Compare
different airline award charts to get a feel for how valuable a card's bonus is.
Not exact matches
ANA uses
different award charts when flying their own metal versus flying with an ANA partner like United
Airlines.
Etihad has a
different award chart for each
airline, but as long as you are redeeming for only American
Airlines flights there are some great values to be found:
They may very well be disappearing once US Airways and American
Airlines merge toward the start of 2015 as the combined
airline may have a very
different award chart.
Similar to Virgin Atlantic, this program has
different award charts for each of its partner
airlines.
If you book business class on Japan
Airlines with Asia Miles and your booking includes a connection on American
Airlines (or another Oneworld carrier), the booking will fall under a
different award chart.
If you look at the
award booking
chart of United
Airlines, it has split South America into two
different regions: Southern South America and Northern South America.
Often
award prices are the same regardless of which
airline you fly within the carrier's alliance or how many connections you make, so look around if you don't see
award availability right away or consider accumulating miles with a
different carrier in the same alliance if it has more a better
award chart.
They also have a
different award chart for each partner
airline.
When you mix Iberia and a Oneworld partner
airline (or mix 2 Oneworld partner
airlines), there is an entirely
different award chart that is not subject to peak and off - peak dates (see here).
This is
different than the region - based
award chart for their partnership with American
Airlines.
Since Aer Lingus partners with so many
airlines with wildly
different award charts this is one crazy route to research.
While
award space on these six partner
airlines can be found online, keep in mind that they still fall under a different award chart than flights on Japan A
airlines can be found online, keep in mind that they still fall under a
different award chart than flights on Japan
AirlinesAirlines.
Under the new program, the best values are on specific routes, but since there are two
different award charts, they differ depending on whether you're flying on Asiana or a partner
airline.
ANA operates two
different award charts, one for itineraries only utilizing ANA planes and another for partner
airlines.
The
Award Maximizer will match these to the award charts of 14 different airlines and return the cost of an award ti
Award Maximizer will match these to the
award charts of 14 different airlines and return the cost of an award ti
award charts of 14
different airlines and return the cost of an
award ti
award ticket.
For each partner, they use a
different award chart, and one of their best offerings is with Brussels
Airlines.
Unlike most
airlines, Asia Miles redemptions are distanced - based and have
different award charts depending on the number and type of carriers you are flying on a single ticket.
The
award chart can be complicated, with a
different table for every
airline and every region, but it has a lot of good values.
Well, rather than devaluing their
award chart by increasing the number of miles required for
award tickets, Japan
Airlines has taken a
different approach.
Just like for
airlines there are
different award charts and
different award availability for each program.
There are
different award charts for oneworld members; for flights that involve two or more oneworld
airlines; and for other
airline partners.
Some like Alaskan
Airlines and Etihad even have
different award charts for each
different partner.
Lufthansa uses two
different award charts: one for Lufthansa (and associated
airlines like Swiss) flights, and one for Star Alliance partners, which is based on regions.
The
airline also uses
different region - based
award charts for Star Alliance members and for each of its own partners.
Southwest
Airlines is
different than the other
award programs as its
award prices are not based on an
award chart, but instead are tied to the cash price of the tickets.
Each partner
airline has a
different award chart, therefore mixing two partners for a single one - way
award is impossible.
Hawaiian's
airline partners each have a
different award chart that's distance - based, revenue - based or region - based.
The new
award chart introduces a five tier structure similar to Delta
Airlines, the difference is that milesAAver
awards are not increasing in price and off peak
award pricing for travel will remain available throughout
different times of the year in the economy class cabin.
Plus, note that this has very limited use when booking with Iberia Avios since Iberia would flip to a
different award chart (the OneWorld
chart I wrote about previously) when you include partner
airlines like American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qanta
airlines like American
Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qanta
Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, etc..
For example, prior to the most recent American
Airlines award chart devaluation, they were offering bonuses in many
different channels such as large bonuses when purchasing or sharing miles.
Since you are booking with American
Airlines miles, you are subject to American
Airlines» very
different award chart.
You can still book RTW trips in 2017, but now the best way is as a series of one way
awards across many
different programs to take advantage of sweet spots on each
airline's
award chart.
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