Not exact matches
Responding to feedback
from one of our younger readers (see our March - April letters page) we continue the theme here, looking more closely at how we are saved by the death and resurrection of Christ, and the place of suffering in the
economy of
redemption.
Plus, there are some new routes for mileage earning and
redemption that are worth exploring, but beware the basic
economy fares that seem to be expanding
from third - party sites.
Except for Melbourne, the
redemption rates for
economy, business, and first class awards
from the U.S. to major cities in eastern Australia will require the same number of Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles.
Promo awards change every few months throughout the year, and offer 25 % or 50 % off
economy and business class
redemptions from Europe to certain destinations around the world.
Korean offers one of the best
redemptions to Hawaii
from the continental U.S.. You'll only pay 25,000 miles round - trip per
economy ticket booked.
Air Travel Reward
redemptions from the Air Travel
Redemption Schedule start at 15,000 points for a round trip short - haul flight in
economy class with a maximum ticket price of $ 350.
This might be the best
economy class
redemption from the continental US to Hawaii.
All the
redemptions above can actually be booked with Korean Air SKYPASS miles for a bit cheaper: 10,000 miles for flights within Korea, 30,000 miles within Asia (China and Japan, for example), and 70,000 miles
from Seoul to Honolulu — all in
economy class.
Charts make it easier to determine the cost of an award
redemption: for example, knowing that you'll need 60,000 miles for a roundtrip
economy ticket
from the U.S. to Europe.
Redemptions start as low as 5,000 miles for one - way
economy tickets, so there are plenty of opportunities to only use a portion of the miles earned
from the sign - up bonus.
Plus, there are some new routes for mileage earning and
redemption that are worth exploring, but beware the basic
economy fares that seem to be expanding
from third - party sites.
Promo awards change every few months throughout the year, and offer 25 % or 50 % off
economy and business class
redemptions from Europe to certain destinations around the world.
The 32,500 rate in
economy to get all the way to Europe
from the West Coast roundtrip is a great
redemption and 125,000 in business class is respectable.
British Airways has launched a promotion similar to one it has run at this time of year in the past offering 50 % off all
Economy Class Avios
redemptions on flights to /
from London Heathrow and London Gatwick.
Almost all of the search results you find for business class
redemptions will be mixed - class cabins, with the long legs
from the States being in
economy or at best premium
economy.
Premium
Economy redemption bookings will see a smaller, 9 %, drop on flights to /
from the US.
The idea that redeeming miles for an American Airlines transatlantic
economy class fare isn't a good use of miles also comes from the value that people assign to their balances — generally people like to think they're getting outsized value from their miles and an Economy Class redemption often doesn't give the
economy class fare isn't a good use of miles also comes
from the value that people assign to their balances — generally people like to think they're getting outsized value
from their miles and an
Economy Class redemption often doesn't give the
Economy Class
redemption often doesn't give them that.
The problem is that almost all of the search results you find for business class
redemptions will be mixed - class cabins, with the long legs
from the States being in
economy or at best premium
economy.
Virgin's 787 - 9 aircraft have just 35 Premium
Economy seats onboard so the addition of a third daily service to /
from Los Angeles will be boosting the number of Premium
Economy seats available on the route quite substantially... and that should be good news for reward
redemptions which have, historically, been quite challenging to find.
Domestic
redemptions are changing and, while not all of the city pairs are loaded into the system, it appears that short - haul
redemptions are going down slightly — Boston (BOS) to New York (JFK) decreases
from 12,500 to 11,500 Flying Blue miles in
economy class and
from 31,250 to 28,000 miles in first class).
Finally, LAX to Tahiti (PPT) on Air France's fifth - freedom route could become an interesting
redemption as it drops
from 75,000 to 64,000 miles in business class and
from 30,000 miles to 25,500 in
economy class.
Korean Air SKYPASS has some of the cheapest
redemptions from North America to Europe in
economy at 50,000 round trip.
As you could notice —
Economy redemption's between USA (48 states) and India will go down
from 45,000 Miles to 40,000 Miles.
From tomorrow, fuel - related charges that currently apply to Frequent Flyers making Qantas and Jetstar Classic Award
redemption bookings will fall by up to $ 110 in
Economy and up to $ 130 in Premium
Economy for a return flight.
If all you care about doing is going
from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back for as cheap as possible in
economy, then by all means hoard Amex points and transfer to BA Avios to get in on those 4,500 point one way short - haul
redemptions on American Airlines.
The greatest
redemption of the Flying Blue program are USA to Hawaii flight, which only cost 15,000 miles for an
Economy Class ticket (even for a ten hour flight
from the East Coast to Hawaii).
I'm usually one to choose
economy in order to save points and travel more, rather than squeeze the maximum cpp
from my
redemptions, but this seemed like a fun opportunity.
Another sweet spot is an
Economy award
redemption from London to the USA East Coast (New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Boston) which only costs 26,000 Avios for the round trip in off - peak periods (but these flights come with heavy taxes making them not so attractive after all).
Redemptions on Japanese domestic flights may only be booked two months
from the date of return flight and only in the
economy cabin.
- New York - Hong Kong If you wanted to fly BA's partner, Cathay Pacific,
from New York to Hong Kong, that would require 70,000 Avios roundtrip in
Economy, and 140,000 in Business, which is not a bad
redemption level at all, even though it would take just 120,000 miles on American Airlines.
Air Travel Reward
redemptions from the Air Travel
Redemption Schedule start at 15,000 points for a round trip short - haul flight in
economy class with a maximum ticket price of $ 350.