↓ Good Award Comes to an End When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best
award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carriers.
Not exact matches
However, fixed
value points can be good for trains, taxis, b & bs, and taxes on
award tickets.
This year's winner will receive two
tickets to the 2017 Audie
Awards Gala in New York City (
valued at $ 700),... [Read more...]
This year's winner will receive two
tickets to the 2017 Audie
Awards Gala in New York City (
valued at $ 700), recognition of their
award at the Gala, and a $ 200 cash prize.
The points
value changes as the price of the
ticket changes, and
awards are not fixed -
value.
You can sometimes get more
value by being flexible and booking Saver or partner
awards when cash
tickets are expensive.
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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
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
value) on over 150 airlines with no blackout dates or redemption fees.
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Value: 50,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points are good for $ 625 in travel credit, 2 domestic Saver
award tickets on United, a possible $ 700 + in Southwest «Wan na Get Away» fares on some flights, or 2 +
award nights at most Hyatts.
JetBlue prices
award tickets based on the cash cost of a
ticket, though because of leverage on taxes and fees you can get better
value booking cheaper
tickets with points.
In practice you don't pay excise taxes on
award tickets anymore which gets you more
value, but the conservative view is your number.
Using points to obtain frequent flier miles that you can redeem for
award airline
tickets can yield a much higher point
value than booking flights directly with Membership Rewards points.
It can often be difficult to put an exact
value on airline miles because the cost of the
award ticket often depends on availability, date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.
However, when American Airlines has mileage sales that earn bonus miles, you might be able to get a decent
value for the miles if you need to top off your account so you can book an
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.
At this favorable rate, the overall cost in miles and cash for an
award ticket on Etihad can be a great
value!
Off - peak
award tickets also result in better
value because the number of points needed is determined by multiplying the price of the
ticket by 110 versus 130 during peak periods.
In any case, especially given the extraordinary cost of many intra-South American flights, taking advantage of this stopover is a good way to really maximize the
value of their
award tickets.
If I can make as controversial a claim as is supported by the evidence, even the American Express Delta Platinum credit card, with its $ 195 annual fee and companion
ticket awarded on each account anniversary, only makes sense (compared to redeeming Arrival + miles) if you can consistently redeem the companion
ticket for flights costing more than $ 672 — the
value of the Arrival + miles you could manufacture with the same $ 195 in disposable income — or if you can use the Medallion Qualifying Miles earned with the card to achieve Platinum or Diamond Medallion status.
Using the example above, where we found that the British Airways
award ended up costing about the same as the United partner
award when we
value Ultimate Rewards points at 2.2 cents each, now when we book a companion
ticket for an additional $ 931 we're saving not 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points, but 140,000.
American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex
Awards» will allow customers to book one - way
tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip
ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine
award seats with non-
award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an
award seat of equal
value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking
award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an
award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an
award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return
award seat is not available.
It can often be difficult to put an exact
value on airline miles because the cost of the
award ticket often depends on availability, date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.
If you book an international business or first class
award ticket, the
value of your miles could be significantly higher.
Off - peak
award tickets also result in better
value because the number of points needed is determined by multiplying the price of the
ticket by 110 versus 130 during peak periods.
You can pair the Companion Pass with any of the above
award tickets on domestic and international flights to maximize the
value you get out of your trip.
Pair any sale
ticket with the Companion Pass to maximize the
value of your
award!
Saver level economy
award tickets for domestic flights can offer good
value for your miles, but they may be difficult to find.
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.
Aeroplan
award tickets can be of great
value and can save you significant money.
If you are buying discounted fares and think this is your easy path to business or first class, it's possible that booking an
award ticket would be just as easy and a better
value.
You'd never be want to pay for those seats using Flexperks or Arrival points as you'd have to spend ungodly amounts to cover the cash cost of the
tickets) To me, the flexibility to book seats I want, when I want, vastly outweighs maximizing the
value I could theoretically obtain IF I could find availability using «optimal»
award programs.
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).
Large carriers such as American Airlines or United Airlines have a fixed price
award system, where taking an
award flight will cost the same amount no matter the cash
value of the
ticket.
Pay with Miles — You can use extra miles in 5,000 - mile chunks at a
value of $ 50 each to pay for part of a cash
ticket,
award fees, and so on.
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.
The
value of your points also increases when you hold this card since you get a 10 percent refund each time you redeem for an
award ticket.
Adding to that
value is the fact that you can earn miles on
award tickets.
United typically charges 115,000 miles for round trip business class
awards from the US to Europe, so even if you
value the hotel at $ 125 per night, you're getting $ 875 in hotel plus $ 2,500 (or more) in
value if you can redeem for a business class round trip
ticket.
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.
Since
value - based
awards are often only a good
value when you are getting the
ticket at a time when the price is already discounted, this makes average - priced JetBlue
tickets bought outside sale periods a truly bad deal with HawaiianMiles.
When you add together those lost earnings and the fact that you still have to pay British Airways» appalling taxes & fees on the companion
award ticket I don't think the Travel Together voucher offers
value for most people.
This is about 12 % more than the 1.25 cents in
value that you will receive from
award tickets on other airlines when redeeming points through the Ultimate Rewards Travel Center.
It's important to note that United is replacing their fixed - rate Standard
Award tickets with a floating -
value Everyday
Awards system for all flights booked after November 1, 2017.
Buying or sharing points is not the best
value proposition, but when an airline offers to throw in some bonus miles, it could make sense if you're close to having enough miles to spend on an
award ticket.
If you assume that $ 2,500 is a fair price for a Lufthansa Business Class roundtrip
ticket then, allowing for the $ 620 in fees you have to pay on the
award, 105, ooo miles is getting you $ 1,880 of
value.
The cost of
award tickets, on the other hand, is based on the
Value level cash price.
Since the cost of
award tickets are based on the price of the
Value fare, you'll get the same 2.89 cents per point for any route unless the cheapest Saver level fare is available.
However, when American Airlines has mileage sales that earn bonus miles, you might be able to get a decent
value for the miles if you need to top off your account so you can book an
award ticket.
• Don't hoard miles Despite the simple logic that you shouldn't squander
award miles when you could buy a
ticket for a low cash price, the
value of your miles isn't likely to increase, as
ticket prices aren't likely to rise significantly anytime soon.
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.
You can redeem points for travel at a fixed rate of 1.5 cents per point through Chase's portal, which puts a floor under the
value of your points and adds flexibility to book travel for cases in which no
award tickets are available.