Fare Based
Award Ticket Redemption (FBATR) project Fast Track Release — Provides limited base functionality to align with the Polaris Chicago release timing
One way to soften the blow is to pair a premium
award ticket redemption with a Travel Together Ticket — British Airways version of a companion pass.
Flying Blue, the frequent flyer program of Air France and KLM, has announced changes to the program that impact
award ticket redemption.
Some negative aspects of the card include high surcharges on Virgin Atlantic
award ticket redemptions and high spending thresholds for earning the annual bonus and the companion ticket.
Other bonuses added today that are worth checking out are the AirAsia Rocketmiles bonuses, British Airway's Double Avios on flights out of the UK and Gulf Air's 50 % off
award ticket redemptions.
Not exact matches
If you are traveling from the West Coast, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank will still have the best
redemption rates, though the
redemption rates aren't quite as good compared to
award tickets from New York City.
> Value:
Award travel starts at just 20,000 FlexPoints (up to a $ 400
ticket value) on over 150 airlines with no blackout dates or
redemption fees.
Here are the
redemption rates for round - trip
award tickets booked with United MileagePlus miles, and estimates of the taxes and fees required for these bookings:
You'll get the best
redemption value for the miles earned with your United MileagePlus Club card for
award tickets on United Airlines and its airline partners.
Unlike most other airlines, Southwest
award flight
redemptions are based on the cost of the
ticket in most cases.
Note that Avios
award redemption tickets are not eligible for the new 96 - hour free Qatar transit program, since an eligible
ticket must be issued directly by Qatar Airways.
Here are the
redemption rates for round - trip
award tickets booked with United MileagePlus miles, and estimates of the taxes and fees required for these bookings:
These flights will generally be an hour or less, so unless your miles are burning a hole in your pocket it might be better to redeem an economy
ticket and save the extra miles for another (more exciting)
award redemption.
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.
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.
The biggest issue with the
redemption of Aeroplan miles is the «taxes» and fees that you have to pay when you book an Aeroplan
award ticket.
You'll get the best
redemption value for the miles earned with your United MileagePlus Club card for
award tickets on United Airlines and its airline partners.
I tried searches from each American and US Air hub, on the logic that perhaps a cheap cash
ticket to that hub would allow for a better
award redemption.
For each
award, I calculated an «imputed
redemption value,» which is the rate at which a British Airways Visa Travel Together
Ticket redemption is buying American AAdvantage miles, Delta Skymiles (or Membership Rewards points), or United Mileage Plus miles (or Chase Ultimate Rewards points).
It's important to confirm availability for the Flying Club miles
ticket by speaking with a Virgin Atlantic representative before tackling Delta, because flights available for Virgin Atlantic
redemption should almost certainly be available as a Delta
award booking, but the opposite isn't always the case.
This must be a paid, revenue
ticket — not an
award redemption.
Probably the best way to book Cathay Pacific
award tickets, the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program has good
redemption rates and allows a stopover on one - way
awards.
Miles, which are earned when you fly based on
ticket price and SkyMiles Status **, are used for
Award Travel and other
redemptions.
The best part about these
redemptions is that Hawaiian Airlines doesn't charge exorbitant fuel surcharges on
award tickets.
Miles + Cash is a
redemption option on
Award Tickets offered to all SkyMiles members where you can pay for your flight using a combination of miles and dollars.
Pay with Miles
tickets are not eligible for Best Fare Guarantee and may not be combined with any other forms of mileage
redemption, such as
Award Travel
tickets and upgrades.
Even though an
award ticket is 185,000 miles, carrier surcharges are actually very reasonable at just $ 408, and the final
redemption value is 9.3 CPM.
An
award ticket from North America to Australia on Qantas is one of the most expensive
redemptions in China Eastern's charts.
Revenue - based programs generally link their
award redemption rates to the cost of a
ticket, which is why it's probably the easiest kind of program to understand.
Plus, cardholders get a 5K discount on
award redemptions, and US Airways is well known for having discounted
tickets to Europe during off - peak seasons.
One of the worst ways to use your Hawaiian miles is with Jet Blue, which operates its own
award program on a value - based
redemption system that pegs the price in TrueBlue points to the current value of the
ticket.
The Mabuhay Miles program has some attractive earning and
redemption options, but is hampered by the poor website and call center service — you can't book
award tickets online and booking it through the call center can take a lot of time!
United
award redemptions are best for an economy
ticket and good deals can be found for domestic U.S. flights.
This comes due to high market demand for those higher - priced flights, higher
award redemption demand and more competitive pricing on those
tickets, Rubin said.
British Airways sent an email this morning stating the 4,500 Avios
redemption's for
award tickets that start or terminate in USA will not be available, effective Feb 02, 2016.
Back in 2015, British Airways made an announcement that the 4,500 Avios
redemption's for
award tickets that start or terminate in USA will not be available, effective Feb 02, 2016.
Pay with Miles
tickets are not eligible for Best Fare Guarantee and may not be combined with any other forms of mileage
redemption, such as
Award Travel
tickets.
Miles + Cash is a
redemption option on
Award Tickets offered to all SkyMiles Members where you can pay for your flight using a combination of miles and dollars.
To search for a flight to Japan using your miles with JAL, choose «JAL international
award ticket reservation» from the «
award redemption (air)» column on the left.
This discount makes the first class
award ticket to Asia one of the cheapest
redemptions among frequent flyer programs.
If you need to look in a higher
redemption class, see if you can get an
award ticket for the same or fewer points by moving up a class of service.
Though you'll see a somewhat similar approach with some domestic carriers, like Virgin America and Jet Blue, who charge their frequent flyers a
redemption rate based on the current cost of the
ticket, most carriers break out their
award redemptions into zones.
Though I'm primarily discussing economy
redemptions here, I also wanted to mention that booking through Virgin Atlantic, you can get first - class
award tickets for domestic travel in the U.S. for an absolute steal: just 45,000 miles.
While these flights are eligible for mileage
redemption using either American miles or Avios points, the Uber rides are only free for those that pay (
award tickets are out of luck).
American have continued their assault on
award redemptions to Hawaii by implementing a 40 % increase in the number of miles needed for a Business Class
ticket but, in the case of partner
awards, this doesn't make much difference as most people would be flying to Hawaii on American Airlines and not a partner airline anyway.
Calculate the
redemption value in terms of cents per mile by dividing the cash price of the
ticket by the number of miles required for an
award.
Inter-island
award redemption price out cheaper than typical domestic
award tickets.
At 80,000 miles for a one - way First Class
ticket, and 62,500 miles for a one - way Business Class
ticket between Seoul and New York this could be one of the better
award redemptions out there.
The
redemption values for travel on Virgin Atlantic can be misleading because of the surcharges you'll have to pay on
award tickets.
If you do, you can add individuals to your
Redemption Group and purchase
award tickets for them.