Not exact matches
Flights to Hawaii from the West Coast are between 2,001 - 3,000 miles and fall within
Zone 4 on the Executive Club
award chart.
Etihad has many partner airlines, each with its own
award chart; some are
zone - based and some distance - based.
The remaining states are part of
Zone 4; Singapore KrisFlyer's
award chart for flights on Alaska Airlines does not allow for
award bookings to Hawaii from
Zone 4.
When it comes to redeeming miles, American's
award chart is
zone - based, which means the cost depends on the regions you're flying from and to.
Valuation: ANA announced last year that it would transition to a
zone - based
award chart; however, the new system launched in April ended up being less rewarding than what was originally presented.
American implements a
zone - based
award chart, and the best redemptions are at the MileSAAver level, if you can secure them.
Since the
award chart is
zone - based, you would get more value as you fly a longer distance (for example, if you go from British Columbia to Florida).
The Miles & More program uses
zone - based
award charts, and the value of themiles will vary from redemption to redemption.
American Airlines»
chart is
zone - based, meaning
award flights traveling from any country in your departing
zone to any country in your arriving
zone will be the same.
American implements a
zone - based
award chart, and the best redemptions are at the MileSAAver level, if you can secure them.
Strangely, the Delta
award chart was removed at the beginning of 2015, so it is sometimes a challenge to determine which destinations are in what
zone as well as the prices to various
zones.
When it comes to redeeming miles, American's
award chart is
zone - based, which means the cost depends on the regions you're flying from and to.
Redemptions are done against an
award chart which lists the cost for each type of flight, either based on
zones, countries, or distances.
Just because a
zone and a price exist on an
award chart doesn't mean saver level
award seats will be available.
The
chart is split into
zones / countries and then into categories of
awards, Saver / Anytime:
Contrary to how standard
zone based
award charts fall apart in short distances (like the LAX - LAS example above), distance based programs excel in short - medium range flights.
If you are going to be doing two very long roundtrips (coast - to - coast) that push you into the fifth class of the distance
chart, you are likely going to be better off buying two distinct roundtrip
awards from United / Aeroplan etc, which are priced based on the
zone you fly in.
Flights that are between 4,001 - 5,500 fall into
Zone 6 on the
award chart.
The
award chart for flights on Alaska Airlines divides the United States into 5
zones.
To redeem this
award, use the first
chart and find flights with one - way flight distances less than 4,800 miles (falling into
Zone 5).
To redeem this flight
award, you must use the third
award chart and calculate a one - way flight distance less than 4,800 miles to be within
Zone 5.
For Emirates
award flights, you should reference the first
award chart; since the one - way distance is less than 7,000 flown miles,
Zone 7 pricing applies.
To book this redemption, you would need to find city pairs that fall into
award Zone 8 on the first
chart.
Since the
award chart is
zone - based, you would get more value as you fly a longer distance (for example, if you go from British Columbia to Florida).
EVA Air has a pricey,
zone based
award chart.
ANA, Korean Air, JetBlue, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia are all booked according to
zone - based
award charts.
This means you can use your miles for Aer Lingus, Iberia, and British Airways flights based on the standard six
zone award chart.
Delta's
award pricing is essentially
zone - based, but they don't actually publish an
award chart anymore.
Award Tickets correspond to a fixed, zone - based award chart, while Always Flight Award prices depend on demand and are calculated at the time of boo
Award Tickets correspond to a fixed,
zone - based
award chart, while Always Flight Award prices depend on demand and are calculated at the time of boo
award chart, while Always Flight
Award prices depend on demand and are calculated at the time of boo
Award prices depend on demand and are calculated at the time of booking.
When the
award chart gets to the
zones of Australia, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia, it takes a sudden jump, and for good reason.
Air Canada offers two types of
award tickets: ClassicFlight, which adhers to the standard,
zone - based
award chart pricing, and Market Fare, which is pegged to the cost of cash tickets and priced based on demand.
The rate that pops up for SIN - > AUK (seen above) is 110,000 in business class, which is the amount stated on the
award chart for
Zone 9 Australia «excluding New Zealand.»
This is because airlines use revenue or
zone based
award charts for their routing, creating differences in mileage requirements.
As noted above, the first six cities fit into
Zone 5 and the final three cities are
Zone 6 on the
award chart.
There are four different
award charts used by ANA, of which two have seasonal variations, two are
zone - based, and two are distance - based.
British Airways has a distance - based
award chart, so
award flights can price out radically higher or radically lower than
awards booked with
zone - based loyalty programs.
In this scenario, the first
award chart zone F will apply, since the sum of one - way is greater than 10,000 flown miles.
According to the first
chart, you would use
award zone B.
Because American has a
zone - based
award chart (as opposed to a mileage based
award chart like that used by British Airways) it doesn't matter where in the US you start from or which European country you're going to — the cost is the same.
British Airways
award chart has nine
zones based on flight distance.
The new
award chart is broken into five geographic
zones.
Distance - based: An
award chart or price based on the number of miles the flight or itinerary travels, not the places or
zones it travels between.
ANA, part of Star Alliance, is moving from a distance - based
award chart to a
zone - based one.
You calculate the mileage requirement of this
chart by calculating the total distance of your trip (add together all segments) and then see what
award zone the distance falls into.
If you recall, the old Avios
award chart was based on
zones.
As a reminder, the old
award chart was broken into 9 distance - based
zones.
The
chart divides the country in 5
zones, so you need to figure out in what
zone is your origin and your destination in order to figure out the cost of your
award flights.
The EuroBonus
award chart for flights on its own airlines, which include SAS, Wideroe and Estonian Air, is
zone - based with five
zones: Nordic, EU1, EU2, USA and Asia.
Although Iberia also utilizes Avios, the same currency as British Airways, the
award charts and
zones are different sometimes.
British Airways does have
zones beyond the other
award charts, however, presumably because they offer flights much longer than both Aer Lingus and Iberia.