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.
Not exact matches
> 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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Some of the generic programs require a
ticket redemption fee once you have reached the
award threshold and wish to reserve a flight, so be sure to inquire
with the issuing bank.
If a wholly unused
ticket is exchanged for travel outside of the promotion period, the mileage will be credited back into the member's account, subject to an applicable service charge, and a new
ticket will be issued at the mileage -
redemption rate commensurate
with the new
award.
Instead of having a pretty straight forward distance based
award chart
with redemption rates by fare class for economy, Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and business class
tickets, PAL introduced multiple
award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy
awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
awards.
«For fliers redeeming their miles, Delta will continue to
award tickets by pricing them in miles, not in actual cash fares, offering different levels of availability as it does today -LSB-...] Delta plans to introduce a system
with up to five tiers of
redemption choices so customers will have a wider variety of options, including one - way reward
tickets and the ability to redeem
tickets using both miles and cash, Mr. Robertson said.
Points were worth as much as 2 cents each
with their tiered
redemption system, and often more given that each
award ticket could take advantage of a $ 25 airline allowance.
Fare Based
Award Ticket Redemption (FBATR) project Fast Track Release — Provides limited base functionality to align
with the Polaris Chicago release timing
These are actually available to anyone booking economy
award tickets to certain regions during specific timeframes, though many will be changing
with the upcoming devaluation (all amounts are for one - way
redemptions):
People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great
redemption options (90,000 miles for business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their
award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because
with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business class
ticket on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous fuel surcharges).
If a wholly unused
ticket is exchanged for travel outside of the promotion period or travel that does not otherwise comply
with the terms and conditions of this promotion, the mileage will be credited back into the member's account, subject to an applicable service charge, and a new
ticket will be issued at the mileage
redemption rate commensurate
with the new
award.