Level 1 corresponds to the cheapest seats, generally referred to
as saver awards, level 3 equates to standard awards, and level 5 to peak - level awards.
If these flights area available
as a Saver Award on United.com then you will be able to call in and book the flight using Miles & More miles.
Not exact matches
Additionally, even if your goal happens to be short flights on American Airlines within the U.S., AA has sharply reduced their
saver award space (which is the space open to partners such
as British Airways) so Avios are less useful for those
awards.
One - way
Saver Awards for domestic flights can cost
as little
as 10,000 miles each way with United.
These Premium Air Rewards should be though of
as saver level
awards — we're not always going to be able to book them.
While I'm not holding my breath that these
awards will be anywhere near
as generous or available
as, say, American's off - peak flights to Europe, even an expansion of regular
Saver availability would be excellent.
Pretty much everyone who belongs to a frequent - flyer program is familiar with the ubiquitous 12,500 - mile domestic
saver one - way
award on airlines such
as United and American, but what if I told you that you could fly on that very same domestic flight, operated by those very same U.S. - based airlines, for only 7,500 miles?
Saver awards (what most of us are booking) will see higher fees than Advantage
awards (formerly known
as standard
awards).
As a Hawaiian Airlines cardholder, you also get access to discounted
award flights which can be even cheaper than
saver level
awards.
After confirming
Saver class availability for each flight segment by searching them
as one - way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed availability on during my one - way searches.
United lists its
Saver Award level
as 17,500 miles per leg.
Options for the return flight aren't quite
as good,
as there are no
saver awards available on the Monday after the game.
At the
saver level, business class
awards cost twice the price of economy
awards on the same route, and first class
awards cost three times
as much.
We lowered prices on most short - haul intra-region Economy
Saver Awards for regions outside of the U.S., such
as flights within Europe.
As a result, MileagePlus members can enjoy a 5k discount on MileagePlus
Saver Awards in economy.
United
Saver and American MilesSAAver economy class
awards can be redeemed for
as little
as 25,000 miles.
By earning miles with these loyalty programs I have access to more
award space on their flights,
as well
as the same
saver - level
award space that exists on United and other Star Alliance partners.
So long
as you are not flying one of these premium routes the prices for your
Saver Awards will stay the exact same.
Currently, if you want to fly from New York City to Miami for Thanksgiving, there are no United
saver awards available if you fly out on the day before Thanksgiving and return home that following Sunday
as those are the peak travel dates.
As an example of how one program works, United normally offers its saver award seats in the lower 48 states at 12,500 miles each way, but when a saver award isn't available, those with a United co-branded credit card or United elite status typically can secure an award seat at the 25,000 - mile standard award level each direction, as long as seats are still available for sale with cas
As an example of how one program works, United normally offers its
saver award seats in the lower 48 states at 12,500 miles each way, but when a
saver award isn't available, those with a United co-branded credit card or United elite status typically can secure an
award seat at the 25,000 - mile standard
award level each direction,
as long as seats are still available for sale with cas
as long
as seats are still available for sale with cas
as seats are still available for sale with cash.
You will still want to book
as early
as possible to ensure you can get one of the low - cost
Saver Awards, but, this is one less way you can get nickel - and - dimed by the airlines if you can not book a flight until the last - minute.
I kept monitoring it to see how it trended
as the dates got closer and although economy
award space still hasn't opened up I suddenly saw wide open availability to Europe at
saver levels the entire months of July and August: All summer!
As from 24 May, you will be able to redeem for Premium Economy
saver award tickets flights where Premium Economy is offered.
One - way
Saver Award travel currently starts
as low
as 12,500 miles within the continental U.S. and Canada.
United
Saver Awards United Economy
Saver Awards are redeemable starting
as low
as 12,500 miles for one - way travel within the continental U.S. and Canada
as of January 1, 2018.
As you can see from the calendar, there are no
Saver Awards available in either cabin class on our original date of July 1.
Saver awards cost a touch more than SuperSaver (usually between one - third and one - fourth more depending on the route), while Flex
awards, which do not confer any additional benefits such
as American Airlines AAnyTime
awards, cost twice the SuperSaver redemption rate.
As stated,
award availability for (
saver) business class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with business class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
You can book this flight using Miles & More miles
as long
as you find
Saver Award availability on United with no more than 3 flight segments.
You can forget about using the miles you buy for premium cabin
saver awards on American Airlines — they're so hard to find they may
as well not exist nowadays.
These can be
as low
as 20,000 miles each way for a Super
Saver award, but you will find much better availability at the
Saver level for 30,000 miles.
Cardholders receive access to extra
saver level
awards for economy class and guaranteed standard level
awards as long
as a seat is available for purchase.
Pay attention to the differences in class (economy, business, first, etc.) and to the differences between standard and
saver awards (
as you'll be trying to go for the
saver awards).
None of the changes to
award fees can be classified
as good news for travelers, especially if you're booking
saver level
awards — why would you do anything else?!
This can be a huge money
saver for couples and families, especially since the Companion Pass is valid on
award flights
as well
as paid ones.
Depending upon the destination, fliers can save
as much
as 7,500 miles off of a roundtrip
saver award ticket.
Saver level
award availability for flights is almost completely non-existent and the flight times are challenging enough
as it is even when paying cash.
If you have a co-branded American Airlines credit card, such
as the Aviator Red MasterCard, the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard or the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard, you can get 7,500 miles off the usual round trip price of 25,000 miles per domestic
saver award if you are heading to a city on this rotating monthly list.
The Conventional Wisdom is that you should never use pay with points because you won't get
as much value from your points
as you would if you redeemed for a plain old
Saver (or perhaps even Standard)
award instead.
When Air New Zealand came out with changes to its frequent flyer program from points to dollars in 2004, I worried about what it would mean for the future of frequent flyer program value, although they kept both a points
as money idea and a traditional
award chart (with
saver awards also continuing to be made available to partner airlines).
Saver awards require fewer miles but have limited availability and come with more restrictive fare conditions; Advantage
awards require more miles
as there are more seats available and have less restrictive fare conditions.
If you are ready to fly on a whim airlines often open up
saver awards as it gets closer to the flight.
On international airlines,
saver award seats were defined
as award seats in the lowest tier available.
Dan, I know that ANA can only book a United flight to Tel Aviv if United offers that flight
as a «
saver award».
I can see the flight
as a «
saver award» on united.com because I have a united chase explorer card, even though for non-cardholders, united.com shows no availability.
Mileage Plan has reasonable prices for both Super
Saver awards and its mid-level
Saver awards, offers flights to / from Alaska at the same rate
as the lower 48 states, and recently announced a pretty harmless devaluation.
Anyway, if there is no
saver award space on AA and if you can not find availability on partner airlines, you're better off saving your miles than using twice
as many for an AAnytime ticket.
American Airlines»
Saver Awards, for example, go
as low
as 12,500 miles for one - way fares, even to and from Hawaii and the Caribbean.
Discount is only available on roundtrip flights, one - way travel is still priced
as a regular, non-discounted
Saver Award.
One - way travel is still priced
as a regular, non-discounted
Saver Award.