Sentences with phrase «flights than shorter ones»

This is a bit counter-intuitive, but the energy - efficiency per passenger - mile is higher on longer flights than shorter ones.

Not exact matches

In a short but historic flight, one of the company's Boeing 747 - 400s flew more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from London Heathrow Airport to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, reaching a peak altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) during the 40 - minute flight, with one of its four engines burning a blend of 20 percent coconut and babassu oils mixed with regular petroleum - based jet fuel.

An incoming wave would slightly warp these arms so that one became longer or shorter than the other by only a few thousandths the radius of a single proton, altering the flight time of the light and triggering a detection.

They may be checked only to one of your intermediate stops rather than your final destination if you must clear Customs short of your final destination, or you are taking a connecting flight involving two airlines which don't have an interline agreement (e.g., Southwest Airlines does not transfer bags to other carriers).

Economy class flights shorter than 800 miles are 8,000 United miles while one - way flights longer than 800 miles are 15,000 United miles one - way.

Economy class flights shorter than 800 miles (most of the intra-Oceania flights) require 8,000 reward miles one - way, while flights longer than 800 miles are 12,500 reward miles one - way.

This is similar to how United treats short domestic flights in the U.S. of less than 700 miles: they cost 10,000 miles for a one - way economy class ticket.

If you are taking a short round - trip flight that is less than 600 miles flown one - way on American Airlines, you will only have to pay 16,000 points for a round - trip flight according to the first award chart.

One - way flights that are shorter than 600 miles require 5,000 Mileage Club miles in low season, 6,000 miles in regular season, and 7,500 miles in high season.

Using Cathay Pacific miles is a good idea for flying some short hauls on American if you're okay with round - trip flights, since Cathay Pacific charges more than 50 percent for booking one - way flights.

Short - haul intra-region pricing applies if the award is on a single nonstop flight and less than 800 miles in one of the MileagePlus regions defined on our award chart.

Flights shorter than 1,151 miles only cost 7,500 miles one - way.

Round - trip flights that are shorter than 500 miles in distance qualify for a 1,000 - mile discount, and one - way flights receive a 500 - mile discount.

One way awards start at 4,500 Avios for flights outside the U.S. and 7,500 Avios for those originating or terminating in the U.S. Even with the slightly more expensive price for U.S. short haul awards, they are still cheaper than domestic awards on the big 3 US carriers which are typically 10,000 - 12,500 each way.

As I've mentioned before, there are many reasons why British Airways Avios can be great, including the fact that they are distance - based meaning shorter flights require fewer miles — even if fares on certain routes can be as expensive, if not more so, than on long - haul routes; and that you can use them for one - way travel as well.

You would have more than enough for 21 free short - haul one - way flights using British Airways Avios.

I don't think you can say that Ultimate Rewards points have no cons if the only one world alliance transfer option is practically worthless for anything more than a domestic short haul flight.

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