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Normally I write more about Singapore Suites than Singapore First Class, both since most of my Award Booking Clients aspire to fly Singapore Suites on the A380 and because as an award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First Class.

Not exact matches

Because British Airways calculates the price of an award based on individual flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.

Award tickets may be booked as shortly as two hours prior to a flight when they are available, and because American itself operates the flight, rather than a partner, that means that any available seat can be ours for the AAnytime rate of 35,000 miles.

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.

Because British Airways calculates the price of an award based on individual flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.

This is one of the best reasons to use the Venture card, because it allows you to use credit card rewards for things you would usually not be able to redeem points or miles against, such as buses, small bed - and - breakfasts, apartment rentals, and award ticket fees and surcharges.

As you may notice, the number of miles required is higher than for an award ticket with Etihad, because AAdvantage considers travelling to India over pacific routes as two awardAs you may notice, the number of miles required is higher than for an award ticket with Etihad, because AAdvantage considers travelling to India over pacific routes as two awardas two awards.

Because the miles are being used to purchase a cash ticket you don't have to wait for award availability to open up — as long a there's seat for sale on the aircraft customers can use miles to pay (or part pay) for that seat.

Although I don't fly United very often (mostly because when I do I deal with nasty / clueless employees or my travel reservations simply aren't honored), I rank their frequent flyer miles as the most valuable mileage currency out there thanks to low fees on award tickets, the ability to book one - way awards and great airline partners in Star Alliance.

Because they're associated with an airline ticket (the charge had a ticket number associated with it) Amex appears to be coding these kind of purchases as airfare and awarding 5 points per dollar.

But the temporary halting of flights raises a larger issue, particularly as we head into hurricane season: What options do you have if you're traveling on an award ticket and the airline cancels your flight because of storms, unstable political situations or some other crisis?

In order to get to the true value, as we're always striving here on this blog, we'll have to deduct the airport taxes from the award ticket, because the cash ticket price is all - inclusive.

This occurs because each segment in a multi-city search will now price as an individual award, which can increase the price of your ticket dramatically.

As you saw with the example, it's complicated because while a cash ticket (including those booked through the Ultimate Rewards portal) has all taxes and fees included in the price, an award ticket also is charged taxes and fees ($ 5.60 in the case of a domestic US ticket).

That's actually why I suggest the Barclaycard Arrival as one of the top travel credit cards out there, because you earn 2X miles per $ 1 on all purchases and you can redeem them for travel — pretty much any travel that you can't normally redeem airline miles or hotel points for, such as rail tickets, car rentals, even the fees and taxes on award tickets — at a fixed rate of 1 cent per mile plus a 5 % mileage refund, and know you're getting a very decent fixed value or 2.2 % back on your spending.