Sentences with phrase «award on partner airlines»

More expensive first class awards on partner airlines mean I now only consider using them for international business class.

Another great redemption option is for first class saver awards on partner airlines.

Increased the cost of premium awards on partner airlines by significant margins (some awards increased in price by over 50 %) making them a lot less attractive than in the past.

Unfortunately, most economy class awards on partner airlines are overpriced.

Unfortunately, Etihad only allows you to book Etihad flights via their website, so you can't book awards on partner airlines online.

In addition, there is great value in using SKYPASS miles for awards on partner airlines, especially gems like traveling from the continental U.S. to Hawaii on Delta.

Although United devalued their award chart while I was «on the treadmill» racking up points & miles, and business class awards on partner airlines went from 100k to 140k round - trip I still felt it was a good use of points.

The damage done to First Class awards on partner airlines mirrors that done to the Business Class awards discussed above.

Thanks to the recent devaluations the aspirational awards on partner airlines cost considerably more AAdvantage Miles than they did in the past and, even at 1.72 cents / mile, I can't see the value.

JAL awards on partner airlines operate on a distance - based award chart.

If you are looking to book a US - North Asia award on a partner airline, I'd try to book now if you can get it for 95,000 Skymiles.

Off - Peak Awards on partner airlines were the best thing about the awards scheme!!

Negatives: • United miles were devalued on February 1, 2014 so you will need a lot more United miles if you want to redeem them for international awards on partner airlines (especially for first and business class flights).

Alaska Airlines is a perennial favorite among frequent flyers due to its excellent service, solid redemptions on its own metal, generous stopover policy and some outstanding awards on partner airlines.

Just a quick note about booking awards on these partner airlines: while Etihad award flights may be booked online, you must redeem miles for partner awards over the phone by calling the Guest Services Centre at 877-690-0767 at least 14 days in advance.

Even United Airlines qualifies under these criteria despite charging much more for awards on partner airlines.

On the whole, Economy Class awards on partner airlines have always been even worse value than Economy Class awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award tickets.

Of course, some frequent flyer program members might have simply overlooked available flights given the complaint regarding poor search tools, number four on the list, and the difficulty (including flights not showing up in a search) in booking awards on partner airlines, a peeve that rounded out the top five.

To redeem points for awards on partner airlines, however, you need to accumulate 4,800 Gold Circle Points in one year, the same as reaching the Prestige elite tier.

In addition, there is great value in using SKYPASS miles for awards on partner airlines, especially gems like traveling from the continental U.S. to Hawaii on Delta.

While economy award flights are generally competitively priced on both charts, business and first class awards on partner airlines are almost always overpriced.