For the last part in the booking award flights with points and miles series, this article will
focus on the award flight search process.
After I've completed the previous steps, it's time to
focus on the award flight search.
Not exact matches
It
focuses first of all
on free luxuries in travel;
award flights come later.
I try to
focus mostly
on paid travel, rather than
award flights and nights, because finding
award availability is harder than just finding a ticket and pulling out my card.
There are multiple levels of
awards: classic (that's what we will be
focusing on) and flex (which usually cost double the price of classic
awards and aren't a good deal unless you need to get
on a specific
flight).
As domestic carriers like United Airlines and American Airlines raise the cost of their
award flights — particularly when partners are priced much higher than the domestic carrier — I've been
focusing on earning more miles with foreign airline loyalty programs.
Since I'm just
focusing on booking SkyTeam Alliance
flights with Korean Air right now, below are the
award charts for bookings made
on Star Alliance Partners.
In that article, we
focused on your redemption options for Virgin Atlantic
award flights, which frankly aren't great.
Award travel enthusiasts often focus on earning first class flights and five - star hotels, but sometimes the best value can be found further down on the award c
Award travel enthusiasts often
focus on earning first class
flights and five - star hotels, but sometimes the best value can be found further down
on the
award c
award chart.
The trick to getting the most value from your British Airways Avios is to
focus on the partner
award flights that it doesn't add fuel surcharges to.
By
focusing on partner
flights,
award chart sweet spots, and other exceptional deals, your AAdvantage miles may be able to take you farther than you thought.