Aside from the fact that this is a great airline with an excellent
award redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.
You can find the Partner
Award Redemption chart for JetPrivilege here.
Etihad maintains a separate
award redemption chart for every partner.
Here's the old
award redemption chart and here's the new one.
And because British Airways has
an award redemption chart that's organized by distance flown instead of region, you'll only to cash in 25,000 British Airways miles on a roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to Honolulu instead of the 45,000 miles American requires for that same flight.
Aside from the fact that this is a great airline with an excellent
award redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.
Virgin Atlantic doesn't have one of the best
award redemption charts for flights.
Alaska Airlines offers a vast range of partner airlines as well as a very reasonable
awards redemption chart, making this airline and its co-branded credit card a great investment.
Virgin Atlantic doesn't have one of the best
award redemption charts for flights.
Check prices on the upgrade
awards redemption chart.
And
award redemption charts are changing as well, American said, with some increasing and some going down (especially to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America for flights booked after March 22).
Not exact matches
Similar to an
award chart, they have
redemptions based on pricing tiers.
When flying Iberia, note the
award chart has an off - peak function like Aer Lingus, which provides reduced mileage
redemption options if you are flexible with dates.
Similar to an
award chart, they have
redemptions based on pricing tiers.
Unfortunately, Delta Air Lines does not publish an
award chart, and instead provides the
redemption rate based on a number of factors that the airline decides.
FlexPerks has a very unique
award chart for flight
redemptions.
JAL uses a distance - based
award chart and is not only part of Oneworld; it also partners with Emirates (and hasn't devalued first - class
redemptions like Alaska, another SPG transfer partner).
Often derided for not having a public
award chart and increasing
redemption rates without notice, Delta SkyMiles could still be useful if you have American Express Membership Rewards points and / or SPG Starpoints.
Maximize credit card rewards miles
redemption with partner airlines — On most
award charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular
award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
If you transfer your points to partners with valuable
award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve
redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.
Valuation: The new British Airways
award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for most premium cabin
redemptions, particularly on long - haul flights.
American implements a zone - based
award chart, and the best
redemptions are at the MileSAAver level, if you can secure them.
The two previous Etihad
redemptions are route specific
redemptions, but their
award chart for Royal Air Maroc is distance - based.
Note: Many of these
redemptions reference the
award charts, which are found in the «Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Award Chart» section and further explained in the «Award Redemption Rules» below the redemption opt
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Cathay Pacific has different
award redemption rules depending on which
award chart you are using for your
redemption.
They don't have an
award chart on their site anymore, but they do state that the minimum
redemption can be made for 10,000 miles.
Unfortunately, these programs are difficult to use for
redemption on partner airlines, and there are no advantages to using them anyway since their
award charts are quite stingy.
The mileage cost to fly one of ANA's partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the
award chart does have a few solid partner
redemption options.
Without an
award chart, it's extremely difficult to know how many miles you'll need for the
redemption you want.
Often derided for not having a public
award chart and increasing
redemption rates without notice, Delta SkyMiles could still be useful if you have American Express Membership Rewards points and / or SPG Starpoints.
But I suspect there are a lot more situations like this, where increased
redemption costs under the new United
award chart — especially in premium cabins — will make it worth paying potentially astronomical fuel surcharges to their rivals.
And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 - tier Delta
award chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level
redemptions aren't available on any airline and you're considering a more expensive
award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate
award tiers.
Because Amtrak splits up their
award chart longitudinally, north / south
redemptions can offer exceptional value.
However, be careful: the distance - based
award chart can also result in less favorable
redemption rates on long - haul flights.
The Miles & More program uses zone - based
award charts, and the value of themiles will vary from
redemption to
redemption.
Virgin Australia's Velocity frequent flyer program operates a distance - based
award chart with plenty of «sweet spot»
redemptions.
American implements a zone - based
award chart, and the best
redemptions are at the MileSAAver level, if you can secure them.
The distance - based
award chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot
redemptions on partner airlines.
Although the program's
redemptions for miles are generally priced conservatively, there are a few excellent deals hidden in its
award charts.
Air India doesn't publish
award charts for its own flights, which can make determining
redemption levels a little confusing, particularly for international routes.
Delta hasn't shown us their new
award chart yet, so this could all be a trap, with greater seat availability offset by even higher
award redemption levels.
You can then transfer those points to Virgin Atlantic, which has a generous
award chart with flight
redemptions based on one - way distance, and occasionally offers transfer bonuses adding to the potential value.
The same executives at the conference who were talking about
award charts as a promise to the customer were also saying that it's important to encourage the first
redemption as soon as possible.
Charts make it easier to determine the cost of an
award redemption: for example, knowing that you'll need 60,000 miles for a roundtrip economy ticket from the U.S. to Europe.
This is one decent first class
redemption that is still left in American Airlines»
award chart after the 2016 devaluation.
Japan Airlines» distance - based
award chart provides some great
redemptions, but Alaska Airlines» region - based
award chart is sometimes a better deal.
Unlike major U.S. airlines, British Airways Executive Club uses a distance - based
award chart (shown above) for first class
redemptions.
Redemptions are done against an
award chart which lists the cost for each type of flight, either based on zones, countries, or distances.
Not all miles and points are created equally, and every
award chart has its own point
redemption valuations for various flights.
We've covered a lot here, considering the
award chart possibilities for a multitude of carriers and in this feature spent time looking at some of the best hotel stay
redemption options, as well.