Not exact matches
If you find
award space
on a Boeing 767 with lie - flat seats, you'll also have a
great flight but the A330 is the pinnacle of what Delta flies to Hawaii.
-LSB-...] The Miles Professor highlights how US Airways» cutting back international
flights to Rio has had an unfortunate impact
on a (formerly)
great value
on US Airways»
award chart, off peak
awards to South America.
Similarly, for customers needing more than 1
award seat
on a particular
flight (maybe a family of 4), booking requires a
great deal more points and more work to find multiple
award seats.
The other
great advantage to this is that if you have the TD Aeroplan Visa, you get your 1st checked bag fee waived
on all Aeroplan
award flights.
The distance - based
award chart can be
great for short - haul
flights and sweet - spot redemptions
on partner airlines.
That's right — Mexico City has
great award availability
on flights to London, Paris, and Madrid.
She's new to the miles and points game, but her trip provides us with a
great opportunity to dive into the
great award flights available using British Airways Avios
on American thanks to their shared membership in the Oneworld alliance.
If you live
on one of the coasts, booking a transcontinental
award flight in a premium cabin is a
great way to use MileagePlus miles.
Delta also has no fee for last - minute
award bookings and opens up a larger percentage of seats last minute than most airlines, so if you need an
award flight on short order, it's a
great option.
The MileagePlus Explorer Card can be a
great choice if you want to redeem miles for
award flights on United.
Having said that, Air Canada has one
great feature — you can get up to two free stopovers and one open jaw
on a round - trip
award flight.
EVA Air's Infinity MileageLands program doesn't provide many
great options for
award bookings, but it does have some solid options in Asia and allows 2 stop - overs and an open - jaw
on Star Alliance
award flights.
This presents the potential for
great redemption rates
on short
flights if
award space is available.
If you happen to find saver level
award space
on American Airlines, Avios are also
great for short
flights within the U.S.
Whether booking a first class
flight on ANA or booking a fun partner
award, ANA Mileage Club is a
great program to know.
A
great price point
on the Singapore Airlines
award chart is for business and first class
flights within the U.S..
If you find
award space
on a Boeing 767 with lie - flat seats, you'll also have a
great flight but the A330 is the pinnacle of what Delta flies to Hawaii.
Another solid
award is a
flight to
Great Britain redeemed through Delta
on Virgin Atlantic for just 60,000 miles.
They also have
great award availability
on Air France and KLM operated
flights.
Turkish Airlines has a
great award chart for redeeming
on Turkish Airlines
flights.
If BA starts linking the cost of
flights to the number of Avios needed and doesn't keep any kind of standard
award in place the days of
great redemptions
on routes like NYC — Boston are over.
I find Delta to be one of the least transparent airlines so when it comes to planning domestic
award trips, I'm not sure that I'd count
on Delta to be offering
great deals, but stumbling upon such cheap
award flights would always be a tempting option for me if it actually worked with my schedule.
Virgin Atlantic has
great award redemption values for
flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both classes, economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges in Upper Class make business class TY redemptions
on Virgin a less attractive option.
In other words, you'll never get a
great or terrible deal
on an
award flight because you'll always pay the market value.
It's also probably worth noting that, if you're happy to take connecting
flights, the
award availability looks even better (although some of the aircraft may not be the
greatest on the short - haul
flights).
So, while the minimum cost of a North American
award flight on other major airlines is 25,000 miles (no matter what the city pairs are), if you use Avios and the distance of your
flight does not exceed 2,000 miles, you can get a
great deal.
Their
award program, JAL Mileage Bank (JMB), is flexible and offers some
great redemption rates
on flights between the U.S. and Japan.
A sweet spot for Asia Miles is the fact that they allow up to 5 stopovers
on award flights, so these miles could be of
great value if you go that route.
The key to redeeming fewer miles is to take advantage of sweet spots found
on award charts to book
flights for
great prices compared to what else is out there.
Reduced Mileage
Awards Fly to
great destinations
on American Airlines operated
flights for up to 7,500 fewer AAdvantage ® miles!
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals
on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the cost of
award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to Economy Class, to be able to find
great value Business Class fares to keep our
flights comfortable.
Last week I posted about the first routes that Thai Airways A350 will be flying and I discussed how, as things stand, there's some
great award availability for both the short crew orientation
flights as well as for the first international route
on which Thai Airways will operate the A350 — Bangkok to Melbourne.
In that article, we focused
on your redemption options for Virgin Atlantic
award flights, which frankly aren't
great.
Some of the best include the following: United Airlines, which opens up access to the huge Star Alliance network of carriers; British Airways, offering
great value
on short - haul nonstop
flights due to their distance - based
award chart; Korean Airlines, with amazing
award availability in their first class cabins; and Hyatt, which is widely recognized as offering some of the highest value point redemption opportunities of any hotel chain.
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 opt
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 opt
Great Nights &
Flights redemption options.
Sale
on Alaska Airlines
Award Flights An unadvertised sale on some great, inexpensive flights using Alaska Airlines
Flights An unadvertised sale
on some
great, inexpensive
flights using Alaska Airlines
flights using Alaska Airlines miles.
Starwood gives you the «5th night free»
on all
award redemptions of Category 3 and above and they also have a
great offering called «Nights and
Flights» which add even more value to your point redemptions.
Look at how
great award space is in First Class
on the Newark to / from Los Angeles and San Francisco
flights after October 25.
Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international tickets
on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of
award tickets where you know you are getting a
great (semi) fixed value
on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each
on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat
on a
flight, just as if you were buying it.
Flying first class is a
great way to begin your honeymoon, and several airline first class seats work very well with couples, even though it can be tough to get two first class
award seats
on the bsame
flight unless you plan far in advance.
I have used it in the past and it was a
great engine for finding my
award availability and the layout is quite nice for piecing
flights together and seeing more information
on a single screen.
One
great way to do this is to use Southwest for positioning
flights to gateway cities in the US if you have international
awards booked
on other airlines but can't rope in a leg from your point of origin or if you want to go
on a mileage run from a city other than yours.
Why it's worth it: Even if you don't spend a total of $ 10,000 in the first year to earn 75,000 Avios, earning 50,000 Avios can open the door to some
great redemptions, such as domestic business - class
awards on American and off - peak Aer Lingus
flights to Europe.
Spearheaded by Mrs. Pamela Ewing, Regional Marketing Executive for the Tourist Board (New York Office) and Mr. Oehleo Higgs, Senior Public Relations Officer (Providenciales Office), the stunning series of in -
flight videos shot last week, will include in - depth interviews about the destination with several local tourism ambassadors, including the native - born, international artist Bradley Theodore Harvey and will bring
great exposure to the sister islands, with
great emphasis placed
on the activities and offerings of North Caicos, Middle Caicos, Grand Turk and Gibbs Cay, in addition to the
award - winning features, new developments, and vibrant scenes of Providenciales.
British Airways doesn't impose surcharges
on these
flights, so if you can find
award space, this is a
great option.
The Platinum Card earns Membership Rewards points, which can be transferred to many airline mile programs 1:1, including Delta SkyMiles, ANA Mileage Club (for some
great award prices
on international
flights), Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, and more.
You can easily book most
award flights on the major airline's websites, but diving in a little deeper will reap you even
greater rewards.
Award space is not available
on all
flights, so miles are not
great for people without flexibility.
-LSB-...] Etihad miles offer poor value redeeming
on their own
flights, there are some
great deals using Etihad miles to book partner
awards.