If you're interested in visiting during April, you just need to
find saver award flight availability from your city to Chicago (ORD) during one of these dates.
Not exact matches
While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for booking
award flights to Australia because of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you
find saver level
award space.
First, by carrying a Chase United card (even the fee - free version) you have access to more
saver level domestic Economy
award availability (HT: bluecat who correctly points out the availability extends to international
flights on United metal) I haven't
found the difference that noticeable for the most part, but while doing some research for an upcoming Brandon Asks post I noticed it was quite useful for positioning
flights.
However, if you can
find award space on Virgin Atlantic and a separate
saver level
award for a connecting
flight, there is a way to make this work.
Saver level economy
award tickets for domestic
flights can offer good value for your miles, but they may be difficult to
find.
If you happen to
find saver level
award space on American Airlines, Avios are also great for short
flights within the U.S.
In the entire month of October, I
found one day with availability on the LAX — JFK non-stop
flight at the
saver award level.
If you can
find Saver Award availability on United.com with 2 or fewer connections then you can book the same
flight over the phone.
You can book this
flight using Miles & More miles as long as you
find Saver Award availability on United with no more than 3
flight segments.
Finding a nonstop
Saver award flight might be challenging, depending where you're departing from in the U.S..
However,
finding a Delta
saver non-stop
award to Israel in any class of service is an adventure, and you can only book a partner's
flight if it has a
saver award available.
I was lucky to
find a First Class
Saver Award on one of the 3 inaugural Airbus A321T
flights on January 7th (there was a 4th out of LAX but it was a redeye that landed on the 8th, so I don't count... [Read more...] about Review: American Airlines Flagship Check - In / Lounge JFK
The problem is it's really hard to
find in - bound
flight with
Saver Award seats make most of the time.
I highly recommend doing your own research in advance and
finding saver award availability at United.com and wiring down the
flight numbers and calling in.
And
finding flights on Delta at the «low» or
saver level can be the toughest part of constructing the
award.
At the time there was very little availability on AA metal, and I felt lucky to
find the premium
saver award space on the 777 - 200 departing JFK at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic
flight so that I can get more sleep.