Sentences with phrase «economy redemptions»

Domestic travel often offers higher value for economy redemptions.

The average redemption rate is only 1.5 cents per mile, and it's not uncommon for domestic economy redemptions to be even worse than that.

The latest changes do not impact economy and premium economy redemptions at all.

Nevertheless, there are still some terrific values to to be had, especially when it comes to short - and medium - haul flights, as well as economy redemptions.

There are a number of decent economy redemptions but many of their business class redemptions are on the higher end compared to others.

As always with Economy redemptions, it is always worth checking the cash price for a ticket.

Domestic travel often offers higher value for economy redemptions.

If you want a stash of fixed value points for domestic economy redemptions, then build up a nice supply of them alongside the Membership Rewards you use for international premium cabin trips.

Virgin Atlantic recently put though a series of changes to its Flying Club rewards program and, while a few of the changes were negative, there was one big positive change that I was very happy to see — the cost of Premium Economy redemptions fell significantly.

A few examples of some good low - cost economy redemptions on American Airlines flights with British Airways miles:

Economy redemptions cost just 30,000 Flying Blue miles for a round - trip flight operated by a SkyTeam partner Delta Air Lines.

Below is a comparison chart I made of the current chart, intermediate chart, and fully devalued chart for economy redemptions from the continental US, Alaska, and Canada.

Any long - haul economy redemption on the EarlyReturns award chart is a good deal, but flights to Costa Rica are particularly valuable.

Including this, Justin would still save about 22,000 miles as opposed to ponying up 40,000 per person for a full Economy redemption home on United alone.

Economy redemptions come to 55,000 miles round - trip, which is another good redemption option if you want to save a few miles.

Also, some of the other economy redemptions are higher than they would be if you just booked with the partner airline's own miles (Air France, British Airways, etc.) and some redemptions like those for Emirates are just sky high.

Premium Economy redemption bookings will see a smaller, 9 %, drop on flights to / from the US.

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.

What I haven't seen discussed is how American Airlines is going to fit Premium Economy redemptions into its award chart and it's this aspect of what's coming soon that has me concerned.

I've got a few Virgin Flying Club miles that I was planning to use for a Premium Economy redemption across the Atlantic as, since the recent changes announced to Flying Club, they're an obvious sweet spot and I didn't think the cabin and service were too bad when I reviewed it recently.

A long as you book outside of the newly introduced «peak season» Premium Economy redemptions between Los Angeles and the UK will cost 15,000 fewer Virgin Flying Club Miles in 2017.

I didn't pay it much mind, because Virgin's fuel surcharges have historically made economy redemptions utterly irrational — you spend miles but still come out of pocket the bulk of a paid fare.

Saudia Alfursan has two economy redemption levels: Guest Saver and Guest Freedom.

This is definitely one of the better economy redemptions for a flight that doesn't leave North America.

At the same time, Miles & More dropped domestic business class redemptions outside of Europe by 5,000 miles and Singapore introduced premium economy redemptions.

On the other hand, economy redemptions from the East Coast to Europe will likely be cheaper with British Airways / Aer Lingus.

The first is short - haul domestic economy redemptions.

Of course, I said it was no big deal since the best Avios awards are short, direct, economy redemptions on awards without fuel surcharges.

However, I believe the trip as written remains of value: as I pointed out in the article, I believed availability could become constrained for Economy redemptions, which of course is already the case earlier in the month.

Yesterday, while most people's attention was focused on the addition of Premium Economy redemptions to the Singapore Airlines award chart (more on that in a separate post), the airline slipped in a change to the charts in a way that increased the cost of Premium Cabin Saver Awards to certain European cities.

Sure enough, the purchase - with - cash option that appears on the award booking screen confirms just how fantastic a deal this trip really is: at more than $ 7,700 per person, Kevin would be receiving a preposterous 12 cents per point of value for an Economy redemption!

The economy redemption rate is relatively competitive with ANA Mileage Club's rate of 55,000 miles, but United's business class redemption rate is quite pricey compared to ANA.

The same applies to Business Class travel: at just 1,000 points more than Economy redemptions for one zone trips, this step up can result in a much more comfortable trip for a few points more.

That high price is simply not worth it for premium economy redemptions (although Delta knows that many unassuming travelers will book it and diminish the value of their miles in the process).

I think the economy redemption at 40,000 miles is definitely among the best use of miles to get to deep South America.

With those eliminated, some of the economy redemptions actually become more valuable and make a lot more sense.

The economy redemption to Europe for 55,000 miles is decent but the mileage requirement for 88,000 miles to Europe in business class is one of the best sweet spot redemptions out there and absolutely one of the best ways to use miles and points to get to Europe.

On a positive note however, there's going to be a significant increase in the number of Premium Economy seats available and, as Premium Economy redemptions are a sweet spot of the recently reconfigured Virgin Atlantic rewards chart, that's very good news.

There is no change to the Economy redemptions, but if you are planning to redeem for a premium cabin award, you should book them before April 28, 2015.

And as usual, economy redemptions are much easier to find.

The economy redemption to Europe for 55,000 miles is decent but the mileage requirement for 88,000 miles to Europe in business class is one of the best sweet spot redemptions out there.

While Flying Blue is great for economy redemptions, I would keep in mind these items when booking award travel through their program:

The economy redemption for 90,000 roundtrip is competitive with most other programs, although many programs offer roundtrips for 80,000 miles.

But even the economy redemptions can be great because they are so much cheaper than other options.

Even when compared to airlines like ANA, which has some pretty unbelievably low redemptions to Europe and the Middle East, economy redemptions for Flying Blue are still more valuable with this itinerary!

This is because the peak Economy redemption rates are the same as the old Economy redemption rates.