You're allowed to change
the date on award tickets for free, within one year of booking.
Along with no blackout
dates on award tickets.
Few U.S. airlines, if any, still have blackout
dates on award tickets.
Not exact matches
> Value:
Award travel starts at just 20,000 FlexPoints (up to a $ 400
ticket value)
on over 150 airlines with no blackout
dates or redemption fees.
It can often be difficult to put an exact value
on airline miles because the cost of the
award ticket often depends
on availability,
date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.
A Companion
Award eVoucher is valid for twenty - four (24) months from the
date it is issued and must be exchanged for a Companion
Ticket with travel commencing from Canada before the expiry
date on the eVoucher.
A one - way
award ticket from London to Chicago will cost between 68,000 - 80,000 British Airways Avios (depending
on peak or off - peak
dates).
They don't charge a close - in
ticketing fee (booking an
award within 21 days of travel) or a fee to change the
date on a Singapore Airlines / SilkAir
award.
It can often be difficult to put an exact value
on airline miles because the cost of the
award ticket often depends
on availability,
date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.
Please note: Service charges may apply for booking or changing
award reservations, depending
on ticketing, travel
dates and MileagePlus status.
Availability can be spotty during the summer, but if you're flexible
on travel
dates you can usually score
award tickets.
Yesterday I discussed how Asiana was the hot
ticket to getting first class
award awards for two to Asia with TONS of options
on dates, even in peak summer travel.
Since you're relying
on award tickets to be available
on your flights, being flexible with your travel
dates can be important.
Service charges may apply for booking or changing
award reservations, depending
on ticketing, travel
dates and MileagePlus status.
You'll only be getting one cent per mile, but the option could be useful if
award tickets are not available
on the
dates you want.
American will put an
award flight
on hold for a year from the
date the
ticket was originally purchased.
Note that you only need to redeem your miles before they expire, but can be used for travel
on a future
date and you may book an
award ticket for a friend or family member.
You can get an
award ticket on select
dates and routes for as low as 5,000 Miles.
Southwest has no blackout
dates and the
award tickets are based
on how much the flights cost, so this was the choice we made.
If you had a credit card that
awarded two miles per dollar spent, you could buy that
ticket, with no blackout
dates, by charging $ 22,500 over the next year
on that card.
If you need to change the
dates or routing of a mileage
ticket we booked, we can provide alternative options based
on award availability.
Instead, the cost of
award tickets are loosely based
on the cash price of the
ticket, so the price in points will vary by destination, the time and
date of the flight, demand for seats, and the fare class.
Award flight pricing is unusual in that it's based
on the
date and destination, not strictly
on distance or the price of the
ticket.
I never know my schedule more than a couple months out in advance, so when they settled
on a
date for a January 2014 reception in India back in April 2013, I simply searched for a one - way
award ticket from Los Angeles to Mumbai to get there the day before.
The last
date to book an
award ticket on Virgin with HawaiianMiles is September 30, 2017 for travel to be completed by December 31, 2017.
Korean Air's
dates are a little better, but there are two major stretches — from May 15 - June 30 and July 17 - August 23, as well as the holidays from December 10 - 31 that you won't be able to book an
award ticket on Korean Air.
They never charge fuel surcharges, they allow free
date changes, they have very flexible routing rules, they allow one - way
awards for half the mileage, they have a short - haul
award for 20,000 miles, they allow for a stopover and an open - jaw so that you can really maximize an
award trip into multiple free trips, they have an around - the - world
award to visit tons of cities
on one
award ticket, and they have dozens of partners to fly
on, most of which can be booked
on their website.
Each airline program has its own
award ticket fee policy and may charge you for anything from
date or destination changes, refund / redeposit of miles
on cancelled
tickets, phone booking, and close - in booking.
Since I joined they've made it possible to change
date and time
on award tickets and also cancel
awards and redeposit miles for only 20 euros.
IdeaWorks searched for two
tickets on 280 different
dates, at the restricted
award levels.
* In my case, KLM's website is pretty user - friendly when searching for flexible
dates on Delta / partner
award tickets.
If the Eligible Member cancels the Companion
Ticket booking more than twenty - four (24) hours prior to the scheduled departure of the outbound flight from Canada, British Airways will redeposit the Companion
Award eVoucher which will only be valid for the remainder of its twenty - four (24) month expiry period based
on original
date of issue.
Award Tickets booked
on AS prior to May 1, 2017 will still be valid for up to 1 year from
date of issuance.
Southwest has no blackout
dates and the
award tickets mileage is based
on the cash price of the flight, so this was the choice we made when going to Disney.