Discounted award tickets are also available to and from a few Caribbean citiessuch as Havana, St. Maarten, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo.
The two best things about the topbonus program are how easy it is to earn miles with many partners, often without spending a penny, and the regular top deal promotions, offering deeply
discounted award tickets!
As always with the topdeal sales, keep in mind that airberlin charges very high fees on award tickets, sometimes more than a cash ticket would cost, so not
every discounted award ticket is a good deal: Check cash prices on the route before booking the award ticket!
Some airline loyalty programs also offer
discounted award tickets for off - peak travel, including the American Airlines AAdvantage program.
Not exact matches
Those with 450 sq. ft. or more receive a special
discount on carpeting of only $ 1.85 per sq. ft. And every exhibitor receives one SEMA Industry
Awards Banquet
ticket for each 100 sq. ft. of exhibit space (while
tickets last), though they must reserve up to a maximum of 10
tickets per exhibitor.
The changes are mostly negative, including higher
award ticket prices and no more 15 % online booking
discount.
American Airlines has released a
discount on
award tickets to some destinations.
You'll also have access to
discounted round - trip or one - way travel (up to 7,500 miles less) when redeeming miles for MileSAAver
award tickets on certain routes.
It does have a restriction on economy class
awards, so that could be as much as 20,000 LifeMiles
discount on a roundtrip economy class
ticket to Colombia, or 18,000 miles to Central America.
It's also interesting that if you are someone who uses LifeMiles to travel to Central America or Colombia, you can earn a 50 %
discount on a roundtrip
award ticket from the United States if you spend $ 12,000 in a calendar year, with the opportunity for another
award discount after $ 24,000 spending.
If you are buying
discounted fares and think this is your easy path to business or first class, it's possible that booking an
award ticket would be just as easy and a better value.
See JAL International
Award Tickets Discount Mileage Promotion for more.
Finally, Alaska Airlines offers a companion
discount for paid
tickets that could be useful if no
award space is available.
Every month Air France releases Promo
Awards that allow travelers to book both business and economy class
award tickets at a 25 % -50 %
discount.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 %
discount on economy and business class
award tickets from Europe to specific cities.
Plus, cardholders get a 5K
discount on
award redemptions, and US Airways is well known for having
discounted tickets to Europe during off - peak seasons.
Since value - based
awards are often only a good value when you are getting the
ticket at a time when the price is already
discounted, this makes average - priced JetBlue
tickets bought outside sale periods a truly bad deal with HawaiianMiles.
I don't know if the 50 %
discounts count for partner
award tickets but my guess would be that they do.
Some European and Asian carriers already take it to greater extremes,
awarding as little as 10 % of the distance flown with deeply
discounted fares but 300 % for long - haul first class
tickets.
If you have additional travel companions, you might be able to get a small point
discount on additional
award tickets that can cost at least 15,000 miles less than the primary flyer's
ticket.
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo
Awards that
discount economy and business class
tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights between Europe and North America.
You'll get a free additional bag on flights between the U.S. and Central America and a 50 percent
discount on an
award ticket redeemed for a flight between those regions.
Singapore Airlines is offering a 50 %
discount on the number of Krisflyer points required for selected Economy Saver
award tickets.
Tickets booked by November 30 for travel between January 5 and February 24 may be available for
discounted... [Read more...] about Delta's Black Friday
Award Sale for 10,000 Miles
It will not be possible to purchase a Miles & Go
discount until there is a positive balance (> = 0); This
discount is not valid for
Award Tickets or children's tickets; This discount can not be used in conjunction with any other discounts available while booking (e.g. Conference codes or Gift Vouchers); The Time To Think option is not available for bookings including a Miles & Go discount; With ATM paid bookings the miles will only be refundable if the booking is cancelled for lack of p
Tickets or children's
tickets; This discount can not be used in conjunction with any other discounts available while booking (e.g. Conference codes or Gift Vouchers); The Time To Think option is not available for bookings including a Miles & Go discount; With ATM paid bookings the miles will only be refundable if the booking is cancelled for lack of p
tickets; This
discount can not be used in conjunction with any other
discounts available while booking (e.g. Conference codes or Gift Vouchers); The Time To Think option is not available for bookings including a Miles & Go
discount; With ATM paid bookings the miles will only be refundable if the booking is cancelled for lack of payment.
