However, you can add a stopover to
domestic award tickets wholly within the United States.
Alaska Airlines allows stopovers even on one - way
domestic award tickets, and you can redeem Alaska Airlines miles on Alaska flights and American Airlines flights!
Inter-island award redemption price out cheaper than typical
domestic award tickets.
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Domestic Award Tickets start at 12,000 miles round - trip.
Even a paid revenue ticket has a (negative) miles component (the miles you earn from flying), while
a domestic award ticket will still have a low dollar cost ($ 11.20, for example, in taxes and fees).
Use Singapore miles on a premium class
domestic award ticket on United (including Alaska) without fuel surcharges.
Many frequent flyer gurus will tell you to never use your hard - earned miles to book
a domestic award ticket.
Not exact matches
Domestic one way
award tickets start at 10,000 miles (plus taxes and fees) for travel within and between the Continental U.S., Alaska and Canada.
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You may even pay fewer points for short - haul
domestic flights than you would booking an
award ticket.
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award tickets on United, a possible $ 700 + in Southwest «Wan na Get Away» fares on some flights, or 2 +
award nights at most Hyatts.
For example, a one way
domestic business class
award ticket in the contiguous U.S. redeemed through Singapore Airlines will cost 20,000 miles, 17,500 economy to Hawaii or 30,000 business to Hawaii.
Domestic one way
award tickets start at 10,000 miles (plus taxes and fees) for travel within and between the Continental U.S., Alaska and Canada.
While they no longer have an
award chart, you will pay similar prices to those of the other major airlines, starting around 10,000 miles for a one - way
domestic ticket.
Complimentary upgrades on
award tickets for Premier Members — If you're traveling on a
domestic flight and it is an
award ticket, you have the ability to get the free upgrade.
Complimentary Premier upgrades — Premier members flying on an
award ticket may be upgraded on select
domestic United - operated flights depending on available space.
You can pair the Companion Pass with any of the above
award tickets on
domestic and international flights to maximize the value you get out of your trip.
For example, when I book
award tickets for family with my United miles, change fees are waived and my Premier 1K status carries over to provide priority service, free checked baggage, and complimentary
domestic upgrades.
If you'd rather not spend that much, Miles & More has great deals on
domestic round - trip business class
award tickets.
Saver level economy
award tickets for
domestic flights can offer good value for your miles, but they may be difficult to find.
This yields the familiar 25,000 - mile U.S.
domestic round - trip
award ticket.
I found the
domestic award search page by visiting the ANA Domestic Flight Awards information page and then clicking the link on the Application & Ticket
domestic award search page by visiting the ANA
Domestic Flight Awards information page and then clicking the link on the Application & Ticket
Domestic Flight
Awards information page and then clicking the link on the Application &
Ticketing tab.
Complimentary upgrades on
award tickets for Premier Members — If you're traveling on a
domestic flight and it is an
award ticket, you have the ability to get the free upgrade.
You can upgrade
award tickets to a Big Front Seat for cash, which is equivalent in size to standard
domestic first class on most airlines.
Unlike many of the
domestic award search engines, British Airways keeps its
award search function squirreled away, far from the easily accessibly cash
ticket booking field on its homepage.
That's enough for a free round - trip
domestic ticket — assuming you can find an available
award seat when you want.
The Aviator Red's sign - up bonus is enough for two round - trip
domestic economy
award tickets on American Airlines.
Singapore Airlines»
award chart is not the cheapest and they do add fuel surcharges on
award tickets (except on
domestic United Airlines flights).
In many cases, American's off peak
tickets are the cheapest
awards among the
domestic legacy carriers.
United
award redemptions are best for an economy
ticket and good deals can be found for
domestic U.S. flights.
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.
1500 miles may not sound that of a big deal but it may help cap off a future
award ticket (
Domestic starts at 12,500 miles one - way) or help you keep your United Mileage account active as miles expire if there has been no activity in the past 18 months.
Travel to any
domestic destinations in Alaska and the Continental US begins at 5,000 miles on one - way
tickets, but you're most likely going to find Delta
domestic awards in the range of 7,500 Skymiles — 12,500 Skymiles one - way.
Though you'll see a somewhat similar approach with some
domestic carriers, like Virgin America and Jet Blue, who charge their frequent flyers a redemption rate based on the current cost of the
ticket, most carriers break out their
award redemptions into zones.
Though I'm primarily discussing economy redemptions here, I also wanted to mention that booking through Virgin Atlantic, you can get first - class
award tickets for
domestic travel in the U.S. for an absolute steal: just 45,000 miles.
While we all enjoy booking an extravagant first class
award to Asia and getting a massive amount of value out of our miles, the truth is
award tickets simply aren't available every time we want to book and some travel needs like
domestic economy
tickets don't offer such great value.
So far, no co-branded credit cards from the big three
domestic airlines help you skip
award ticket change fees, so complement a co-branded card with elite status to fly as comfortably and inexpensively as possible.
$ 25 - 35 telephone reservations fee — If you need to call to book your
award, you'll pay $ 25 per
ticket for
domestic award and $ 35 for
awards that involve international travel.
This gives you the traditional 25,000 - mile U.S.
domestic round - trip
award ticket familiar to many travelers.
If you're looking at AeroMexico's SkyTeam
award chart, this explains why a
domestic US
ticket costs 40,000 «Premier Points:» once converted into miles it's a standard 25,000 - mile roundtrip redemption.
Short,
domestic flights will still be well - priced, but premium long - haul
award tickets will get more expensive.
R200 (about $ 17)
ticketing fee for
domestic awards and R500 (about $ 42) fee for international
awards ticketed through a South African Airways office
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.
Domestic economy class tickets are a good value at 15,000 miles, but the real bargains are domestic economy plus and business class
Domestic economy class
tickets are a good value at 15,000 miles, but the real bargains are
domestic economy plus and business class
domestic economy plus and business class
awards.
Ranging anywhere from $ 5 for
domestic awards to $ 1,000 + for upper class international itineraries,
award ticket fees are not foreign to
award travelers.
If you're looking to book international flights in premium cabins, those fares tend to be quite a bit higher than
domestic first, so while you'll still get two cents per points in value, you'll likely need fewer points or miles to book traditional
award tickets.
The primary Cardmember who is also a MileagePlus Premier member traveling on a
domestic MileagePlus
award ticket will be eligible for Complimentary Premier Upgrades on eligible United - and Copa - operated flights (when available).
However at a value of 2 cents a mile, you would still have to book an
award ticket that normally costs $ 250 one way in Economy to get that value per mile on a
domestic flight.
And you would be eligible for free elite
domestic upgrades, elite qualifying miles, redeemable miles, and everything else you don't get on
award tickets.
I had been collecting Alaska Airlines miles for a number of years, redeeming miles for
domestic tickets here and there (I've since learned that Alaska miles are best used for international
award tickets).