Pricing of short
distance domestic awards was an area American Airlines was lagging in previously.
Not exact matches
Avios is a
distance - based
award program that works best for nonstop,
domestic flights without fuel surcharges.
British Airways: Household accounts allow members to pool Avios points between seven people who share the same address, and it happens to have very cheap
domestic awards if you're flying nonstop for short
distances.
The airline's
distance - based
domestic awards allows for some excellent redemptions on short hops on Air India.
For relatively short
domestic flights, this
distance - based
award chart can save you a lot of redeemable miles.
The
domestic award chart is
distance - based, so you need to know the length of your flight in miles to know which bracket it will fit into.
Domestic award flights on China Eastern are
distance - based, while its international flights are region - based.
There are basically three different ways to book
award flights domestically: 1) revenue - based
awards with Southwest, JetBlue, or Virgin America; 2)
distance - based flights with British Airways Avios; or 3) traditional region - based
award redemptions with
domestic airlines, such as United, American, Delta, and Alaskan (or any other alliance partners).
Avios points generally incur a full surcharge when you book international
award tickets, but
domestic awards within the U.S. remain surcharge - free and are surprisingly affordable on non-stop routes thanks to the Avios
distance - based
award chart.
Further, since the
award chart is
distance - based,
domestic versus international travel does not play a direct role in deciding the cost of your
award ticket.
And as the only major
domestic airline to still
award miles based upon
distance flown, it is easier to rack up the miles with Alaska than other carriers.
Its
distance makes it the most expensive
domestic destinations you can travel to, and a popular choice for
award travelers.
All Nippon Airways has a
distance based
award chart that can be great for a lot of
domestic travel in the United States as long as you can add it to an international journey (Canada is considered international.)
Normally, a
domestic business class ticket costs 50,000 miles roundtrip (possibly less if you're booking a
distance - based
award), a roundtrip to Europe is 50,000, while Asia is around 110,000.
I just booked a roundtrip
award from CVG - LAX for 17,500 AA miles, booking with Avios or Southwest points would have been more that 17.5 k. I think Reduced Mileage
awards can be a great option for longer
distance Domestic flights.
However, United said it will continue to offer MileagePlus
domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy class seats, depending on
distance.
United will continue to offer MileagePlus
domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy class seats, depending on
distance.