Best Miles / Points Redemption: American Airlines
flies discounted award flights to Europe from October 15 - May 15, meaning a round - trip costs only 40,000 AA miles per person.
Not exact matches
If you're close to an
award and need extra miles to make a nearby redemption or you want to buy extra miles at a
discount, Virgin Atlantic
Flying Club has got you covered.
If you're close to an
award and need extra miles to make a nearby redemption or you want to buy extra miles at a
discount, Virgin Atlantic
Flying Club has got you covered.
Every few months,
Flying Blue runs 25 to 50 percent
award discounts on flights to and from different European cities.
Sometimes,
Flying Blue offers what's called Promo
Awards — a
discount on redemptions between select North American cities and Europe — which offers even better redemption rates.
You also get a US Airways Companion Certificate to
fly up two additional passengers for $ 99 each, a 5000 mile
discount on US Airways carrier
award bookings and free checked bags.
Sometimes,
Flying Blue offers what's called Promo
Awards — a
discount on redemptions between select North American cities and Europe — which offers even better redemption rates.
If you subscribe to Virgin Atlantic's
Flying Club, you can redeem economy and premium economy
awards at a 30 %
discount between now and September 22.
Flying Blue Promo
Awards are monthly
discounts of 20 - 50 % for
award travel.
Plus, don't miss the
award discounts being offered by American and
Flying Blue.
In
Flying Blue's latest installment of
award pricing
discounts, travelers can shave off 25 % of the cost of an
award redemption.
Although ANA Mileage Club offers some great
discounted awards on its own airline, there are still reasons to
fly a partner.
At the beginning of every month the
Flying Blue loyalty program releases
discounted awards for Economy and Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
1) Air France's
Flying Blue released their new
award discounts today.
At the beginning of every month
Flying Blue (the loyalty program for Air France / KLM) releases
discounted mileage
awards for Economy and Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
I don't get to
fly with Qantas all that often as, let's face it, international premium cabin
awards on Qantas aren't exactly easy to find and the airline never seems to
discount its premium cabins down to what I'm prepared to pay.
Some European and Asian carriers already take it to greater extremes,
awarding as little as 10 % of the distance
flown with deeply
discounted fares but 300 % for long - haul first class tickets.
Award flight tip *:
Flying Blue releases «Promo
Awards» from different cities each month that are
discounted up to 50 percent.
It's best to transfer your ThankYou points to Singapore's loyalty program, KrisFlyer, because it offers a 15 percent
discount to members booking
award flights online.With the
discount, you can
fly one way between New York and Frankfurt, or Houston and Moscow, in the carrier's extravagant First Suite for 57,375 miles and $ 203 in taxes and fuel surcharges.
If you want to
fly to Europe, then a great option is to transfer points to
Flying Blue and use their
discounted promo
awards.
Flying Blue offers a 50 %
discount on
awards between Europe and Dubai last month so this month's offering isn't nearly as tempting....
British Airways Avios
awards are a fantastic way to
fly direct short haul flights at a steep
discount.
A British Airways Gold Card Holder
flying two round trips in
Discounted Business Class (a very common occurrence) will earn 69,000 Avios which is more than enough for a one - way Business Class
award from London To New York.
The AAdvantage Platinum card has a lot to offer anyone who
flies on American Airlines with some regularity, including free checked bags, a mileage refund on all redemptions and
discounted award flights.
Taking advantage of some of the
discounts on
award tickets mentioned below, you could
fly within the U.S. in economy class for 15,000 miles (~ $ 234 in miles) or from the U.S. to Europe in business class for 105,000 miles (~ $ 1,638 in miles).
At the beginning of every month
Flying Blue releases
discounted awards for Economy and Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
If you earn most of your miles from
flying in Business Class / First Class then there's a good chance that the new higher mileage earning rates will mostly offset any increases in
award costs (
discounted Business Class will now earns 50 % more miles while, where
award costs have gone up they've done so by between 6 % and 72 %)
It was much cheaper to
fly in Singapore Airlines but they recently eliminated their 15 % online booking
discount and also increased the price of
award tickets to many destinations, although they eliminated fuel surcharges on their own
awards.
on Final Days To Book
Flying Blue
Discounted Promo
Awards To Europe / Israel For August - September; JFK To Tel Aviv For 18,750 Miles
Many people who use
Flying Blue miles are trying to book Promo
Awards — a set of monthly specials that are
discounted 25 % or 50 % off the normal price.
A huge reason a lot of people have
discounted the value of Avios, however, is that using them to
fly British Airways to or through London means that you can get hit with huge taxes and fuel surcharges that are often the majority of the ticket price, so the value of Avios you redeem for certain
awards can be rather low.
American AAdvantage has special
awards for Citibank credit card holders, and America West, American and United give special
discounted awards when you
fly 750 miles or less.
Every month
Flying Blue (AirFrance & KLM) offer
discounted award flights.
You can also sometimes score
discounted Flying Blue promo
awards from rotating North American gateways for up to half off the usual mileage amounts.
With elite statuses, you might qualify for earning more
award miles when you
fly, seat upgrades, priority check - in, complimentary checked baggage, better
award - seat availability,
discounted and waived fees, and other benefits.
Folks with the US Airways ® Premier World MasterCard ® get an automatic 5,000 mile
discount on all US Airways
awards that
fly only US Airways planes, which is a requirement of off peak
awards.
This
discount requires
flying a United - operated non-stop between the US and China or Hong Kong for your transpacific segment, with roundtrip saver
award flights booked between August 11 and August 22 for travel August 29 through April 30.
Unfortunately, figuring out how many, has become a science on its own, because United will
award you a different number of points based on the partner and the fare class of your ticket, anywhere between 0 % of the miles
flown for a deeply
discounted ticket and 250 % for a First Class ticket.