Full - fare
tickets require 100 percent of the miles required for an
award ticket to upgrade (i.e., if an economy
award between London and Bahrain is 24,000 miles one way, you'll need 24,000 miles to upgrade to the next class), and
discount fares require 150 percent of the miles.
This
discount makes the first class
award ticket to Asia one of the cheapest redemptions among frequent flyer programs.
There is no mileage distance that is traditionally
discounted, but if you're willing to take your chances (like many things with the SkyMiles program), Delta.com might price out a one - way
award ticket for less than the standard 12,500 miles.
You can't ignore the 1.5 miles per dollar earning power on everyday purchases or the
discounted companion
award ticket either.
With the ability to earn miles quickly, a
discounted companion
award ticket and bonus miles for spending on the card, the loyal Virgin Atlantic traveler will receive value beyond the annual $ 90 fee.
For example: it offers a
discount for redeeming two
award tickets.
A
discounted companion
award ticket and a faster path to elite status favor the avid Virgin Atlantic traveler, too.
Benefits of this status include complimentary upgrades to first class, when available, from most fares including
award tickets but excluding ultra
discounted E fares and Pay With Miles
tickets.
Discount can only be redeemed for Economy or Premium Economy class
award tickets only.
Taking advantage of some of the
discounts on
award tickets mentioned below, you could fly within the U.S. in economy class for 15,000 miles (~ $ 234 in miles) or from the U.S. to Europe in business class for 105,000 miles (~ $ 1,638 in miles).
You can get 50 %
discount on miles, when you redeem your KrisFlyer miles for an Economy Saver
award ticket on singaporeair.com and when you book and travel before July 10, 2015 to selected destinations.
The Malaysia Airlines Enrich program has semi-regular sale prices in
award tickets, and the offer is on again, with a
discount of between 20 % and 50 % on a range of destinations.
Enjoy 2 - day priority redemption for
discount flight
award booking
tickets online from time to time.
New AeroMexico Visa cardholders can get on the fast track to
award travel with up to 20,000 bonus miles (for AeroMexico Visa Signature cardholders) and a complimentary companion
ticket upon enrollment as well as
discounted Web airfare purchases and double miles on AeroMexico
ticket purchases using the card.
In addition to increasing
award costs in several regional, Singapore Airlines is eliminating the 15 %
discount for booking
tickets online.
Tickets start at $ 599, and members of Miles & Smiles, the carrier's frequent flyer program, can get
award seats and upgrades on this route at a 25 percent
discount.
It was much cheaper to fly in Singapore Airlines but they recently eliminated their 15 % online booking
discount and also increased the price of
award tickets to many destinations, although they eliminated fuel surcharges on their own
awards.
For
award tickets, you can receive a 50 %
discount on first class bookings and a 30 %
discount on business class or economy class bookings.
Per the current
award chart, you would need 42,500 miles (after 15 %
discount for online redemption's) and INR 11,108, which includes INR 9,051 in carrier surcharges for a one way
award ticket in Suite.
Discounted Saver
Award price is limited to a specific
ticketing and travel period.
10) Save 5k miles per
award booking: If you have the US Airways credit card and your
award booking is completely on US Airways Metal, then you will qualify for a 5K miles
discount per
award ticket!
This is a huge reduction in miles for economy class fares, but it is only fair, as American Airlines also plans to
award customer traveling on the cheapest fare (
discount economy
tickets fare) fewer miles as the
ticket is likly to be inexpensive.
Predictably, this will work out great for those who buy last minute
tickets at higher, walk - up prices (mostly business travelers), but will
award fewer miles for those who make
discounted, advance fare purchases.
A huge reason a lot of people have
discounted the value of Avios, however, is that using them to fly British Airways to or through London means that you can get hit with huge taxes and fuel surcharges that are often the majority of the
ticket price, so the value of Avios you redeem for certain
awards can be rather low.
Furthermore, it's main European partner British Airways imposes massive fuel surcharges on
awards that often approach or even exceed the cost of
discounted ticket paid with cash.