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
You know that award
availability can be tough to find on this
flight from JFK, and buying the last few thousand miles could solve your problem.
Airline credit cards may offer an equivalent cash value of
from 1 to 5 cents per mile you earn, but it's difficult to consistently quantify the value because award
flights and
availability are dynamic - always changing based on demand,
flight prices, routes and other factors.
The
availability of points
flights can vary
from airline to airline, while the rules and fees associated with fuel surcharges also differ between carriers and destinations.
Flights from North America can be tough to snag, but searching Europe to Singapore is much better for award
availability.
If Delta has award
availability on a
flight you want, this fee probably shouldn't be enough to stop you
from transferring your miles and booking the ticket, but it's something to be aware of nonetheless.
It may or may not be worth paying the $ 25 fee to book by phone and be absolutely certain the
flight is confirmed, but it's certainly worth calling to talk through
availability right before moving the miles
from Membership Rewards to FlyingBlue.
I've got bonus offers
from Citibank for extra ThankYou points, which are also guaranteed to be worth 1.6 cents per point on any American
flight until July 2017 (and I don't have to worry about non-existent
availability).
Tickets
from the U.S. to London are available on both Delta and Virgin Atlantic, but you generally won't find low - level
availability for Delta's own
flights.
The FlexPerks card is a great backup for booking paid
flights when either the cost or
availability of awards prevents you
from using traditional airline miles.
I'd probably opt for the Economy ticket so long as it's available, knowing that those marginal miles could be used for another Economy one - way back to South America or elsewhere in the future, but if
availability were to dry up for the
flight to Rio given the popularity for this ticket that may be fairly expected thanks to the World Cup, it would be a good way to make lemonade
from lemons, given Alanna and her husband's healthy points balances.
Trying to use miles to get
from Los Angeles to New York without a connection during the holiday season may prove impossible, and finding
availability on a Chicago to Paris nonstop
flight is going to be a major challenge in the summer months.
It may strike many readers as common sense, but
availability on United for our return date is constricted because the
flight is outbound
from Hawaii, a very popular route.
Hawaiian Airlines will accept one pre-packaged box of papayas or pineapples, per paid passenger, free of charge (subject to space
availability) on
flights departing
from Hawaii to the North America.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service
flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a Business Class or First Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was available.
I did some digging to see if perhaps it wasn't the
flight to Montego Bay, but one of the connecting
flights from Minneapolis, that could be causing US Air
availability to be so poor.
This is because
flights from Atlanta to Los Angeles have reduced
availability.
If
availability for the specific dates Marc decides to travel appears slim, he should also consider award
flights that depart
from New York, Miami, Chicago, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington or Dallas.
Even though US Air has yet to officially depart
from Star Alliance,
availability through United for US Air
flights is quite slim already.
The main gateway in Finland is the Helsinki to Vantaa international airport, tourists can avail cheap
flights from some websites where they have to book in advance for a sure
availability.
Accommodation is on a Luxury Included ® (all - inclusive) basis in a deluxe room with a king sized bed •
Flights provided are from London or Manchester, in economy class and are subject to availability • Resort transfers are included, but domestic transfers, including any flights to London or Manchester, are not included • There is no cash alternative to the prize and spending money is not included • Holiday insurance is not included and must be purchased before travel • The prize is subject to availability, can not be taken during peak seasons ** and can not be confirmed until 90 days prior to departure • Once dates are confirmed there will be an administration fee for any changes made to the reser
Flights provided are
from London or Manchester, in economy class and are subject to
availability • Resort transfers are included, but domestic transfers, including any
flights to London or Manchester, are not included • There is no cash alternative to the prize and spending money is not included • Holiday insurance is not included and must be purchased before travel • The prize is subject to availability, can not be taken during peak seasons ** and can not be confirmed until 90 days prior to departure • Once dates are confirmed there will be an administration fee for any changes made to the reser
flights to London or Manchester, are not included • There is no cash alternative to the prize and spending money is not included • Holiday insurance is not included and must be purchased before travel • The prize is subject to
availability, can not be taken during peak seasons ** and can not be confirmed until 90 days prior to departure • Once dates are confirmed there will be an administration fee for any changes made to the reservation.
If Delta has award
availability on a
flight you want, this fee probably shouldn't be enough to stop you
from transferring your miles and booking the ticket, but it's something to be aware of nonetheless.
Jet2.com's increased
availability will complement the airline's existing
flights to Tenerife
from Manchester, Blackpool, East Midlands, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford and Glasgow, and will further cement Tenerife's position as the number one destination in the Canaries for British travellers.
The cost for roundtrip economy
flights from North America to Hawaii compares favorably to the big three U.S. airlines — assuming you can find SuperSaver
availability.
