For me it's simple... still
flying on award redemptions made with the old UA chart.
Not exact matches
As you can see,
Flying Blue requires 5,000 more miles to
fly Delta than Korean Air SkyPass, but it has the same
redemption rate for
award flights
on Alaska Airlines.
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.
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.
And because British Airways has an
award redemption chart that's organized by distance
flown instead of region, you'll only to cash in 25,000 British Airways miles
on a roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to Honolulu instead of the 45,000 miles American requires for that same flight.
Flying back
on British Airways means paying this high exit tax plus fuel surcharges, so you could be looking at an
award redemption cost well above $ 400.
Miles, which are earned when you
fly based
on ticket price and SkyMiles Status **, are used for
Award Travel and other
redemptions.
As you can see,
Flying Blue requires 5,000 more miles to
fly Delta than Korean Air SkyPass, but it has the same
redemption rate for
award flights
on Alaska Airlines.
With British Airways, the cost of your
award redemption is calculated based
on the number of miles being
flown on each segment of your trip.
American have continued their assault
on award redemptions to Hawaii by implementing a 40 % increase in the number of miles needed for a Business Class ticket but, in the case of partner
awards, this doesn't make much difference as most people would be
flying to Hawaii
on American Airlines and not a partner airline anyway.
Unlike most airlines, Asia Miles
redemptions are distanced - based and have different
award charts depending
on the number and type of carriers you are
flying on a single ticket.
Knowing the Oneworld partnerships and focusing your
award search
on the off - peak dates when
flying British Airways will also have a huge impact
on your
redemption.
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.
This is possible because British Airways bases their
award redemption rates
on distance
flown.
To start with, you can take advantage of some of the
redemptions noted above, like British Airways short - haul
awards,
Flying Blue to Hawaii or the Caribbean, transatlantic flights
on Virgin Atlantic and Singapore Airlines first suites.
This chart is fantastic for short - haul
awards, as I noted in my post
on the best Avios routes to
fly and useful 4,500 Avios
redemptions around the world.
More than that, the airline's frequent flyer program, Asiana Club, offers solid
award redemptions on both Asiana and partner flights, making this card a good option for just about anyone, even if you don't
fly Asiana.
Starpoints are great because 1) Has the most airline partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best
award chart (especially for
flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights
redemption options.
Whether
flying to Colombia or parts of Latin America
on Avianca or elsewhere
on a Star Alliance partner, LifeMile
redemptions tend to be quite reasonable with a few notable
redemptions for
award travelers.
Who this is most useful for: Since American Airlines doesn't allow you to
fly transpacific for
award travel to the Middle East and India, travelers living
on the East Coast will likely find this to be a more manageable
redemption.
If one of these partner airlines has an
award chart that had a more attractive domestic US
redemption, you could use miles from say, Vietnam Airlines to
fly on Delta.
Flying Blue also allows a stopover and open jaw routing
on roundtrip
awards, so even if you have to pay fuel surcharges, you may be able to get well more than the standard 1 cent per point or less that Citi gives for ThankYou point
redemptions.
↓ Fee - Fi - Fo - Frontier
On Oct. 31, Frontier began charging an
award redemption fee for all flight
awards booked less than six months in advance of
flying.
This will make stocking up
on miles for
Flying Blue
award redemptions much easier.
If you need to go to Japan or elsewhere in Asia that JAL
flies, you can get great deals using the JAL
award chart, which offers round - trip
award seats at
redemptions more akin to one - way
awards on many airlines.
They continue to
award miles based
on distance
flown rather than dollars spent, and they have some unique airline partners with great
redemption...
There are some incredibly high value partner
redemptions using Etihad miles, mainly
flying American Airlines for the same amount of miles that it used to cost
on American Airlines» pre-devaluation
award chart.