Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members enjoy generous
availability on award redemptions, one - way travel awards and no minimum spend requirement to reach elite status.
Not exact matches
Is there another way to check
award seats
availability on One World partner airlines for
redemption through AA?
I can't see any way that this many UR points can be introduced into the system without there being some serious knock -
on effects for
award availability (short - term issue) and for
redemption rates (long - term issue).
You're tied to redeeming through one frequent flyer program, and if there isn't any
award availability on the dates you want, or if the
redemption rates are bad, there's nothing you can do about it.
It's important to remember that not all
award seats that are shown
on the Etihad Guest website are available to be booked using AAdvantage Miles — Etihad needs to have «Guest Business»
awards available for there to be
availability for AAdvantage miles
redemptions.
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.
Since Amtrak offers last - seat
award availability, any seats or sleeper accommodations which are available
on amtrak.com are available for
award redemption, subject to the blackout dates below.
I hardly found any Domestic business class
awards that are reasonably priced, Delta uses dynamic pricing based
on the demand,
availability for sky miles
redemption.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business Class
award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip
redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
The lowest Spirit's
redemption rates are unambiguously called Free Spirit Master Card, and contrary to what you might have heard about the lack of
availability, finding these
awards is completely possible (please trust the guy who has done it
on more than one occasion — me!).
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.
You can book one - way
awards at half the cost of round - trip
redemptions, and
availability on certain routes is quite good.
For years, fliers have complained about stingy
award availability on Delta flights at the lowest
redemption levels.
On the redemption side, the award chart to / from Europe isn't too bad (62,500 miles for a transatlantic one - way in business class) and you get access to much better availability on AF / KL's own flights that when booking with Delt
On the
redemption side, the
award chart to / from Europe isn't too bad (62,500 miles for a transatlantic one - way in business class) and you get access to much better
availability on AF / KL's own flights that when booking with Delt
on AF / KL's own flights that when booking with Delta.
Award availability on Alaska matches what you'll see
on Alaska's own website (for
redemptions at the low / saver level).
Considering BA often has great last - minute partner
award redemption availability and doesn't charge last - minute booking fees either, you could be looking at huge savings
on this route.