Those award flights may not be for the routes you find useful, or they may include
especially expensive awards that don't make good use of your miles.
Not exact matches
Merit pay plans are
expensive,
especially if the performance
awards are added to the salary schedule, so there are questions about whether the extra funds will continue to be available during the next economic downturn.
Some airlines tack ridiculous fees on
award bookings, and these fees can make using your miles
especially expensive.
As you can see, first class
awards to Asia can get very
expensive, but business class tickets are more reasonable,
especially with zero fuel surcharges.
This earning option may work better for some people,
especially less frequent guests who won't earn the larger bonus point
awards or those who often stay at less
expensive hotels.
I'll do a more thorough review of the hotel itself at a later time since I had lots of other things to talk about in this trip report, but I wanted to end with a look back at how even an
expensive trip can be
especially rewarding
awarding.
For those who enjoy earning miles and points for
award travel, it hurts to pay rent and not earn points,
especially if you live in an
expensive city — seriously, why am I still putting up with DC rent prices?
The best way to redeem an
award is by transferring points to one of American Express's 16 airline partners,
especially if you redeem internationally or need to get an
expensive domestic ticket.
@bobbie thing is i am torn on qantas miles, long haul
awards are crazy
expensive especially in premium cabins and they add fuel surcharges to
awards even when there's no fuel surcharge on the ticket itself (like qantas international flights departing australia).