I recall the upgrade to a pool suite was something like an extra 2,000 points or $ 100 a night on top of what's already
an expensive award redemption.
When people complain that Hilton has
some expensive award redemptions, I point out that they make it extremely easy to earn points faster.
Not exact matches
5 least
expensive airline
award redemptions — If you know where to look, airline
awards can sometimes ring in at prices much, much lower than the «standard» 12,500 miles each way.
And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 - tier Delta
award chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level
redemptions aren't available on any airline and you're considering a more
expensive award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate
award tiers.
This tends to make hotel loyalty programs more
expensive than airline programs, which means
award redemptions often aren't as valuable.
5 least
expensive airline
award redemptions — If you know where to look, airline
awards can sometimes ring in at prices much, much lower than the «standard» 12,500 miles each way.
An
award ticket from North America to Australia on Qantas is one of the most
expensive redemptions in China Eastern's charts.
Although it was a very
expensive redemption, other
awards are quite cheap.
The more
expensive redemption rate could sit as an additional layer above the current
award chart.
Remember that United's
award redemptions for first class and business class seats are some of the most
expensive in the game.
With more
expensive points
redemptions, it might be more difficult to afford a longer
award stay.
A FlyerTalk member Lionheart revealed what looks like a leaked look at IHG's new
award pricing for 2018 and it looks like we might be seeing a pretty substantial devaluation that could make
redemptions a lot more
expensive for top - tier properties.
Award nights at top category hotels can be
expensive, but the
redemptions at low - mid tier hotels a = offer a great value.
This year, Philippine Airlines has gone beyond the changes of miles needed for flights and made an
award redemption even more difficult and
expensive.
These flights used to be the most
expensive redemption option on the economy
award chart, at 45,000 miles each way.
While we don't redeem British Airways Avios as often as other miles, they do come in handy for some short nonstop
award redemptions that would otherwise be more
expensive with AAdvantage miles or as paid flights.