This post discusses in more detail how to
book award travel using Miles & More.
Not exact matches
The beauty of this system is that you
book your
award travel the same way you
book any other reservations, and you can even earn additional rewards points or miles on the
travel you
book using award travel.
For example,
using United Miles to
book an
award trip that includes
travel on Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines thanks to their shared membership in the Star Alliance.
In addition to this, Asiana Airline miles can be
used to
book award travel with two partner airlines: Qatar Airways and Ethihad Airways.
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This allows you to
use miles in order to
book award travel even with destinations not served through Alaska Airlines.
Once you have earned the
Travel Together Ticket, you have up to 2 years to
use it for a round - trip
award booking originating in the United States.
Generally, the only time it makes sense to
book a British Airways first class
award is by
using the British Airways
Travel Together Ticket so you can get 2 first class seats for the miles of on.
In addition to this, Asiana Airline miles can be
used to
book award travel with two partner airlines: Qatar Airways and Ethihad Airways.
However, if you have enough miles in your account for an
award ticket, you can
use your miles to
book an employee's
travel for them.
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.
If you're
traveling to Hawaii from anywhere else, consider
using Singapore Airlines miles to
book United Airlines
award flights.
For example,
using United Miles to
book an
award trip that includes
travel on Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines thanks to their shared membership in the Star Alliance.
For instance, if you took an
award flight to Hawaii in July, 2017,
use Expedia or your favorite
travel booking site to look up the price of flights in that same class of service in July, 2018.
You can get a 20 % discount on miles
used for saver
awards flights if you
book by 3/14/18 11:59 pm CST and
travel between 4/9/2018 and 5/20/2018.
HawaiianMiles can be
used to
book award travel on any Hawaiian Airlines flight and certain partner airline flights.
While this looks like a good deal on the surface, there are much better ways to
use these transferable points to
book award travel.
This might be a good opportunity to take advantage of the Barclaycard Arrival's $ 466 in free
travel for some readers, but because Donna has so many Ultimate Rewards points, it may make sense for her to
use some of them to pay for the
booking as opposed to transferring the points out to United to
book a one - way
award flight.
However, if you have enough miles in your account for an
award ticket, you can
use your miles to
book an employee's
travel for them.
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.
The same pricing can be
used for availing a cheaper
award booking to Australia, which normally costs around 50,000 miles for one way economy class
travel.
Promo
Awards are already a great way to use Flying Blue miles, but booking these awards for peak travel season in Europe makes the deal even sw
Awards are already a great way to
use Flying Blue miles, but
booking these
awards for peak travel season in Europe makes the deal even sw
awards for peak
travel season in Europe makes the deal even sweeter.
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.
People willing to
use SEA as their airport of choice can basically double the value of all their Alaska Airlines
award travel by
booking awards as one - ways with a stopover in SEA every time.
These are the cheapest
awards available for
travel on American Airlines, and they match the
award availability that other carriers see if you want to
book using a different loyalty program such as Alaska Mileage Plan.
* Change fee remains applicable to those
traveling with the member if they are NOT
booked on an
award ticket
using member's miles
Award miles can be used to book award flights which can save you a lot on tr
Award miles can be
used to
book award flights which can save you a lot on tr
award flights which can save you a lot on
travel!
While JetBlue has several airline partners for earning points, the only partner airline where you can
use TrueBlue flights to
book award travel is Hawaiian Airlines.
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).
If you already have a lot of
travel booked and can't make the most of the
award availability that's around right now (and you're miles rich), then
using miles for upgrades may be a good idea — especially on routes like Dallas — Hong Kong.
As mentioned in the
Travel Goals example in Chapter 4, we can use our miles to book award travel, not just with the airline with which we have our miles, but also with any of their alliance partners or other partner air
Travel Goals example in Chapter 4, we can
use our miles to
book award travel, not just with the airline with which we have our miles, but also with any of their alliance partners or other partner air
travel, not just with the airline with which we have our miles, but also with any of their alliance partners or other partner airlines.
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.
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.
Finally, Air France is part of SkyTeam so you can
use miles from any other SkyTeam member to
book award travel on Air France.
For example, there are no blackout dates when
using miles to
book award travel.
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Avianca is a member of the Star Alliance so LifeMiles can be
used for
travel on a host of interesting airlines — you can even
use LifeMiles to
book highly coveted Lufthansa First Class
awards — so that makes any LifeMiles sale interesting.
Due to the recent merger between American and US Airways, you can search
award flights on either site, and you can
use either airlines miles to
book travel on the other.
Award Availability and Fees The primary Cardmember can use miles to book award travel on any United - operated flight at the MileagePlus ® Everyday Award level, including award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale for the applicable cabin on such fl
Award Availability and Fees The primary Cardmember can
use miles to
book award travel on any United - operated flight at the MileagePlus ® Everyday Award level, including award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale for the applicable cabin on such fl
award travel on any United - operated flight at the MileagePlus ® Everyday
Award level, including award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale for the applicable cabin on such fl
Award level, including
award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale for the applicable cabin on such fl
award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale for the applicable cabin on such flight.
You can
use miles to
book award travel on Star Alliance ™ and other partner airlines.
One of the best ways to
book award travel on Alaska is actually
using the British Airways Executive Club because the two are partners.
Though National does not have its own frequent flyer program, you can
book your flight with a rewards credit card, such as Chase ThankYou or American Express Membership
Awards, and
use the points you earn toward future
travel.
For international
travel, Mileage Upgrade
Award may be
used to upgrade only on published Main Cabin fares
booked in Y, B or M class.
Applicable Fare Classes: For
travel within the 50 United States and Canada, Mileage Upgrade
Award may be
used to upgrade only on published Main Cabin fares
booked in Y, B, M, S, H, Q or K class.
For example,
use United Airlines miles to
book an
award with no fuel surcharges, or
book an airline that doesn't pass through London so you can avoid the high passenger duty on business and first class
travel.
In terms of
using them for air
travel, you
use the
award booking chart for your airline which will let you know how many miles it will take to fly from say the U.S. to Europe or intra-Europe on a partner.
These «Promo
Awards» are advertised as offering «up to 50 % off» award travel but, while some awards may be discounted by 50 %, nowadays we're more used to seeing discounts of around 25 % on the awards most would like to
Awards» are advertised as offering «up to 50 % off»
award travel but, while some
awards may be discounted by 50 %, nowadays we're more used to seeing discounts of around 25 % on the awards most would like to
awards may be discounted by 50 %, nowadays we're more
used to seeing discounts of around 25 % on the
awards most would like to
awards most would like to
book.
So you see, finding
award space
using the British Airways website is only the first step in
booking award travel — pricing the
award is an entirely separate question.