Not exact matches
A
few rules do exist so that you don't automatically book these
awards in place of the
new award chart: travel must always progress in one direction, either east or west, and you can't return to your origin within 10 days.
This rebranding came with significant changes to the program including eliminating an
award chart, points pooling, a
new points slider, and a
few other key features.
I've already gone over the major devaluations that will happen, I've discussed the
award chart changes, I've shown how the
new earning rates will affect top - tier AAdvantage members quite badly and I've called out American Airlines for announcing things without thinking things through or without having all the answers to inevitable questions... but that's really just me letting off steam and, hopefully, providing readers with a
few facts here and there as well.
One quirk of the
new award chart is that select routes will now cost
fewer miles when booked as a partner
award rather than an
award exclusively on Singapore Airlines / SilkAir.
When UA Mileageplus published its
new award charts, there were a
few routes that decreased in price (I believe their reasoning was not many members redeemed miles for those routes.)
While some regions were hit hard — especially in first class — there will still be a
few valuable redemptions with the
new award chart.
Keep in mind that there are still a
few bright spots in the
new AAdvantage
award chart, so don't rush to book if your desired redemption isn't jumping in price.
I studied the
award chart, mainly to decipher region definitions, and spent a
few hours with the
new award search engine to find the following redemption options which put your miles to smart use.
Valuation: The
new AAdvantage
award chart goes into effect on March 22, spelling a substantial increase in the cost of many
awards,
fewer dates available for off - peak travel and the switch to a revenue - based earning system.