does not share mile earning or
redemption with any partner
airlines, its award
chart is very straight - forward.
The
airline's partner award
chart has a few excellent
redemptions that beat U.S. programs on the following routes:
Thanks to their 2011 award
chart «devaluation» that converted Avios into a distance - based
redemption program, it's usually advantageous to book American
Airlines, US Airways, and Alaska
Airlines flights that are less than 1,150 miles in each direction with Avios instead of the actual miles of the carrier.
Points don't work like
airline miles or hotel points, where what you're looking to redeem for is valued according to a
redemption chart.
JAL, which uses a distance - based award
chart for
redemptions on partner
airlines, has the same rate of 40,000 miles for some routes, but it can go up to 55,000 miles or more to certain destinations.
Yesterday, while most people's attention was focused on the addition of Premium Economy
redemptions to the Singapore
Airlines award
chart (more on that in a separate post), the
airline slipped in a change to the
charts in a way that increased the cost of Premium Cabin Saver Awards to certain European cities.
Here's a
chart of flights from the United States operated by American
Airlines with new
redemption starting next year, compared to current rates.
The
airline has also created a whole new
chart for
redemptions on partner
airlines (it currently uses a single
chart for all awards, whether on United itself or otherwise).
What I haven't seen discussed is how American
Airlines is going to fit Premium Economy
redemptions into its award
chart and it's this aspect of what's coming soon that has me concerned.
Redemption rates for SkyTeam partner
airlines are based on a familiar looking multi-zone
chart.
S7
Airlines» oneworld alliance award
chart also offers some excellent
redemption options.
The award
chart for flights on Vietnam
Airlines is distance - based and has some good
redemptions for short - and medium - haul flights.
For this
redemption using the first
chart, only 1
airline can be used.
It would be a huge blow for award travel if the award
chart were devalued in the same manner that Delta and Malaysia
Airlines changed their
redemptions.
Unlike most
airlines, Asia Miles
redemptions are distanced - based and have different award
charts depending on the number and type of carriers you are flying on a single ticket.
Southwest
Airlines does not have any award
chart redemptions per say so this post will differ from the previous posts on Ultimate Rewards» partners.
Here's the United
Airlines Award
Chart for
redemptions in Star Alliance Partners (click to enlarge):
Although Alaska
Airlines is a earn and
redemption partner, there are currently no awards in the Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan
charts for the South Pacific.
As shown on their Star Alliance partner award
chart, flights from North America to Europe can be booked as low as 55,000 miles, but partner
airlines are not given the 15 % discount and the
redemption rates are higher, so the deal is not to sweet (though still decent).
Partner award
chart: When an
airline has one award
chart for awards on its own flights and another award
chart governing the use of its miles on other
airlines available for
redemptions.
They operate two distance - based
charts depending on if you're booking partner
airlines or not but both
charts offer great
redemption rates to places like Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia (pretty much everywhere).
Partner awards are on one award
chart, regardless of
airline, with a single
redemption price option for each class.
Some of the best include the following: United
Airlines, which opens up access to the huge Star Alliance network of carriers; British Airways, offering great value on short - haul nonstop flights due to their distance - based award
chart; Korean
Airlines, with amazing award availability in their first class cabins; and Hyatt, which is widely recognized as offering some of the highest value point
redemption opportunities of any hotel chain.
The
redemption charts have been updated, and, unfortunately, South African Airways flights are found using the more expensive
redemption schedules (shared with the likes of Singapore
Airlines and Air New Zealand).
An example of this can be seen when comparing the
redemption chart for Malaysia Airlines against the chart for OneWorld partners.A Zone 5 Business Redemption is 132,000 points on a partner airline, whereas the best that can be achieved on Malaysia Airlines is 150,0
redemption chart for Malaysia
Airlines against the
chart for OneWorld partners.A Zone 5 Business
Redemption is 132,000 points on a partner airline, whereas the best that can be achieved on Malaysia Airlines is 150,0
Redemption is 132,000 points on a partner
airline, whereas the best that can be achieved on Malaysia
Airlines is 150,000 points.
The multicarrier award
chart for flights that involve two or more oneworld
airlines has particularly good
redemptions.
Remember that, last year, Alaska
Airlines doubled their
redemption chart for Etihad with zero notice.
Starpoints are great because 1) Has the most
airline partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best award
chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights
redemption options.
Aside from the fact that this is a great
airline with an excellent award
redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.