Amex has a lot of international transfers partners like ANA which is has a decent
distance award chart, allows a bunch of stopovers, and is star - alliance.
Avios are the shared mileage currency of British Airways and Iberian Airlines — but you can use them for far more than travel on these two European carriers, and you can take advantage of
their distance award chart for short flights.
Avios are the shared mileage currency of British Airways and Iberian Airlines — but you can use them for far more than travel on these two European carriers, and you can take advantage of
their distance award chart for short flights.
Not exact matches
With a
distance - based
award chart, you also need to remember that any connecting flights will add to the total flight
distance used to calculate the number of miles required for your
award ticket.
Just remember that British Airways Avios utilize a
distance - based
award chart, so connecting flights could increase the number of Avios needed to book your
award ticket.
Etihad has many partner airlines, each with its own
award chart; some are zone - based and some
distance - based.
Unlike the other options we have discussed, British Airways Executive Club uses a
distance - based
award chart, so the total number of Avios required to book an
award flight will be determined by the
distance you fly.
With a
distance - based
award chart, it's particularly important to find
award flights that are nonstop so you don't have to use more miles and points.
JAL uses a
distance - based
award chart and is not only part of Oneworld; it also partners with Emirates (and hasn't devalued first - class redemptions like Alaska, another SPG transfer partner).
It is neither a true fixed - value
chart, nor an airline - style
award chart with regions,
distances, etc..
American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan Airlines Mileage Bank both have
distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
Virgin America Elevate partner flight
awards use the more traditional
distance - based
award chart method.
British Airways has a
distance based
award chart which means that certain flights could cost as little as 4,500 miles each way on American Airlines.
Alaska Airlines» has a new
distance based
award chart.
Aer Lingus uses a
distance based
award chart.
Via Travel Codex, Alaska Airlines has switched to a
distance - based
award chart.
However, if you can find
award space on partners like American Airlines, you can get a lot of value from their
distance - based
award chart.
The two previous Etihad redemptions are route specific redemptions, but their
award chart for Royal Air Maroc is
distance - based.
Or Japanese airline ANA and their
distance based
award chart.
With the Avios
distance - based
award chart you don't have to.
Asia Miles has a
distanced - based
award chart, so the number of miles depends on the length of the flight (s).
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).
Etihad Guest has a
distance - based
award chart for Virgin Australia.
Because Etihad's ANA
award chart is
distance - based, San Francisco or Los Angeles to Tokyo is more: 63,000 miles in business class or 37,000 miles in economy.
When redeeming Etihad miles for flights on Royal Air Maroc, you'll be looking at a
distance - based
award chart.
ANA used to have an awesome
distance - based
award chart allowing 3 stopovers for no additional cost.
Royal Air Maroc has a
distance - based
award chart.
A lot of airline programs have gotten rid of their Around the World
award charts, but ANA basically turned their old
distance - based program into an Around the World
chart when they made their program changes.
Etihad's Gol
award chart is
distance - based.
ANA's
award chart is based on
distance and class of service.
Since the ANA
award chart is a
distance based char on actual miles flown, including all connections.
Japan Airlines» Mileage Bank program uses a
distance - based
award chart which is broken into tiers based on your flight miles.
That was partly because of an inexpensive
distance - based
award chart and partly because of a very accurate search tool.
However, be careful: the
distance - based
award chart can also result in less favorable redemption rates on long - haul flights.
American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan give you a couple simple options to book both American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan Airlines Mileage Bank both have
distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting options.
Other partners use traditional
distance - based
award charts and have some good values.
Virgin Australia's Velocity frequent flyer program operates a
distance - based
award chart with plenty of «sweet spot» redemptions.
For example, Hawaiian uses a
distance - based
award chart for flights booked on All Nippon Airways (ANA), the largest airline in Japan.
The carrier has a comprehensive
distance - based
award chart.
The
distance - based
award chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot redemptions on partner airlines.
The Royal Air Maroc
award chart is driven by
distance and class of your cabin.
Like British Airways Executive Club, the Japan Airlines Mileage Bank program uses a
distance - based
award chart.
Cathay Pacific and British Airways (Oneworld partners) both have
distance - based
award charts that contain some sweet spots, but watch out for the high surcharges.
If you remember from the creditwalk.ca Double Down posts ANA has a
distance based
award chart (similar to the way British Airways prices
awards):
Japan Airlines uses a
distance - based
award chart; the further you fly, the better the value!
The
award chart for flights within Australia is basically
distance - based.
Make sure you're looking for non-stop flights whenever possible since British Airways uses a
distance - based
award chart.
And because British Airways has an
award redemption
chart that's organized by
distance flown instead of region, you'll only to cash in 25,000 British Airways miles on a roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to Honolulu instead of the 45,000 miles American requires for that same flight.
You can then transfer those points to Virgin Atlantic, which has a generous
award chart with flight redemptions based on one - way
distance, and occasionally offers transfer bonuses adding to the potential value.
Iberia and Aer Lingus both use
distance - based
charts for their Avios programs, each having both peak and off - peak
award levels.