Note that one way Skyteam awards are priced the same
as round trip awards, so book round trip flights only.
Not exact matches
As we discussed above, booking
round -
trip British Airways
awards to London from the United States will cost you a ton of cash.
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a
round -
trip award,
as well
as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a flight on Qantas with Alaska Mileage Plan miles.
Get a
round -
trip coach
award flight to Europe and beyond for the same price
as a domestic
award flight!
Or transfer the points to partners like United Airlines for travel such
as a
round -
trip award ticket within the US and Canada or a 1 - way flight to Europe.
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a
round -
trip award,
as well
as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a flight on Qantas with Alaska Mileage Plan miles.
The total price for this itinerary is still just 150,000 miles — the same
as a
round -
trip award to Hong Kong without a stopover in Tokyo.
These fuel surcharges can be several hundred dollars, and when added to the mandatory taxes (even United charges those) you might pay
as much
as $ 1,000 for your
round -
trip first class
award.
As per
award chart, a
round -
trip ticket from New York City to Honolulu costs 35,000 Elevate points in economy and 80,000 points in business class.
Round -
trip economy is 25,000 miles, same
as a US domestic
award.
It is possible to book most of the
awards as one - ways and build a multi-city itinerary with stopovers and open - jaws, but they cost slightly more than half of a
round -
trip award.
Head off for a weekend in Mexico or the Caribbean in coach class for
as little
as 25,000 miles
round -
trip for an off - peak
award ticket, or 50,000 miles
round -
trip in business class for a MileSAAver
award ticket.
Say you wanted to fly domestically and your flight would cost $ 350 cash and 30,000 miles if you were to book it
as an
award (
round trip).
The US to Japan
award price is the same
as India, 80,000 miles
round -
trip in economy class, while prohibitively expensive at 200,000 miles.
Notice that the
award price is the same
as a
round -
trip despite the stopover in Hong Kong.
At this point, your two main options to fly to the World Cup using miles are purchasing a flight with cash starting at about $ 800 to $ 1,000 per
round trip in economy, and then use points from a card such
as the Barclaycard Arrival World Elite Mastercard to offset the charge, or search for
award flights that get you close to Russia.
For example, United Airlines has very generous
award chart that permits a free stopover on all international
round -
trip awards, but its MileagePlus program will sometimes charge twice
as many miles for partner
awards vs. an
award on its own planes.
Round -
trip economy
awards with Singapore Airlines come in at just 55,000 miles,
as opposed to the 60,000 miles required by United.
You can fly on Star Alliance partner Austrian by booking with a frequent - flyer program such
as United MileagePlus from 60,000 miles per
round trip or even by booking via Avianca LifeMiles, also for 60,000 miles per
round trip, though without the $ 75 close - in
award ticketing fee that United charges within 21 days of travel.
A couple final points to keep in mind with Cathay Pacific Asia Miles are that they utilize a distance - based
award chart and one - way
awards require more than half has many miles
as a
round -
trip award ticket.
You can book
round trip award fares to Mexico for
as little
as 12,000 SkyMiles.
Travel between cities requiring connections or transfers in Bangkok will be considered
as two separate
round -
trip awards.
You can find one - way domestic
award flights on Delta for
as little
as 5,000 miles, so you could get
as many
as three
round -
trip flights with just the sign - up bonus.
Gosh,
as long
as they are leaving the upgrade
award chart alone... We all recall the painful increase a couple of yrs back... We all used to be able to upgrade an Intl B fate for 25K
round trip!
As I mentioned above, it costs 25K points for a
round trip, domestic United Economy
award if you transferred your UR points to United.
It's not
as cheap
as it once was, you can still snag this
award for 220,000 miles
round -
trip instead of paying $ 15,704.86, a value of 7.14 CPM.
However, consider initiating a change to the original reservation (and paying the necessary fees) so that it will be priced
as a
round -
trip award.
There are three important caveats: (1) travel must include a Saturday night stay, (2) an advance purchase requirement of 21 days is in place, and (3)
award travel must be booked
as a
round trip.
As you might have noticed, you need to take approximately 11
round trips (based on earning 7000 per
trip) before you can get one
award trip.
I mention it mostly to warn you in case you plan to book your
award travel
as two one - way tickets rather than a single
round -
trip ticket.
Since Qatar's new product is going to be
as nice
as a first - class product, you may want to book this product and save an incredible 90,000 miles for a
round trip ticket versus a first - class
award.
For example, miles can be transferred to ANA Airlines of Japan, and 104,000 ANA miles can be redeemed for a
round -
trip award flight in business class between the United States and Africa on any of ANA's Star Alliance partners such
as Lufthansa, Turkish, Ethiopian, or South African Airlines.
Using the old off - peak MilesSAAver
awards, 40,000 AAdvantage miles for a
round trip ticket from Europe to Hawaii could be great value for money when ticket prices are in excess of $ 1,400 (
as they often are) and I've made use of this
award on a number of occasions myself.
Delta
awards purchased with Alaska miles can only be booked
as round -
trip tickets.
To price a one - way
award, calculate the distance
as if it were a
round -
trip itinerary.
As we discussed above, booking
round -
trip British Airways
awards to London from the United States will cost you a ton of cash.
You can book a one - way, but it will cost the same
as a
round -
trip so we strongly recommend a
round -
trip award.
This means that an
award flight within US booked
as a
round trip will cost 25,000 miles, but when you book two one - way
awards you can fly the same
round trip for only 24,000 miles.
Awards must be booked as round - trips and some partner awards include significant taxes and
Awards must be booked
as round -
trips and some partner
awards include significant taxes and
awards include significant taxes and fees.
So, if you book a
round -
trip award, the price to bring an infant will be the same
as if you booked a one - way
award.
Delta considers Alaska to be part of the same geographic region
as the contiguous U.S. and Canada when it comes to pricing
awards, which means you can travel
round -
trip for just 25,000 miles in economy class.
As you can see, 20K
round trip awards are available in abundance.
There is no benefit to booking a
round -
trip award ticket
as all are priced out on a one way basis.
Virgin is offering sale fares between Hawaii and LAX for
as little
as $ 338
round trip — today (Tuesday) only — and is offering Elevate members an
award flight price starting at 8,278 points.
Though Miles & More
awards carry high fuel surcharges, their redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such
as 50,000 miles for
round -
trip flights between the U.S. and Europe in economy class.
American Airlines MileSAAver
awards allow for redemptions to Europe
as low
as 45,000
round trip.
Every so often, Delta offers an
award «flash sale,» such
as domestic flights from 11,000 SkyMiles
round -
trip or 65,000 SkyMiles
round -
trip to Asia.
A
round -
trip ticket in first class normally costs $ 14,833 but can be booked
as an
award for 140,000 miles.
Below I've listed all routes that originate from the USA that cost fewer miles when booked
as a partner
award, in
round -
trip pricing.
It is not worthwhile depositing to Asia Miles for economy
awards,
as they are cheaper with BA Avios than Asia miles (
round trip awards are cheaper with Asia miles by 5,000 Asia miles)