You can use this pricing to also
get a lower priced award to Australia, which normally costs 50,000 miles each way in economy.
Not exact matches
* 3) Each appearance on a list
gets an unweighted score based on the ranking 4) Ranking scores are logarithmically determined (i.e. top scores are much more valuable than
lower scores) 5) Each retailer weighted by approximate market share as determined by the editors of Digital Book World and Iobyte Solutions 6) Additional appearance credit is
awarded for appearing on multiple lists 7) Combined scores for the week determine final score for each title 8) Titles are ranked by final scores and also grouped into sub-lists by
price (four separate
price - band lists: $ 0 — $ 2.99; $ 3.00 — $ 7.99; $ 8.00 — $ 9.99; and $ 10.00 and above) 9) Minimum
price that appeared at any point during the week on any retailer is used for determine
price band (assumption that
low price is an important driver of ranking)
Spirit has a complicated
pricing structure for
awards, and while it advertises some very
low point
prices that can yield great value if you're very flexible and patient, more often you'll end up
getting close to 1 cent per mile in value.
Besides
low priced trades, TradeKing (now Ally Invest) also
gets high marks from our editors for its
award - winning Trader Network.
The pros are that you can
get decent value for your points even when redeeming them for relatively cheap flights since the
award price will also be relatively
low.
While
getting a
low price from an OTA isn't exactly revolutionary, BonWi's
award system is unlike any other.
You can
get decent value for your points even when redeeming them for relatively cheap flights, since the
award price will also be relatively
low.
If your travel includes Infants, you may
get lower price when you book your
award and add infant well ahead of the travel date.
If you're
low on miles or don't want to use or transfer too many, you can also
get Cash & Miles
awards starting at 5,000 miles for up to 25 percent off the purchase
price.
When airlines reduce their
lowest -
priced awards, there is nothing one can do to
get around that.
(PointsHound
gets around this by booking separate inventory that may be
priced differently and typically
awarding fewer miles due to the
lower commission.)
If there's an open
award seat on a partner airline, you can
get it for Avios
pricing, which not only stays
low even when
award seats are in demand, but also costs fewer miles due to British Airways distance - based
award pricing.
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.
Check the hotel you want on your dates to see if the retail
price is higher or
lower than the
price you would
get if you purchased the points today for an
award night.