Make sure
you book saver level awards to maximize the value you can get from your HawaiianMiles.
None of the changes to award fees can be classified as good news for travelers, especially if you're
booking saver level awards — why would you do anything else?!
Not exact matches
While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for
booking award flights to Australia because of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you find
saver level award space.
These Premium Air Rewards should be though of as
saver level awards — we're not always going to be able to
book them.
Using yesterday's example, if there were no
Saver level awards on AA we would be stuck without a flight to
book with BA Avios.
Unfortunately, this means it would cost 160,000 Delta SkyMiles to
book an
award ticket, which is double the
saver level mileage cost of 80,000 miles.
If Global Services member
books a cash ticket, she or he may bring along a companion for the cost of a
saver level award ticket.
If you're able to find
saver level award space on the dates you need, the process of searching and
booking is pretty straightforward and can be completed entirely online.
While this is a very poor use of points (you should always look for
saver level awards), the ability to
book an
award seat at any time can be very useful in a pinch.
To
book an Avios
award,
Saver level seats must be available on American to AAdvantage flyers.
And partners will still be
booked at
Saver levels so the dynamic pricing of Everyday
awards (which appears to be capped at reasonable limits) doesn't appear to be a hugely negative factor.
They offer a 15 % discount on
award bookings made online and they also allow you to «waitlist»
saver level awards.
Aside from the sign - up bonus, the best benefit of this card is access to Reduced Mileage
Awards that let you save miles when
booking saver -
level flights to select destinations.
Make sure you
book the cheapest
saver level award flights.
Since Delta doesn't include
saver award seats in when you're
booking an
award at a
level higher than
saver, they charge you additively.
But here's the very important thing to know: Not all partners will show up on an airline's online
award booking — and the Big Three have some of the worst availability of
Saver (low)
level awards of any airlines.
Since British Airways has a distance - based
award chart and American Airlines is a Oneworld partner, you can use Avios to
book any AA flight with
saver level award availability and have the price based on the Avios chart.
It rarely makes sense to
book an
award ticket at anything other than the lowest mileage rates, often called
Saver levels.
Please Note: This is an extremely popular route for
award flights, and there is limited availability on each flight at the «
saver»
level where you can
book for 25,000 Avios.
American miles can
book all the exact same
award space that Alaska opens up to its own members at the
Saver level.
Find
award space from your home airport to Philly at the
Saver level and
book your vacation today.
Availability is unfortunately always going to be an issue with
award seats — that's the constraint in the system I try to preach flexibility above all else, so you usually can come by the
Saver Level seats needed to
book the 35k Singapore miles on United flights.
Currently there's a workaround if you
book a domestic Delta flight at the
saver award level to add on a partner
award at the old rates.
Use Delta or KLM / AirFrance to find
saver level award ticket availability, then
book the ticket on Korean Air's website.
* You can also use Delta's website to search for availability but keep in mind that in order to
book a Delta flight with either of the Ultimate Rewards Skyteam partners, there must be
award space available at the
saver level on Delta.