A reverse herringbone business - class and spacious first - class suites provide some of the best
award redemption opportunities for those crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Not exact matches
For instance, Air France and KLM's frequent flyer program, Flying Blue, has some great
redemption opportunities when it comes to booking
award flights from the United States to the Caribbean and to Hawaii.
We don't yet know the
redemption rates
for awards on JAL, but depending on the outcome, Alaska has an
opportunity to regain some of the luster it lost in March.
So while there's good
award availability there's little
opportunity for high leverage
redemptions.
But even if you don't want to go with the hassle of finding
award space on a plane, there are still plenty of gift card and cash - like
redemption opportunities available that provide essentially a full rebate
for those hotel nights.
The basic structure of these specialized programs is the same as Best Western Rewards; however, members have the added benefit of additional earning
opportunities and may be eligible
for special sweepstakes, discounted rates, exclusive offers and
award redemption options.
These new routes could present a great
opportunity for award redemption; jump on it before others do.
This opened up some
opportunities to make
award redemptions when you didn't have the full required amount of points
for your booking.
Today TPG Contributor Jason Steele looks at
opportunities for maximizing
award redemptions in Flying Blue, which is now a transfer partner of three out of four of the major points programs.
For example, you may have an opportunity for a fantastic award redemption, but you don't have enough points and you can't wait to build up the points slow
For example, you may have an
opportunity for a fantastic award redemption, but you don't have enough points and you can't wait to build up the points slow
for a fantastic
award redemption, but you don't have enough points and you can't wait to build up the points slowly.
Hyatt's
award chart allows
for some great
redemption value
opportunities, especially at high - end properties.
Pros: Good transfer
opportunities; low
award redemption requirements; one of the best search engines
for Star Alliance
award availability.