Not exact matches
A slightly higher
cost of redemption applies to
award flights booked
between South Africa and the following destinations:
Yet, a longer
flight between Dallas and Hong Kong, which falls into the multicarrier
award Zone 6 (7,501 to 9,000 miles),
costs only 85,000 miles in business class.
For example, a roundtrip
award flight between Ft. Lauderdale and St. Thomas
costs 17,400 points and $ 11.20, while the revenue fare for the same
flight is $ 300.
Use Airline Miles
Flights to Jackson Hole from the east coast typically
cost between $ 400 - $ 700 and always require a layover, but
award seats start at just 25,000 miles round trip!
Since the regular
award cost for a roundtrip
flight between the U.S. and Europe for all major airlines is 60,000 miles, you will often come out ahead by booking your
flight via the Citi Travel Center.
Suffice it to say that this is a significant devaluation on the part of United, and many of us will be forced to choose
between undesirable routings or higher
award flight costs in the future.
United charges more miles
between the Continental U.S. and Alaska, so if an
award seat in economy within the Continental U.S. and Canada
costs 12,500 miles one - way, a
flight between the Continental U.S. and Alaska
costs 17,500 United miles.
To calculate the
cost of
award flights, we researched routes
between major hubs on both coasts of the U.S. to various popular airports in the Middle East.
A round - trip
award flight between Denver and Mexico City booked during the low season
costs 56,000 miles for economy and 96,000 miles in business.
A Miles & More Business Class
award flight between the US and Europe will
cost 105,000 miles roundtrip and, as you can see from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt roundtrip will
cost around $ 2,500:
An
award flight between Los Angeles and London
costs the same number of miles as an
award flight between New York and London — despite the latter being a considerably shorter
flight.
American Airlines uses a region - based
award chart so
awards between two regions
cost the same number of miles irrespective of how long the
flight is.
Award flights between North and South America
cost the same.
However, they have explicitly stated that
flights between select markets will only
cost 10K miles each way for the lowest level economy
awards.
First class
awards on Garuda Indonesia usually
cost 180,000 Garuda Miles (or Citi ThankYou Points) for a
flight between London (LHR) and Jakarta (CGK), but the promo rate is 95,000 miles.
One of the best values for a U.S. traveler is an
award flight between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, which
costs 72,000 miles in premium economy and 120,000 miles in business (72,000 and 120,000 Membership Rewards points respectively).
To figure out the
cost of
award flights and the best programs to use, I looked at a variety of routes
between major hubs in China and the U.S..
For example, a round - trip
award flight between New York and Miami / Fort Lauderdale
costs just 5,000 Free Spirit miles.
An
award ticket
between Miami and Lima
costs 48,000 kilometers (29,825 miles), which is comparable to what AAdvantage would charge for the same
flight.
For example,
award flights between NYC and Fort Lauderdale or Houston and New Orleans only
cost 5,000 miles roundtrip.
An
award ticket on United
between the U.S. and the Middle East
costs 85,000 miles, but the
flight between the U.S. and Japan
costs only 70,000 miles.