Though the ticket
availability and prices vary depending on the route, seats are generally available for
flights between April and July, and again
from November through December — including peak summer season and Thanksgiving.
A quick search for
availability about 7 + months out showed many open business class and first class seats between Hong Kong and Sydney and so you'd just need to find Cathay Pacific
flights from departure points in the US (SFO or LAX).
When I searched for
flights from SFO to SYD about 7 months out
availability in business class was very good!
Nonetheless, Delta had award
availability for (3) passengers on all three nonstop
flights from Phoenix to Seattle.
Take a look a these screenshots
from American Airlines — all show Business Class award
availability on non-stop
flights between various US cities and London Heathrow:
When I flew to Tokyo in January I had to position
from London to Frankfurt to catch a JAL Business Class award
flight on the 787 Dreamliner and when I had wanted to try out Cathay Pacific First Class last year I had to position
from London to Zurich to catch that award
flight — London isn't exactly awash with award
availability.
Now, it is possible to fly
from Detroit to Seattle to Chicago to catch that Emirates
flight to Dubai (providing that there is award
availability) but those
flights are going to take much longer than driving would, in this case.
When I searched for
availability from the US to Auckland with United on Aeroplan's website, I found a lot of United award
availability for
flights 5 + months out and decent
availability for
flights only a couple of months out but it wasn't the kind of
availability I liked.
There's usually more
availability from Portland, but if he needed to go as far as the Bay Area, round - trip
flights to anywhere in California are only 15,000 points (7,500 each way) and bring the total cost to 40,000 points.
However, if you route your
flights through Australia and take American Airlines
from LAX - > SYD you can find some pretty good business class SAAver
availability at times, although you'll need to searching for about 9 to 10 months out.
A quick search for
availability about 7 months out showed many open business class seats (sometimes up to 5 seats open) between Hong Kong and Auckland and so you'd just need to find Cathay Pacific
flights from departure points in the US (SFO or LAX).
Flights from North America can be tough to snag, but searching Europe to Singapore is much better for award
availability.
I selected a date I was happy with for each of the 4 cities that had award
availability and checked the cost of the
flight from London to those cities and added it to the taxes I would pay to depart that city:
As for my return, I booked Lisbon — Frankfurt — Chicago in Lufthansa First Class using 62,500 Air Canada Aeroplan miles, transferred
from American Express Membership Rewards, and then Chicago - Pittsburgh with 4,500 Avios (there wasn't
availability on the United
flight, plus I would have had to have called Air Canada to book a 3 -
flight one - way itinerary which would have incurred a $ 30 phone fee, so I was okay with spending Avios and flying American over United when a terminal change would be required for both).
Alitalia has round - trip non-stop
flights from New York (JFK) to Milan Italy (MXP) for $ 496 with
availability through May and also September and October 2017.
Korean Air offers an excellent product, reasonable prices and a lot of
availability, with anywhere
from two to four premium cabin award seats on many
flights.
Likewise, if you have a bunch of different kinds of miles you can draw
from, it is more likely that you will be able to find miles that you can use to book
flights based on the current
availability for your upcoming trip.
The latest evaluation of frequent flyer programs comes
from U.S. News & World Report, which studied the offerings of 10 leading U.S. airlines, looking at their «earning and redemption values, benefits, network coverage and award
flight availability,» among other things.
There are two ways to use South African Airways: finding
availability on the one non-stop
from JFK to JNB or by piecing together
flights from connecting
flights from other regions.
I used to include it for their beautiful transcontinental
flights in First and Business but, first, they jacked award prices
from 25k to 32.5 k and 32.5 k to 50k, respectively — and then they killed
availability anyway.
Whether visitors are jet - lagged, suffering
from insomnia, catching a red - eye
flight or simply putting finishing touches on a last - minute presentation in the wee hours of the morning or night, the M Club Lounge at the Miami airport hotel can accommodate with 24 hour
availability.
Thanks to their award chart devaluation I'm going to be crediting my Delta
flights to Alaska Airlines next calendar year (hopefully after a status match gets me to MVP Gold or MVP Gold 75K), but in the meantime Platinum Medallion is absolutely priceless for the ability to rebook awards — for free —
from the «medium» and «high» levels to the «low» level as award
availability appears.
On the redemption side, the award chart to /
from Europe isn't too bad (62,500 miles for a transatlantic one - way in business class) and you get access to much better
availability on AF / KL's own
flights that when booking with Delta.
From there, all 3
flights that day to Mumbai had
availability, but only the latest
flight had a First Class cabin.
I kept my eye on the United iPhone app to make sure that my segments were still intact — I had half a mind to check
availability on United's p.s.
flights from JFK to LAX in case things went awry — no way was I going to use 25K miles on regular domestic first!
Often, there is award
availability from the beginning — but not always and not on every
flight.