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.
You can also transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Ritz - Carlton (Marriott) at a 1:1 ratio, but because of
redemption rates for
award stays, you're
better off using Chase points elsewhere (or just to top off your Ritz - Carlton account).
ANA Mileage Club will require a round - trip
award but
redemption rates are
good and you can book stopovers.
Sometimes, Flying Blue offers what's called Promo
Awards — a discount on
redemptions between select North American cities and Europe — which offers even
better redemption rates.
Sometimes, Flying Blue offers what's called Promo
Awards — a discount on
redemptions between select North American cities and Europe — which offers even
better redemption rates.
It is possible to find higher
redemption rates for your points, but in some cases (especially with lower cost flights or hotel nights), the 1.5 cents per point value can be
better than redeeming for an
award directly through the airline or hotel programs.
Do note that Flying Blue's
best award redemptions tend to be in economy class vs business and offer low
rates to places like Hawaii, Central and South America, and even Europe at costs less than many of their partner airlines included Alaska or Delta.
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.
Mileage Plan topped the list in last year's
award redemption satisfaction survey as
well, with an 85 % satisfaction
rate among its members,
Aeroplan is great because you can book one way
awards, avoid fuel surcharges on airlines like United and Singapore Airlines, they have one of the
best search engines (although it can be a bit slow), and a lot of their
redemption rates for business class are pretty reasonable.
And that 100,000
award in business class is also one of the
best redemption rates to get to Europe in business class — it beats out all of the
rates from major US airlines and competes with some of the
best available
redemptions (fees may be around $ 250).
While you can also earn points on travel purchases and get a
better award travel
redemption rate than most travel rewards cards, rewards points are not the only reason you might carry the Chase Sapphire Reserve in your pocket.
For instance, the Ultimate Rewards points has a more robust sign - up bonus,
better award travel
redemption rate, extensive travel benefits, and doesn't charge a foreign transaction fee.
Although that's a
good redemption rate, the
best values are on the SkyTeam
award chart.
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.
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.
You can also transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Ritz - Carlton (Marriott) at a 1:1 ratio, but because of
redemption rates for
award stays, you're
better off using Chase points elsewhere (or just to top off your Ritz - Carlton account).
Arrival miles are also
good to use when the lowest or saver
redemption rate is not available for an
award flight using another program's miles, but the cash ticket price is low.
If you're not familiar with Alaska'a
award program, Mileage Plan, it's one of the
best award programs due to solid
redemption rates, flexible routing rules, and a number of quality partners that span across alliances.
That's probably going to be the cheapest
redemption rate you'll ever find but even though the fees are reasonable you could get a roundtrip paid ticket for under $ 120, so you'd be
better off just paying cash for an
award like that.
Flying Blue offers some great
redemption rates for economy, which means that when you're able to find economy promo
awards, it's probably offering you one of the
best rates you'd be able to find out of any airline.
The problem is that you may not get the
best redemption rates or access to as many
award seats.
You can get
better redemption rates for
award flights by transferring your points to frequent flyer programs.
They offer some of the
best redemption rates on many routes and have flexible routing rules allowing for one way
awards and for stopovers on those
awards, too.
American Airlines is changing how you earn miles and qualify for elite status, as
well as adjusting some of its
redemption rates for
award flights.
And Hyatt points are attractive, with some of the
best redemption rates for its top properties: 22,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points, even for properties such as the Park Hyatt Paris or Park Hyatt Maldives, and if you book during a time when that
award room (or suite, in the case of the all - suite Park Hyatt Maldives) would normally go for $ 1000 / night, you're getting 4.5 cents per point in face value.