While Flying Blue is great for economy redemptions, I would keep in mind these items when
booking award travel through their program:
These are the basics of searching for and
booking award travel through Alaska Airlines.
Some loyalty programs will give you a redemption bonus when
you book award travel through their program.
In addition, you can transfer your points to airlines and hotels, and then
book your award travel through these third party loyalty programs.
While these three cards also offer a «Pay with Points» option when
you book your award travel through the Amex or Chase travel portals where the points can be worth anywhere from 1 cent to 1.5 cents each, you can find potentially better value in transferring your travel rewards points.
Dividend Miles members will be notified by email when the procedure is complete; once it is, they can
book award travel through aa.com, but until then they can't book free trips.
MileagePlus members may also
book award travel through the app.
Not exact matches
This allows you to use miles in order to
book award travel even with destinations not served
through Alaska Airlines.
Redeeming your points
through their
travel portal can get you more value for your points, or you can transfer your points to their partner programs, and
book award flights
through that.
The Chase card
awards you 2 «Ultimate Reward Points» for every $ 1 you spend on
travel, and that includes hotels
booked through Hotels.com.
If you don't want to bother with finding
award seats, you can use Citi ThankYou points to
book paid
travel through the Citi Travel P
travel through the Citi
Travel P
Travel Portal.
The card
awards two membership rewards points for every dollar spent on
travel booked through amextravel.com and one point for every dollar spent on general purchases.
So always do the math to compare the number of points you'd need to
book through the Chase
Travel Portal vs.
booking an
award night.
When you
book travel through the Chase
travel portal, you don't have to worry about blackout dates for
award seats or free hotel nights.
With the Delta Reserve card, you'll have to
book all of your
award travel through Delta.
While that's not the best value,
award flights
booked through Amex
Travel do accrue both redeemable and elite qualifying miles.
Please note,
awards on Korean Air
booked through Hawaiian Airlines are based on round - trip
travel only, while Korean Air allows one - way
award bookings through its own program.
Booking this itinerary through Amex Travel costs 45,497 Membership Rewards points, and the booking still earns Delta SkyMiles as a paid fare rather than an award
Booking this itinerary
through Amex
Travel costs 45,497 Membership Rewards points, and the
booking still earns Delta SkyMiles as a paid fare rather than an award
booking still earns Delta SkyMiles as a paid fare rather than an
award ticket.
Redeem miles for
award travel on US Airways and American Airlines
booked through usairways.com or US Airways Reservations
When
booking economy class flights, you should always compare the cost of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the cost of using points to
book through the Chase
travel portal.
While that's not the best value,
award flights
booked through Amex
Travel do accrue both redeemable and elite qualifying miles.
The card
awards two membership rewards points for every dollar spent on
travel booked through amextravel.com and one point for every dollar spent on general purchases.
I searched flights from Jacksonville to London using American's
award booking tool, and sure enough,
award bookings for 40,000 AAdvantage Miles came back
traveling through Miami and New York for the weekend of the game.
You need to
book the
award through your Miles & More account and enter the passenger details for the person
traveling on the flight.
You can
book award travel on Shenzhen Airlines
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Brussels Airlines
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on ANA
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on SWISS
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Lufthansa
through united.com.
Benefits of Loyalty All Hilton HHonors members who
book directly
through Hilton's websites,
award - winning Hilton HHonors mobile app and reservation call centers, or
through preferred corporate
travel partners and approved
travel agents can save time and money and gain instant access to the benefits they care about most:
In addition to offering
awards for stays completed at Kimpton properties, the new program also rewards members for socially engaging with the Kimpton brand
through a variety of different activities, including dining at Kimpton restaurants and bars, mentioning the Kimpton brand on social media,
booking a stay
through Kimpton's website,
traveling with a pet, or attending wine hour at a Kimpton property.
Most international
travel can still be
booked through Alaska Airlines at reasonable
award levels even after the American Airlines devaluation.
Booking award travel directly
through an airline or hotel can often lead to the dreaded blackout dates, so you might need to shift your timing a bit in order to reap the maximum rewards.
The way you
book award travel remains the same and can be done
through united.com, the United app or at a reservations office (standard charges for using a reservations office may apply).
Some programs may require fewer points to redeem
award flights or hotel stays, particularly if you
book through the card issuer's
travel website.
The first is by accumulating Marriott points to
book an
award stay and the second is accumulating points to
book through an online
travel agency (OTA)(for this article, I'll focus on the Chase Travel Portal as the example of the
travel agency (OTA)(for this article, I'll focus on the Chase
Travel Portal as the example of the
Travel Portal as the example of the OTA).
Awards booked through American Airlines using AAdvantage Miles don't come with surcharges... but that's not the case if you plan to use the miles for
travel on a number of American's airline partners — make sure you factor in these surcharges when working out just how good a deal an
award booking is.
First, it's possible to get more value from some
awards than you could when
booking travel directly through Chase's Ultimate Rewards Travel C
travel directly
through Chase's Ultimate Rewards
Travel C
Travel Center.
But likewise, you should check your
award travel options through Chase's transfer partners before booking airfare through the Ultimate Rewards Travel P
travel options
through Chase's transfer partners before
booking airfare
through the Ultimate Rewards
Travel P
Travel Portal.
When
booking any
award travel directly
through Chase, you can pay with a combination of points and cash if you don't want to use all of your points.
Points are worth 1.5 cents each when you
book award travel directly
through Chase.
American Express's transfer partners also cover all three of the major airline alliances, so you'll be able to
book award travel to anywhere
through the Star Alliance, oneworld and SkyTeam.
You can
book award travel on Aer Lingus
through united.com.
Search around for a transfer partner that offers a valuable
award flight for your trip, and you'll likely be able to get more value out of your points than you would by
booking travel directly
through Citi.
You can
book award travel on South African Airways
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Copa Airlines
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Croatia
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Air Canada
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Adria Airways
through united.com.
You can
book award travel on Silver Airways
through united.com.